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Announcing the UNEP FI Sustainability 2011 Global Roundtable

By Chris de Morsella on August 10, 2011 1 Comment 2011 Global Roundtable, Achim Steiner, Brazil, finance, Financial Sector, Gordon Brown, investment leaders, James Balsillie, Nassim Taleb, Research In Motion, Rio de Janeiro, sustainability, sustainability conference, The Black Swan, UK, UNEP, United Nations, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, United Nations Environment Programme

Announcement for the upcoming: UNEP FI 2011 Global Roundtable sustainability conference that is occurring on the 19-20 October 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in Washington, DC. This is a biennial, high-level conference that typically attracts a select group of 600 plus sustainable finance and responsible investment leaders and thinkers for an intensive, two-day dialogue.

Did Cancun Prove the UN Irrelevant in Tackling Climate? Enter Plan B

By Yale Environment 360 on January 3, 2011 4 Comments Ban Ki-moon, Cancun climate conference, cap-and-trade, carbon trading market, China, Copenhagen, cost-effective, Durban, Eliot Diringer, emissions, energy-efficient, Ethiopia, Fred Pearce, George Soros, gigaton gap, green growth, greenhouse gas, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kyoto, kyoto protocol, lLow-carbon, low-carbon business, low-carbon economic growth, low-carbon revolution, Mexico, new energy, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, REDD+, Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, sustainability, sustainable, The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet’s Surprising Future, UN emissions limits, UN Environment Program, UNEP, United States, When The Rivers Run Dry, With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change, Yale environment360

The Cancun conference is being credited with keeping international climate talks alive. But the real potential for bringing emissions under control may lie in a Plan B, with nations acting on their own in moving toward a low-carbon economy.