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PICS CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 11 October 2011
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- Unleashing the power of green data
- New study challenges carbon benchmark
- Climate change could cost Canada $43B a year by 2050: report
The PICS News Scan is produced by ISIS at the Sauder School of Business in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). To be added to the News Scan distribution list or to provide content feedback and/or suggestions about interesting news items, please email: picsscan@uvic.ca.
Authors: Neil Thomson, Neil Salmond, Calyn Shaw, Kristina Welch, Geoff Henshaw
Editors: Chris Kantowicz, James Tansey, Neil Thomson, Jessica Worsley
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