Posts Tagged ‘Climate change’

Loans still not easy, despite quantitative easing

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Personal loans and business loans remain hard to come by, despite the government’s campaign of quantitative easing designed to boost lending. Interest rates on personal loans are at a nine-year high, with many banks choosing to lend only to existing customers.

Ethical tax on financial transactions could fuel renewable energy

Friday, December 4th, 2009

An ethical tax designed to raise up to 20 billion euros a year could be the key to funding renewable energy projects in the world’s poorer regions, according to proposals by the French delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next week.

The French concept of a ‘justice-climate’ plan could be funded by a tax on financial transactions, similar to that once proposed by the Nobel prizewinning economist James Tobin.

Small steps will lead to big difference on the road to climate change

Friday, November 13th, 2009

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Don’t knock ‘eco gestures’ – on the long journey toward practical solutions on climate change we need to begin with small steps in our daily lives. Starting with small steps by changing attitudes to climate change, we will get there.

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