California joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk Survey.

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States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey

Last year, Google invested more than $900 million in clean energy projects. But does it have an energy policy? Does it need one?

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Why Google Invests in Clean Energy

Unsurprisingly, growth is an issue that's front and center at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. But although the rhetoric about the need for innovation and resource-constrained growth is steady, progress by any measure is falling short.

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At Davos, Debating the Myth or Reality of Green Growth

The UN unveiled a new database yesterday spotlighting how companies around the world are adapting to climate change.

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GE, Bayer, BASF Join Other Top Firms in UN Climate Adaptation Project

Despite widespread beliefs that clean technologies are struggling under political and technological burdens, the reality is that green is growing and holds more promise than ever.

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Cleantech Survives a Crisis of Confidence

Businesses are starting to realize that climate change is inevitable, so they better start preparing for it.

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The Coming Shift to ‘Climate Preparedness’

Global Investment in clean energy topped $260 billion in 2011, marking a new record for growth even as a gathering of high-level investors at the UN this week worried whether the growth can continue.

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Clean Energy Makes Big Strides, but Just How Sustainable is the Growth?

A follow-up study to a groundbreaking report from last year looks at how 12 institutional investors, with almost $2 trillion in assets, are building climate change into their risk assessments and investment strategies.

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Top Investment Firms Begin Assessing Their Portfolios’ Climate Risks

There is no option left but for business to take the mantle of leadership on climate in 2012. Here are the three areas that are most critical to creating world-changing levels of impact.

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When Policy Fails on Climate, What Can Business Do?

As government officials wrangle final outcomes in Durban, business leaders have already moved on, anticipating the Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in June.

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Beyond COP17: 5 Ways Business Can Ready for Rio