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Climate Change Is Damaging Our Infrastructure, Says BT Boss
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen has become the latest technology company head to call for government action to tackle climate change, claiming that it is already costing his company money. Speaking to the Observer last week, Verwaayen said that...
[June 14, 2005, 18:15]
Climate Change Is Damaging Our Infrastructure, Says BT Boss
Talkback Since they're the only people he listens to, do you think Bush will actually admit to even the vague possibility of climate change if enough huge rich companies tell him it is happening after all? Exciting prospects.
[June 15, 2005, 11:55]
Climate Change Is Damaging Our Infrastructure, Says BT Boss
Talkback It is unknowable whether those storms had the slightest connection with human-induced climate change. What bullshit! How are these otherwise intelligent people so gullible?
[June 15, 2005, 12:45]
Climate Change: We’re All Doomed
Blog Scaremongers in suits who have nothing better to do with their time are now claiming that climate change will be considered a major threat to business in the next ten years. According to a survey out today on ‘emerging risks’ conducted by Business...
[March 27, 2008, 9:03]
Climate Change: We’re All Doomed
Blog Comment You'd think climate change is a little too big for any business to be planning its solo survival; if the globe melts, we're all going down. As I understand business continuity its taking measures to ensure your business can survive a passing crisis.
[March 28, 2008, 8:23]
Climate Change Is Damaging Our Infrastructure, Says BT Boss
Talkback Climate change will never be addressed until it starts hurting big business, so maybe, just maybe the light is beginning to dawn? Does Onanymous leave his car unlocked because he doesn't know if it will be stolen?
[June 15, 2005, 17:03]
Identify Technologies And Applications Under "Biodiversity" And "Climate Change" (Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy) And SMEs In 24 Countries
White Papers The company needed to understand the different technologies/ applications/ activities which come under "Biodiversity" and "Climate change" (energy efficiency and renewable energy). An international management consulting company wanted business...
[November 30, 2006, 23:00]
Lord Stern: Downturn Won't Affect Climate Change Efforts
Blog Comment However, I agree with the US stance - there’s no point to a climate change agreement that doesn’t include all the major emitters, including developing countries with super fast-growing economies and enormous populations.
[May 6, 2008, 14:09]
Floating Computers Fight Climate Change
News The Met Office is taking part in a global programme to monitor the world's oceans to improve understanding of how they influence climate change. The European-led Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme is planning to use...
[November 23, 2007, 14:29]
Satellite 'sentinels' To Help Fight Climate Change
News A European project to monitor the continent's climate from space could provide a boost in the fight against climate change. The project has been jointly developed by the European Commission and European Space Agency and is aimed at generating data...
[November 13, 2007, 13:13]
Lord Stern: Downturn Won't Affect Climate Change Efforts
Blog It is not doing anything about climate change that will affect growth. Tackling climate change is the only sensible course open for businesses, Stern claimed in his conference speech. Stern's response was in line with the remit given to him under...
[April 30, 2008, 16:52]
Grid Computing To Tackle Climate Change
News IBM is to work with academics from the University of Cape Town to use grid computing to model climate change in Southern Africa. The data will be used to model potential scenarios arising from climate change, so that preventative action can be...
[September 4, 2007, 16:12]
Climate Change Is Damaging Our Infrastructure, Says BT Boss
Talkback Ah, I take it the chap above is an oil refinery engineer.
[June 15, 2005, 16:02]
Climate Change Is Damaging Our Infrastructure, Says BT Boss
Talkback I bet they're not laughing at environmentalists now. How long has the issue of the environment been banged on about and igonored, it BT's own fault. Unfortunately I get affected as well so its everyones problem.
[June 14, 2005, 22:49]
Climate Change: We’re All Doomed
Blog Comment Totally agree. Unless of course you plan to move your business into a bunker in the Nevada desert or somewhere equally unrealistic, like the moon.
[March 28, 2008, 14:38]
Distributed Computing Tackles Climate Change
News Computer users who want to put their spare computing power to good use can now do their bit to help predict the impact that climate change will have on the Earth. Oxford University has teamed up with the Met Office and the BBC to develop a desktop...
[February 16, 2006, 8:45]
Lord Stern: Downturn Won't Affect Climate Change Efforts
Blog Comment I am not sure that Lord Stern is not being a bit over optimistic about how green planning will be hit by a recession or downturn. I think that many of the energy and cost saving projects will continue as they are not altruistic or really...
[May 2, 2008, 10:22]
Lord Stern: Downturn Won't Affect Climate Change Efforts
Blog Comment I suggest this recognition was useful for the UN Climate Change meeting in Bali in December 2007, when delegates agreed to discuss the inclusion of forest protection in the post-2012 climate change agreement.
[May 6, 2008, 14:16]
Reading Supercomputer Tackles Climate Change
News Reading is using the system to support its research into air pollution, climate change, financial modelling, drug discovery, computational biology and meteorology. Chris Guy, head of the school of systems engineering at Reading University, said...
[July 11, 2007, 12:55]
Lord Stern: Downturn Won't Affect Climate Change Efforts
Blog Comment I agree, many of these efforts are about saving energy, others are required by law or they're things they can use in marketing campaigns so dropping them wouldn't make much difference.
[May 1, 2008, 22:11]
