Nearly half of money managers surveyed ignoring climate risks, considering it ‘non-material’ Although there is overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is underway and governments are imposing regulations to curb greenhouse gases, the vast majority of the world’s largest investment managers are not factoring climate-related trends into their short- and long-term investment decision-making, the result [...]
With the availability of credit and the confidence of investors both declining, 2009 is a difficult year for the global wind power industry. However, the global wind power industry is estimated to grow steadily under the concerns for energy security and global warming, the increasing electric demand in developing countries and the gradual reduction of [...]
German-Israeli cooperation brings together two complementary approaches to the advancement of commercialization of tomorrow’s technologies. Germany Trade & Invest, the Israeli-German Chamber of Commerce, and several partners will be hosting the 1st Israeli-German Conference on the commercialization of future technologies in Tel Aviv on July 6, 2009. The event is a response to the high [...]
Leaders from 115 of our country’s foremost business and technology companies announced their support for investments in a smarter energy grid, health care IT, and deploying high speed broadband across America–investments that are all part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In a letter to Congressional Leaders, the companies predict such investment in America’s [...]