Eco-nomic investments: as soon as climate change began gaining recognition as the main challenge facing humanity, it was unexpectedly overshadowed by turmoil in the global economy. Now we face two huge hurdles. Could greener investing offer a ray of hope for both these problems?

Swiss News › Nbr. 2011, January 2011

Author: Donnellon, Brien

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Eco-nomic investments: as soon as climate change began gaining recognition as the main challenge facing humanity, it was unexpectedly overshadowed by turmoil in the global economy. Now we face two huge hurdles. Could greener investing offer a ray of hope for both these problems?

Earlier this year, Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) stated that the renewable power industry could support 8.5 million jobs by 2030--this was assuming governments seized the opportunity to invest in a greener future.

Greenpeace also published a further report with a detailed, practical blueprint for cutting carbon emissions--while achieving economic growth--by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy, and t...

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