Green Economics
Rio+20 Day 6 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
Follow all the latest news and events from Rio+20 with the RTCC team on site.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Travel and tourism benefits from sustainable development
World Travel & Tourism Council looks at what the idea of sustainability means for the tourism industry and how to reconcile this with the environmental impact of travel.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Green growth can end economic blues
To boost growth, governments should adopt a proactive green industrial policy, writes Harald Heubaum, Lecturer in Global Energy and Climate Policy at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London.
Financial crisis boosted sustainable action from business
Investors turned back on old way of assessing a business; Sustainable businesses perform better says Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Lord Stern: Climate action an opportunity not a cost
Leading climate change economist warns flawed economics could lead to catastrophic rise in temperatures.
Davos 2012: What have we learnt?
Six key climate change messages to take away from the World Economic Forum summit.
New research: Canada would have made money if it had stayed in Kyoto
Government’s claims that pledges would have cost it $14bn rubbished by Cambridge University and Tyndall Centre study.
Arnie tells Republicans not to be “narrow minded” over Solyndra
Panel including Governator, Sir Richard Branson and IPPC chief Pachauri meets standing Californian Governor Jerry Brown to debate climate change.
A global deal: If not 2009, why 2015?
Hannah Ryder, senior economist with the UK’s Department for International Development and a former climate negotiator examines why a combination of science and economics could push a global deal on climate change over the line.
COP17: Business “shrugs its shoulders” at Durban outcome
Business was looking for clarity from Durban. While the waters may have been muddied, a fragile framework to underpin global emissions trading and low-carbon economies has started to materialise.
COP17 blog: Christmas, economics and climate change
After five years of climate change negotiations, Hannah Ryder from the UK’s Department for International Development will watch this year’s . She tells RTCC how things have changed since her first experience of the COP and her hopes for Durban.
Report: Climate change funding could face $23.5 billion gap
Austerity measures by ten leading government spenders to hit renewable energy, clean tech and environmental protection.
US pushes through green growth trade deal at APEC summit
Obama administration continues to go green ahead of COP17 talks in Durban
Cities set to thrive in warmer climates
Economist Matthew Kahn tells RTCC how profit, opportunity and innovation will make us happier in a hotter, urban world