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Report link: http://www.sei-us.org/climate-and-energy/Economics-of-350-Final.pdf This report demonstrates that the 'go slow' recommendations are unjustified. A number of economic analyses, informed by recent scientific findings and using reasonable assumptions, suggest that more ambitious targets and quicker action make good economic sense. The warnings about climate change are growing steadily more ominous — but it...

Access to energy across the world is a major concern. • 1.6 billion people live without electricity. • 3 billion people still use traditional biomass for cooking, accelerating deforestation. • 1.6 million people die every year due to respiratory problems associated with toxic smoke from cooking fires. In order to address these challenges, Ashoka and Hystra's first joint research project focuses on surfacing the best energy business models operating in low income markets with the support of GDF...

Solar power is gaining ground as a viable, low-carbon alternative to traditional energy sources. A number of technologies are competing to be the lowest-cost and the most efficient choice: photovoltaics (including silicon-wafer based and thin film) and concentrated solar thermal (CST) power both have advantages and disadvantages depending on the application; other technologies are still in the nascent stages of development. The economics of the solar-power market will likely improve, McKinsey...

A group of leading institutional investors from around the world released the Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure—a new statement on disclosure that investors expect from companies—in October 2006. Investors require this information in order to analyze a company’s business risks and opportunities resulting from climate change, as well as the company’s efforts to address those risks and opportunities. The Framework encourages standardized climate risk disclosure to make it easy for...