Context Definition

The Climate Change Economy is an economy which consists of any products, services and technologies aimed at reducing or compensating greenhouse gases by the use of renewable energy, clean technology, energy efficiency, CCS, forestation, etc… that can help grow the global economy in a more sustainable way. The technologies available are becoming more and more prevalent and market-competitive. Investors poured more than $200 billion in 2007 in clean technologies.

More:  UN Panel on Climate Change - OECD Climate Change

Insight Articles

• UN Convention on Climate Change 2008 (UNFCCC)
  
  
• Climate Change Fight 'Can't Wait' (BBC)
  
  
• $1 Trillion Green Market Seen by 2030 (Reuters)
  
  
• The case for Investing in Energy Productivity (McKinsey)

Strategic Visions

• Global Risks Report 2008
  Released by WEF - 2008 (1.3 MB )
  
  
• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
  Released by OECD - 2008
  
  
• Climate Change Report 2007
  Released by The IPCC - 2007 (4.0 MB )
  
  
• Towards a European knowledge-based Bioeconomy
  Released by CIER - 2007 (5.3 MB )
  
  
• Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
  Released by HM Treasury - 2006

Top Resources

• News:  Yahoo - BBC - CNN - Guardian - MSNBC
  
  
• Articles:  Financial Times - NYTimes - Science Daily
  
  
• Resources:  ClimateBiz - PEW - ClimateResource - CDP
  
  
• Wikipedia:  Climate Change - Global Warming - UNFCCC
  
  
• Blogs:  WCR - EnvEcon - ClimateArk - FPA - Desmog

Visionary Speaker

Al Gore: New Thinking on the Climate Crisis. Al Gore, former US Vice President, has found a way to focus the world's attention on climate change. His Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth is the one of the most successful documentary ever released. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 "for his efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change."

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