Global Change

Climate Change, Food Crisis Linked, Says U.N. Chief (Wired News)

5 Jul 2008

The U.N. climate chief says climate change will cause the global food crisis to worsen. He is urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.

Proposed Change in Global Trading Rule Raises Risks (Washington Post)

5 Jul 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new rule that might have passed you by. I'm alerting you here because it speaks volumes about where trading is going in the United States. For many, it offers new opportunities. We'll also be importing new risks, in the future, that we may reg...

UK's Brown: G8 must not give up on climate change (The Star)

5 Jul 2008

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned the G8 against a retreat into isolationism, saying the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight against climate change and poverty.