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Finance
Post-Capitalist Entrepreneurship: B Corps and Beyond
It doesn´t take a rocket scientist to realize that the economy is not working for many. Despite record-breaking stock market […]
September 22, 2017
Corporate Responsibility
Smart Grids Could Reduce Impact of Hurricanes Like Irene
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., Co-Author, Climate Capitalism Writing this last Saturday afternoon, the nation and the world are warily observing the […]
August 28, 2011
Finance
We Must Put a Price on Carbon: EU to the Rescue Again?
Boyd Cohen, Co-author, Climate Capitalism Many public policy gurus and economists will tell you that if we truly want to […]
August 25, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Why the U.S. Debt Crisis is Just the Tip of the Melting Iceberg
Boyd Cohen, Climate Strategist As many of this column’s readers know, I am from the U.S. and have lived in […]
August 9, 2011
Finance
Profit Now or Pay Later – Why America is Missing Out: The Case of the Aviation Industry
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., Climate Strategist George Monbiot would argue we need to stop jetsetting around the world if we want […]
July 22, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Tea Party Opposes ICLEI and Sustainable Development in Cities
By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CEO, CO2 IMPACT and Co-Author, Climate Capitalism Readers of this column are aware that I am […]
July 11, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Global Ranking of Top 10 Resilient Cities
By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT and Co-Author, Climate Capitalism Resilient cities, those that are working to transition towards a […]
June 28, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Low-Carbon Cities of the Future: Resilient Cities
Lately I have been profiling cities and politicians who are leading the way towards a low-carbon future. As many of […]
June 21, 2011
Finance
Why I Would Vote for Mitt Romney Instead of Obama
UPDATE: Boyd Cohen has recanted this position. For other perspectives on the candidates, check out these posts: Five Problems with […]
June 10, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Top 10 Climate-Ready Cities in the U.S.
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT Cities are now home to a majority of the world’s population and are on the […]
June 7, 2011
Finance
Top 10 Elected Officials Leading the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT One lucky 3p reader who retweets this article will receive receive a signed, hardback edition […]
May 17, 2011
Finance
Canada Votes in First Green MP
By Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Elizabeth May, Canada’s Leader of the Green Party, won an historic election on May 2nd. […]
May 3, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Birther Debate dead, Could Climate Change Debate be Next?
By Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Good old Donald Trump. We all know there is no way he will ever be […]
May 2, 2011
Technology
Why Shale Gas and Fracking May Be Part of Our Clean Energy Future
I must admit that I have been heavily focused on renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro and biofuels […]
April 29, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Does Earth Day Matter? Taking Stock of Where We Are in 2011
By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT Well, here we are again, Earth Day 2011. Some of the readers of this […]
April 22, 2011
Finance
Top 10 Climate Capitalists of the 21st Century
By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., Co-Author, Climate Capitalism One lucky 3p reader who retweets this article will receive receive a signed, […]
April 12, 2011
Finance
Confessions of a Climate Capitalist: 5 Lessons for Green Entrepreneurs
By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D. CO2 IMPACT I have been writing a weekly post in Triple Pundit since December 2010 about […]
April 6, 2011
Finance
U.S. NGOs that Are Moving the Needle on Climate Change
The past few weeks I have been openly critical of Earth Hour (from WWF) and even 350.org because I believe […]
March 31, 2011
Finance
Are NGOs Like 350.org and WWF Failing to Move the Needle?
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT A few weeks ago I was pretty critical of the potential impact of events like […]
March 30, 2011
Finance
Top 10 Climate Change Strategy Consultancies
Despite the weak regulatory environment at the federal level in both the U.S. and Canada, there is growing demand for […]
March 21, 2011
Energy
In Light of Japan, Is it Time to Bury Nuclear Forever?
Amongst those of us in the climate strategy world there has been an ongoing debate about the potential role of […]
March 17, 2011
Finance
Climate Change Adaptation is Not a Last Resort
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D. CO2 IMPACT In recent blog posts I have discussed the need to accelerate solutions that will move […]
March 14, 2011
Finance
Top 3 Ways to REALLY Move the Needle on Climate Change
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D. CO2 IMPACT Yes, I am committed to playing my part to reducing my personal carbon footprint. And […]
March 11, 2011
Finance
Top 5 Executive Education Programs in Climate Change
Triple Pundit kindly offered me this digital real estate to discuss a range of topics related to intersecting commerce and […]
March 8, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Why Companies Don't Care About Climate Change
How we frame the ongoing issues and opportunities related to the low-carbon economy and climate change is incredibly important.
March 4, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Cleaning up the Coal Mine Industry: Coal Mine Methane
Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Last week in this column I wrote about a real “clean coal” solution, torrefied wood. While […]
February 28, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Will the Real Clean Coal Please Stand Up?
Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Do you believe what the coal industry has spent millions on to convince Americans that the […]
February 16, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Carbo2n Nation-Finally the Convenient Solutions Movie I’ve been Waiting for
By Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT I remember going to a screening of Inconvenient Truth with Vancouver’s ex-mayor back in 2006, […]
February 11, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Walmart, China & Arnold Leading Obama in Shift to Low Carbon Future
By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D. CO2 IMPACT As an American living in Canada I have been watching U.S. policy on clean […]
January 31, 2011
Energy
Carbon Offsets Meet Biofuels
By Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT In previous posts, I have written about climate capitalists generating carbon offsets, and climate capitalists […]
January 24, 2011
Finance
Climate Capitalism and Biofuels Ready to Break Out in 2011
By: Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Our “addiction” to highly polluting and emitting fossil fuels presents serious challenges to achieving […]
January 17, 2011
Technology
A Twitter Conversation Between a Climate Capitalist and a “Conservative, Gun Owning Scientist”
By Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Recently I’ve been impressed with the uses of Twitter as a medium for dialog amongst […]
January 17, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Charismatic Carbon Offsets with Co-Benefits
Carbon offsets do play an important role in the global effort to combat climate change and can achieving significant reductions from a company’s own activities is either cost-prohibitive or technologically impractical.
January 10, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Climate Capitalism: The Path to Economic Prosperity
The debate over climate change is done - now it's up to companies to figure out what they can do to be part of the climate capitalism wave.
January 6, 2011