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Leading entrepreneurs view climate change as a growing strategic concern
Leading entrepreneurs view climate change as a growing strategic concern according to a survey conducted as part of Ernst & Young’s second annual Global cleantech insights and trends report, which provides insights into global trends in cleantech investment, financing patterns and public policy. Entrepreneurs were selected from Ernst & Young’s prestigious World Entrepreneur Of The Year Academy to give their views on climate change. A significant majority of entrepreneurs surveyed (61%) view climate change as an important strategic concern, while 70% have increased their focus on climate change ... |
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Adoption of climate treaty by 2009 in doubt
Despite new leadership in the United States promising to cap the country`s greenhouse gas emissions, some environmental leaders say it is unlikely that an international climate treaty will pass in the next year. During his campaign, US president-elect Barack Obama supported a global cap-and-trade agreement for regulating his nation`s carbon emissions. As a result, many international observers are hoping the United States will agree to binding emissions-reduction targets at the high-profile climate change negotiations scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Such optimism may be unrealistic, ... |
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