… Most environmentalists had hoped that the December 2009 Climate Change Conference in … finally produce a workable, global scheme to reduce greenhouse gasses in the environment. Unfortunately, the conference produced little concrete action and most agreed that the final … such as the CCC had positioned the firm's Carbon Funds as the cornerstone of its long-term businessstrategy, but the firm was also investing in energy-conscious real estate and …
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… on Climate Change (GC3), a group charged with creating a comprehensive climate strategy for the State of Connecticut. As of September 2016, Garcia remained undecided about a key … been tasked to develop interim statewide greenhouse gas reduction targetsfor years between 2020 and 2050 and identify short- and long-term statewide strategies to achieve the … The governor chose the 15 members of the GC3 from state agencies, quasi-state agencies, business, and nonprofits. The GC3 recommendations would have to take into account …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of … oil company PEMEX had to find ways to implement this policy. Nevertheless, in spite of efforts by various government agencies as well as PEMEX, by mid-2014 no ethanol had been … to make ethanol production a reality in Mexico. Developed in partnership with EGADE BusinessSchool, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance …
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… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of policy," upon the Connecticut Green Bank for its role in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial … or warehousing facilities, the Green Bank lowered the cost of capital for consumers and businesses to install energy efficiency upgrades and renewable technology. It supported the …
… In 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a software platform named the Wildlife Management Analyticssystem or WMA, were looking for a way to market … called Wildlife Insights. CI, however, anticipated that scientists, governments, NGOs, businesses, and landowners might want to operate "private instances" of the software, i.e., …
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