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  • Dr. Nilgün Birgören
    Dr. Nilgün Birgören    Premium Member   Group moderator
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    London: The IQ2 GreenFestival on Climate Change
    Dear friends,

    "The IQ2 Green Festival on Climate Change" will be held on Sunday 25 January, 2009 at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

    Debates and panel discussions:
    *The devastating impact of climate change can no longer be prevented - Young People's Debate in association with the Royal Geographical Society
    *How long have we got?
    *The world's salvation lies in Chia and India
    *The silver bullet: does our only realistic hope in avoiding catastrope lie in technological innovation?

    Expert Seminars:
    *Green Herrings - what we needn't bother doing
    *Myth or Reality Part I: Biofuels
    *Myth or Reality Part II: Solar, wind, geothermal and other renewables
    *The greening of Capitalism

    For more info please go to http://www.iq2greenfestival.com

    Kind regards,
    Nilgun Birgoren
    • 17 Oct 2008, 5:32 pm
  • Dr. Nilgün Birgören
    Dr. Nilgün Birgören    Premium Member   Group moderator
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    Re: London: The IQ2 GreenFestival on Climate Change
    Hello everybody:-)

    The defining of business story of 2008 has been the global economic downturn, the worst since the depression of the 1930s. From multinational investment banks to small businesses, no sector of the economy has been immune from the market uncertainty.

    But what does the financial crisis mean for the business of climate change? For some economists, such as Lord Nicholas Stern, it is an unprecedented opportunity to transform the global economic system from high carbon and environmentally unfriendly to low carbon and sustainable. "Green growth," he says, "could lay the foundations of growth for the future."

    You may wish to take a look at http://www.ft.com/climatechangeseries on the risks and opportunities for business: for some, such as the insurance industry, a warming planet that leads to more severe weather patterns could mean a big rise in claims; for others, such as venture capitalists, the potential growth of the clean-technology sector is an investment not to be missed. Interesting indeed..

    Kind regards,
    Nilgun Birgoren
    • 06 Dec 2008, 3:52 pm