Carbon Bubble Creates Global Economic Risk’ – Guardian lead story, 19th April 2013

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis – report Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn  Global stock markets are betting on countries failing to adhere to legally binding carbon emission targets. …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News :Catastrophic loss of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grasslands

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Catastrophic loss of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grasslands When it rains these days, does it pour? Has the weather become stormier as the climate warms? Ocean plankton sponge up nearly twice the carbon currently assumed Highly effective communities of bacteria in the world’s deepest oceanic trench Catastrophic …

How Botched Derivatives Risk Taming Regulations are Again Going to Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

kristyReforming Global Finance

How Botched Derivatives Risk Taming Regulations are Again Going to Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:16 AM PDT An important piece in the Financial Times by Manmohan Singh, a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund, describes persuasively how one of the central vehicles for reducing …

New Study Reveals Serious Flaws In OECD’s Tax Evasion Crackdown

kristyReforming Global Finance

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 From the Task Force Blog: New Study Reveals Serious Flaws In OECD’s Tax Evasion Crackdown GFI’s Heather Lowe To Speak On FCPA Panel At Georgetown University, And Other Upcoming Events A Setback In Fighting Tax Avoidance In India: Vodafone Vs. Union Of India Newly Published: The …

G20 Report: investing in Third World infrastructure could unlock wealth of rich nations and boost global economy

kristyGreen Prosperity

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/payoff+helping+poor+nations/5648913/story.html A big payoff in helping poor nations A report for the G20 summit says investing in Third World infrastructure could unlock the wealth of rich nations and boost the global economy, writes Paul Hoskins BY PAUL HOSKINS, REUTERS NOVEMBER 3, 2011 Simple reforms would eliminate much of the risk …

Green Sectors Expanding into Trillions of Dollars

kristySustainability News, Articles by Hazel Henderson

Small and intermediate enterprises are joining large ones to boost Green Industry’s footprint By Rosalinda Sanquiche As part of the Green Economy series While mainstream media, economists and general opinion still designate the Green Economy as “emerging” and assume green investments are riskier or provide lower returns than other investments, …

Green Sectors Top $2.4 Trillion At Midyear

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

Press Release ethical markets Media (USA and Brazil) PO Box 5190, St. Augustine, FL  32085 [email protected] phone 904.829.3140 St. Augustine, FL, September 6, 2011 — ethical markets Media (USA and Brazil) releases its August 2011 update of the GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® tracking private sector investments since 2007 in green companies and technologies …

The big jobs growth now is in Green Jobs

kristyGreen Prosperity

“WIRED asked LinkedIn to analyze the 7 million US members who have switched industries during the past five years.” The growth in “Renewables and The Environment” was 56.8% — almost off the chart [click to enlarge]. In the future, the only jobs left will be green. Last year, the NY …