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"Financial Times" , Climate Change Series

I have flagged the "FT's" stellar coverage on climate change and energy on numerous occasions.  I just want to stop to highlight the release this week of the third in their three-part series on climate change this year.  The first tranche of stories was on science, the second on politics.  This week they look at the risks and opportunities for business.  "The global economic crisis is unquestionably the year's defining business story. But what does the looming recession mean for the business of climate change?" they ask.

There is a real gold mine of information and insight here, including video of a four-part "Economists' Roundtable," interactive graphics, an interview with Lord Nicholas Stern, and nearly 20 articles on everything from insurance to design innovations to schemes to curb deforestation.

For the whole series, including this week's stories on business, see http://www.ft.com/climatechangeseries.  (For full access, you will have to register, but it's free, for up to 20 articles a month, and easy to do.)

 

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Bill Hewitt

Bill Hewitt has been an environmental activist and professional for nearly 25 years. He was deeply involved in the battle to curtail acid rain, and was also a Sierra Club leader in New York City. He spent 11 years in public affairs for the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, and worked on environmental issues for two NYC mayoral campaigns and a presidential campaign. He is a writer and editor and is the principal of Hewitt Communications. He has an M.S. in international affairs, has taught political science at Pace University, and has graduate and continuing education classes on climate change, sustainability, and energy and the environment at The Center for Global Affairs at NYU. His book, "A Newer World - Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis," will be out from the University Press of New England in December.



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the policy, politics, science and economics of environmental protection, sustainability, energy and climate change

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