“We need to have more such research that takes climate change away from the discussion on drowning polar bears and talks about how it is going to impact us right here, right now” In the second part of this four-part series, Baird’s CMC consultant Aditya Bahadur discusses the hope on the horizon for tackling climate […]
On Climate Change, Part 1: The American Presidential Election
“Reconciling industrial growth with climate change has become a clear and much more stark choice for Obama through his last term” Hurricane Sandy brought climate change to the fore in a presidential race that had until then remained largely silent on the issue. But, according to Aditya Bahadur, a Baird’s CMC consultant who is also […]
Act of Nature Creates ‘Chatter’ on Climate Change
Hurricane Sandy brought climate change issues to stark light in the American Presidential elections held this November. Perhaps the most high-profile example was when Michael Bloomberg, three-term mayor of New York and perhaps America’s most prominent high-information swing voter, pointedly endorsed President Obama on November 1st. Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed piece on Bloomberg View, […]
Rio +20: The Role of Business
In the week following the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held over 20-22 June in Brazil, The Guardian published two stories on the role of big business in sustainable development. In one article, Kirsty Jenkinson and Manish Bapna argue that business needed to be more proactive and committed to the issue of sustainable development. […]
Expert Speak on Rio+20: Q&A with Aditya Bahadur
We recently caught up with Baird’s CMC’s very own environmental expert, Aditya Bahadur, to get his take on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held over 20-22 June in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. Read the insightful Q&A with Aditya below to get an insider perspective on Rio+20: Q: A lot of people […]