Tersus Terra is latin for Clean Earth.

This Groupsite is dedicated to exchanging ideas on the carbon markets. Businesses - large and small alike, in several industries - are increasingly being held responsible for their carbon footprints. This is being driven by government-legislated regulations and demands by shareholders who increasingly view environmental concerns as an important component of overall shareholder value. Tersus-Terra provides a platform for the exchange of ideas on how businesses can not only prepare for the coming onslaught of climate change-related legislations, but also benefit by becoming proactive, model corporations driving sustainable business models.

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Sir David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change

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By the Numbers

  • 7-23 inches (or 18 to 58 cms) - Predicted sea level rise by the end of the century, which could flood low-lying areas and force millions to flee. (IPCC, 2007)
  • 385 ppmv - Atmospheric CO2 concentration as it stands today, up from approximately 280 parts per million by volume (ppmv) before the Industrial Revolution. (Lehman Brothers)
  • 0-3% - The estimated economic cost of climate change as a percentage of global GDP annually by the time that Earth's temperature has risen by 2-3ºC. (Lehman Brothers)
  • 2040AD - Year by which Arctic summers might be ice-free. (National Centre for Atmospheric Research)
  • 50% - Probability that some sort of emissions trading scheme will be adopted by major economies by 2012. (Lehman Brothers)
  • $1.4 billion - Loss suffered by oil & gas giant Chevron due to damages inflicted by Hurricane Katrina (increased hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico region are increasingly being attributed to global warming) (Chevron)
  • 3.2% - Increase in per year emissions during the period 2000-2005, as compared to 0.8% per year between 1980-1999. (Energy Information Administration)
  • $30 billion - Size of global carbon market in 2006, up 300% from $10 billion in 2005 (World Bank Carbon Markets Intelligence study)
  • $ 1 trillion - Estimated size of the carbon markets in ten years (New York Times)

 

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