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• Fresh from G8, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim calls for aggressive climate targets

  Date

  19 June 2013

  Arriving straight from the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, today Dr. Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President presented an alarming new report stressing the need to redirect finances towards low carbon assets in emerging economies, to an audience of financial investors in London.

  

• BT’s Net Good: Infographic and live video stream

  Date

  17 June 2013

  Infographic and live video stream: The Climate Group and the Carbon Trust joined BT in London, on June 18, for the launch of BT’s Net Good methodology, vision and goal: to help customers reduce their carbon emissions by at least three times the end-to-end carbon impact of BT’s business by 2020.

  

• US and China reach historic agreement on HFCs

  Date

  10 June 2013

  At a summit taking place near Palm Springs, California over the weekend, US President Barak Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached an historic agreement to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs – a potent greenhouse gas.

  

• Mark Kenber: UK has missed a low carbon opportunity

  Date

  04 June 2013

  Mark Kenber responds to the decarbonisation vote

  

• Damian Ryan: Challenges and opportunities for energy efficiency in the home

  Date

  30 May 2013

  Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group writes about the challenges and opportunities for energy efficiency in the home, as we launch our exciting contest to find sustainable home technologies, #EarthHack, in partnership with Marblar, IKEA and Philips.

  

• Industry leaders declare 'net positive’ the new way of doing business, at London summit

  Date

  29 May 2013

  Hundreds of high-level decision makers from business, government, academia and civil societies set out to reframe the sustainability debate and push instead for ‘Net Zero, Climate Positive’ business, at a global summit held in London today.

  

• Our powerful network showcases success stories and future plans in Brussels

  Date

  28 May 2013

  Members of The Climate Group’s States and Regions Alliance and corporate partner network met in Brussels on May 27, to discuss driving the Clean Revolution forward in Europe and beyond, and showcase success stories so far.

  

• Experts visit Chinese city profiting from reclaimed construction waste

  Date

  21 May 2013

  Government and industry experts joined a tour around the pioneering city of Dezhou last week, to better understand how China’s leading cities are becoming greener as they grow.

  

• Scientists warn that slowing climate change headlines should not mean slowing climate action

  Date

  20 May 2013

  Scientists warn that despite reactionary headlines stating the world is warming slower than expected, their research shows longer-term warming will still reach dangerous levels unless we urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  

• Net Zero Climate Positive: global summit to address net-zero targets and climate positive solutions

  Date

  16 May 2013

  Over 200 high-level multi-stakeholder decisions makers will convene under the theme Net Zero, Climate Positive on 28-29 May in London to commit to policy recommendations for climate change action.