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Earlier this week leaders from government, finance, business and civil society met in New York for the UN’s Climate Summit. Serving as a public platform to catalyze action on the ground, to reduce emissions and strengthen climate resilience, the Summit was seen as key to reengage political will for an ambitious global climate agreement by 2015.
In case you missed it, below is a selection of key green growth news stories to come out this past week:
- 73 Countries and Over 1,000 Businesses Speak Out in Support of a Price on Carbon – WorldBank.org
- Green and Growth Can Go Hand In Hand Together – Forbes.com
- A Message to World Leaders at the UN Climate Summit: Green Growth Isn't Just Possible – It's Profitable – HuffingtonPost.com
- Business Making Money in the Green Economy – Bloomberg.com
- Lord Nicholas Stern’s TED Talk, on the state of the climate — and what we might do about it – TED.org
- Paul Krugman: Could Fighting Global Warming Be Cheap and Free? – NYTimes.com
- Launch of ICLEI’s Compact of Mayors – the biggest effort for cities to cut own GHG emissions and prepare for the emissions of climate change – ICLEI.org
- New York Declaration on Forests – Supported by $1 billion down payment, declaration aims to restore 350 million hectares of forest – UN-REDD.org
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