USGBC to Create 5 Billion Square Feet of Green Buildings
PARIS — The USGBC pledged to create more than 5 billion square feet of green buildings over the next five years through LEED and EDGE green building standards, according to a Dec.
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Citi Commits Billions to Finance Sustainable Efforts
NEW YORK — Citi made a big promise last month to reduce the impact of climate change when it announced it would lend, invest and facilitate a total of $100 billion within the next 10 years to finance activities that will help the environment.
Climate Change Panel Encourages Global Effort
BERLIN, Germany — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a new report that demonstrates the rising levels of global emissions of greenhouse gases despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change.
The report, entitled Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, presses for major institutional and technological change in order to limit the global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Read MoreSkanska Discusses Benefits of Pacific Coast Action Plan
SAN FRANCISCO — The leaders of the Pacific Northwest are banding together to take serious action on climate change and promote clean energy.