Air Quality and Climate Change
An in-depth look at current issues
Sustainability is reshaping the competitive landscape in every industry and companies able to anticipate changes and innovate early are reaping the benefits of improved operating efficiency, new growth and a stronger license to operate.Based on ERM...
Most media coverage on the outcome of COP15 in Copenhagen has been very negative. The ‘Copenhagen Accord’ was only ‘noted’ and not ‘adopted’ by the meeting. No decisions were concluded on the numerous issues covered by the Ad Hoc Working Groups on Lo...
When the world’s climate negotiators meet in Copenhagen this December they will be working on binding emissions reduction targets, not voluntary targets. In the Kyoto Protocol non-signatories suffer few direct consequences. The challenge for the nego...
The Obama administration’s first serious policy foray into climate change has landed a significant obligation on US industry. From 1 January 2010 some 13,000 facilities - accounting for about 90 percent of industrial greenhouse gases emitted in the U...