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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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Investor support for climate action as expressed in such a statement has more than doubled since November 2008, when 150 investors with $9 trillion in assets under management first came together to urge government leaders to act on climate change.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. Specifically, they would focus on emissions reductions as well as financing, with negotiations for the two issues separated from one another. [ That is what matters, and that matters to the whole world ” [ 7 ].

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places. The figure has doubled since 2005.