In the News:

• Financial crisis: Less capital for Greentech | 2008-11-19 [Financial Times Deutschland] "Viele haben derzeit enorme Schwierigkeiten bei der Finanzierung", sagte Fritz Vahrenholt, Chef der RWE-Ökostromsparte Innogy.
• Bike Racks by David Byrne | 2008-11-19 [davidbyrne.com] David Byrne and the New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with New York art gallery PaceWildenstein, have unveiled nine unique bicycle racks designed by DB and installed in various locations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• VC: Green-tech bets of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Silicon Valley | 2008-11-19 [New York Times] Capitalism to the Rescue. From Idea to I.P.O. The future still depend on entrepreneurs and innovations and green-tech businesses getting 'traction.'
• My Hybrid Is Bigger Than Your Hybrid | 2008-11-18 [New York Times] The Cadillac Escalade Hybrid may someday be viewed as the worst-timed car introduction ever.
• Dodge EV (Lotus Europa EV) vs Dodge Challenger drag race | 2008-11-18 [Los Angeles Times] Movie Clip
• Ex-Soviet bloc leads rises in CO2 emissions | 2008-11-17 [Reuters] Emissions by 40 industrialized nations grew by 2.3 percent since 2000 (former Soviet bloc 7.4 percent).
• GMO: 125,000 Indian farmers have commited suicide after using genetically modified crops | 2008-11-17 [Daily Mail] When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, as this chilling dispatch reveals, it's even WORSE than he feared. [...] For official figures from the Indian Ministry of Agriculture do indeed confirm that in a huge humanitarian crisis, more than 1,000 farmers kill themselves here each month.

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Resources

• Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) : Publications and Reports | INCR is a network of institutional investors and financial institutions that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and investment opportunities posed by climate change.
• REN21: Renewables 2007 Global Status Report | As a network to bolster policy development for rapid expansion of renewable energies, REN21 connects governments, international institutions, non-governmental organisations, industry associations, and other partnerships and initiatives.
• Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change | Sir Nicholas Sterns review on the economics of climate change and development