BEIJING – Climate negotiators from around the world are headed for their annual pre-Christmas gathering, this year in Warsaw, with the goal of setting out concrete steps toward a binding global climate deal in 2015. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights in its most recent report, money is the key to addressing global warming, which […]

Unique business innovation to bring affordable electricity to energy-poor, wind-rich rural communities “Many of the world’s most underserved citizens rely primarily on diesel generators for what power they have, which is expensive and polluting.  Wind for Prosperity uses Vestas’ unique weather data processing capabilities to identify energy-poor but wind-rich areas where Vestas’ wind hybrid solutions […]

MANILA, Philippines – San Vicente town in Palawan is ready to be an ecotown – a locality that is resilient to the impacts of climate change and is well prepared for disaster. (READ: 5 steps to disaster-ready, climate-resilient communities) An untapped paradise for beach bums, San Vicente boasts 22 islands and islets with fine white sand […]

Howard Bamsey, director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute, an international organization headquartered in Seoul, comments on clean energy investments and Warsaw climate talks in an interview Nov. 20. Bamsey was in charge of negotiations over a successor to the Kyoto Protocol from 2006 through 2007, and is a former Australian special envoy on climate change. On investment […]

Shin Boo-nam, ambassador for climate change (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald) Despite concerns that it has weakened its commitment, Korea remains determined to fight global warming by pushing through carbon reduction projects at home and boosting international cooperation, the nation’s ambassador for climate change said. In recent months, criticism has mounted over the new administration’s relative […]