Issue July 2, 2009
Dear Reader, The G8, the world's richest countries, will meet in Italy next week to discuss world affairs and climate change. It is time to look at their efforts to stop global warming. Enjoy our newsletter, and don’t miss next month’s issue on Green Travel. Your Allianz Knowledge Team PS: If you like the Allianz Knowledge Newsletter and our idea of sharing knowledge, why not share it with others?	Poll: Newsletter Choose a topic for the September newsletter. (ends July 30, 2009) > Tipping Points > Melting Arctic > Green Buildings > view results Animation G8 Climate Scorecards Click on the image to see how the G8 countries rank in the fight against climate change. > more Interview of the Month The Price of Progress Emissions from major developing nations are rising. Niklas Höhne, author of the G8 Climate Scorecards, discusses their climate performance. > more Allianz Expert Climate Investments G8 countries are not doing enough to fight climate change. Hans-Jörg Naumer of AGI explains how market forces could help. > more
Lead Article G8 Scorecards: The WWF/Allianz Climate Ranking Mankind must confront climate change decisively. But where do we stand? Action is “insufficient”, reports the 2009 edition of the WWF/Allianz G8 Climate Scorecards. > more News India Rejects CO2 Emission Targets India will not sign up to targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but will instead focus on fighting poverty and boosting economic growth, the environment minister said. > more Take Action Green Fitness Staying in shape is good for your health. Here is how to make it beneficial for our climate as well. > more Editor's Choice Swine Flu: The Pathology of Pandemics Unlike SARS, avian flu or ebola, swine flu has gone truly global. Confronted by the 21st century’s first pandemic, how scared should we be? > more Calendar July 8 | G8 Summit 2009 From July 8 to 10, Italy will host the annual G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy. The Italian government wants to focus on... > more June 21 | World Conference on Disaster Management The international atmospheric, oceanographic, and cryospheric community meet to hold their Joint Assembly MOCA-09... > more
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