Earlier this year I attended the Carbon Forum in San Francisco and the NYMEX Green Trading Summit in New York. These meetings were not my first foray into the discussion of carbon emissions and, despite conference differences, I left both with the same takeaway - we have reached a tipping point on climate change and its causes. Each event had its own message -the environmentalists in San Francisco were as zealous as ever about saving the world from calamity, while the bankers in New York were just as passionate about the financial opportunities that climate change promises. The point being that it doesn't matter what you believe. Climate change has been accepted by most, and its impact will affect everyone - including utilities.
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