Stories: Next Practice Collaborative: Business in a Zero-Carbon Economy

In a survey of global businesses, 86 percent described responding to climate risks or investing in adaptation as a business opportunity. So finds a new report jointly released yesterday by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.

This piece originally appeared on the website of the World Resources Report.

This paper argues that private sect

Payments for ecosystem services are becoming an increasingly important part of the U.S. business and regulatory landscape. As programs that provide payments for ecosystem services grow, policy makers will need to determine how these various payments should interact with each other.

S.1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA) also known as the Kerry Boxer bill , provides a number of important provisions that will ensure that offsets used in the U.S. cap-and-trade program represent real, additional, measurable and verified greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions.

As December’s climate change talks approach, a new WRI report discusses the successes and challenges to effective regulation in China.

The strength of tomorrow’s low-carbon economy depends on the innovation of business today.