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Corporate Responsibility

China, India lead demand for extra help in climate change struggle

China and India next week will spearhead calls for rich nations to dig into their pockets to tackle climate change but will resist targeted curbs on their own carbon emissions, sources say.
The 12-day UN climate talks, starting in Poland on Monday, are a stepping stone towards an international pact, due to be completed by the end of 2009, for addressing climate change beyond 2012.

Energy Agency Predicts High Prices in Future

The world can expect energy prices to continue their generally upward spiral in the years ahead if global energy policies remain the same, theInternational Energy Agency (IEA) reported this week.

Rapid economic development in China and India, coupled with relatively consistent energy use in industrialized nations, will likely strain the world’s ability to meet a projected rise in energy demand of some 1.6 percent a year until 2030, the agency predicted Wednesday in its annualWorld Energy Outlook report [PDF].

Harvard urges rich nations to cut emissions first

LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Rich nations should make the first cuts in greenhouse gases while developing countries carry on business-as-usual for the time being, according to a report published on Monday by Harvard University.

This is among proposals by the American university’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs to negotiators who meet for U.N. climate talks next week in Poland.
The current climate pact, the Kyoto Protocol, expires in 2012 and governments are scrambling to agree a new treaty by the end of next year.

Mortgages and Financial Responsibility in People

Many of us definitely are fiscally irresponsible, including me!  But fiscal irresponsibility can be the fault of many not just the individual.  I like to take problems back to the beginning and solve them there as opposed to at the end or in the middle.  For instance a pain pill from the doctor is not a valid solution to pain, because the real solution is to solve what is causing the pain.  You have to take it back to the beginning.

In my mind humans can’t always be accountable for taking advantage of what others offer them.  Deep in our brains is a prime directive to seek immediate pleasure. So we seek it.  Seeking pleasure is part of being a human, it is not some option that can be turned on and off.  Logic doesn’t come easily to the average person, so they rarely use it much.  When seeking pleasure (or Read more »