Tuesday, January 28, 2014

A simple formula for #climate-linked economic damage | vox http://www.voxeu.org/article/simple-formula-climate-linked-economic-damage

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Poachers slaughter rhino in Nairobi national park http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/27/poachers-slaughter-rhino-nairobi-national-park-kenya

Building the Business Case for Social and Environmental Due Diligence: Does Underwriting Weather-Worn Farmers Have R… http://www.forbes.com/sites/willyfoote/2014/01/28/building-the-business-case-for-social-and-environmental-due-diligence-does-underwrit...

Record sentence in Kenya for ivory smuggling http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/01/record-sentence-kenya-ivory-smuggling-2014128151828727879.html

10 cities most threatened by disaster http://on-msn.com/1dSjI7e @MSN_Money

 

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Which leaker was the more dramatic, #Manning or #Snowden? David Cole thinks the second, but the first brought the #ArabSpring @nybooks http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/feb/06/three-leakers-and-what-do-about-them/?pagination=false

IEA releases Oil Market Report for January @IEA http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/news/2014/january/ieareleasesoilmarketreportforjanuary.html

 

Global #Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2014 @davos #Environment http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_EN_NEA_Report_2014.pdf

 

#Gender -driven Growth @davos http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/gender-driven-growth

 

Ethical Capitalism - Worth a Try? @davos http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2014/player?p=1&pi=1&a=52675

 

Immigration - Welcome or Not? @davos http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2014/player?p=1&pi=1&a=52670

 

#Africa's Next Billion @davos http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/africas-next-billion

 

The Big Brother Problem @davos http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/big-brother-problem

 

#China installed more #solar panels in 2013 than any country ever has http://qz.com/170337/china-installed-more-solar-panels-in-2013-than-any-country-ever-has/

#China's official crackdown on graft brings a happy New Year – for sharks http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/25/22374875-chinas-official-crackdown-on-graft-brings-a-happy-new-year-for-sharks?lite%3Focid=twitter

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Reports of cleantech’s demise are greatly exaggerated http://gigaom.com/2014/01/12/reports-of-cleantechs-demise-are-greatly-exaggerated/

Startup designs drones to protect endangered animals from poachers http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5305162/startup-designs-drones-to-protect-endangered-animals-from-poachers

More than three quarters of large carnivores now in decline http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25675002#sa-ns_mchannel=rss%26ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

#Climate change affects bee population http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/01/climate-change-affects-bee-population-201411123157269809.html

India scrambles to save tigers from deadly virus http://bigstory.ap.org/article/india-scrambles-save-tigers-deadly-virus

Is It the Beginning of the End for West African Lions? - The Wire http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/01/west-african-lions-extinction/357005/

Endangered turtles face new threat in Indonesia http://bigstory.ap.org/article/endangered-turtles-face-new-threat-indonesia

#Lions 'facing extinction in West #Africa' http://bbc.in/1aZ3HsE

 

Pine Island Glacier's retreat 'irreversible' http://bbc.in/1cZJzdf

 

Giant US trade deal might weaken shark fin ban http://bbc.in/1b4zJ6w