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今年大家都考试啊，没有考试的也都忙得不可开交，有人能想起圣诞节就已经不错了~~

 

去年的圣诞还在瑞士格格的老板家里呢~，想起了幸福的印度夫妇和从哈萨克斯坦移居以色列的漂亮的犹太mm，以及从伊朗，伊拉克等等有趣的国家来的各种人~

 

今年圣诞收到的唯一的礼物来自姜梦。。很崩溃很可爱。。

 

摘录其短信如下：

 

Dears, 24,25两天只要你给我打电话，我就给你唱Jingle Bell Rock!说到做到！Meri Xmas~

 

我本来以为她要设一个放这个音乐的彩铃忽悠大家，打过去之后她果然拿起一张歌词开始唱。。据称我已经是第8位跟她较真的同志了。她们宿舍的mm已经被她弄疯掉一百次了。。

 

 

低端的容易去，没前途。

 

高端的没有在美国读博士就算了吧。前台都不够。

 

现在的路很明确，一些研究的积累，为将来出国打基础。

如果工作的话，毕业时的选择还是商业了。

 

The Climate Group为研究作积累；半年时间

WMC是为了学校的人脉和领导力的培养；

iTour 和Trilogy 则是开始积累商业的知识和经验。时间很紧张，速度要更快些。从半决赛的准备来看，厚积薄发才是王道。需要读书，需要参加更多的团体。

 

Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing business, so it is not surprising that today's investors want to understand how companies are managing the risks and taking advantage of the opportunities.

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is responding to this growing interest. Representing investors managing US$41 trillion of assets, the CDP now requests corporate information on carbon and climate change management where regulation and standards have so far feared to tread.

This year, CDP sent out almost 2,500 surveys to the world's largest companies. They received responses from just over half of these. Over three-quarters of the FT500 responded. The data is patchy and inconsistent, with only half using internationally recognised standards for reporting.

Some companies like Bayer, Deutsche Telekom, Iberdrola and BP provide a thorough understanding, not only of their own emissions, but of the wider risks and opportunities climate change poses for their business. Others simply state that "measuring GHG emissions would be unjustifiably time-consuming," or that "the issue does not apply to their business", which demonstrates a concerning disregard for the issue.

The gulf between best and worst regarding carbon disclosure makes troubling reading for those of us analysing the results (The °Climate Group analyses this data as part of its annual "Carbon Down Profits Up" report). However, before banging the "business should do better" drum, it's worth turning the tables and asking a few questions of the investors who are creating the hoops that respondents have jumped through.

One assumes that the investment community requests information, via the CDP, to enable it to make better, more informed investment decisions. However, it is hard to understand if and how this is currently happening. The size of a company's carbon footprint does not appear to be having an impact on investment decisions, and does not appear to be influencing any dramatic shift to investment in low-carbon solutions.

For example, although the trend of investment in renewables is going in the right direction, it is still only a small proportion of the total: In 2006, global investment in renewable power reached US$71billion, out of a total energy investment of US$500-600billion ( In The Black report, 2007).

Another common conception is that investors will reward companies that understand and manage carbon and climate change to create a business opportunity, either through leadership in their sector or, perhaps through diversification into a business opportunity created as a result of climate change.

Whilst there is evidence in The °Climate Group's recent Climate Brand Index research indicating consumers would reward businesses that are doing a good job, it is almost impossible to find similar evidence charting a positive shift in mainstream investment behaviour. Indeed, Lisa Roner's article cites analysts who believe Wal-Mart was rewarded with a "drop in stock price" for announcing greater disclosure.

There are plenty of rational arguments for this current mismatch between what investors say they want to do and what they actually do. Poor quality carbon disclosure by companies is one such argument, and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is responding by producing tailored sector guidance - the first being for electrical utilities.

The lack of long-term certainty over the cost of carbon also makes it nearly impossible for traditional risk analysis tools to generate data that enables confident investment decisions. The obvious answer to providing a more solid foundation is regulation and long-term policy to support a stable cost of carbon.

The question is – can we wait for that to happen? Without investors rewarding sustainable and responsible business practice now, there is a risk that fewer companies will see the value in carbon disclosure. Lack of transparency and the loss of vital momentum towards creating a low-carbon economy will be the cost.

Emily Farnworth is director of the Corporate Leadership Programme at the Climate Group

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第一个不在家过的春节~

 

本来还好，自从上次听了UCC中文研究所某老师的关于春节习俗讲演，就开始有点想念在家过年的情景~年夜饭，桂圆鸡蛋，12点放鞭炮，还有上山给爷爷姥姥等送亮拜年……还好，这里的气氛也还不错，老外们对此的研究比我还深，居然知道什么中历公元4705年。。还有超地道的金猪年。。在这里才意识到，有一个这样的特别的中国人的日子，是很骄傲的~

 

祝所有的朋友春节愉快，阖家团圆~

 

过哒越闹年~

 

 

走下飞机，就开始下雨。不好说是久违的，毕竟对这个城市的感情并不真得那么深刻。跟出租车司机有一句没一句的聊，忽上忽下的科克口音，昏黄的灯光，雨刮器来回扫过挡风玻璃上的雨水，视线模糊清晰模糊清晰。我回来了，感觉有些异样。

 

在瑞士这九天，去了几座雪山，游览了一些城市，更重要的是见到了熟悉的人。那天我从10路车下来，跟格格拥抱的时候，并没有那样的兴奋或激动，但离开苏黎世，回到爱尔兰，我才意识到原来这几天真的很开心。

 

在国外还是会寂寞的。当你在喝酒打牌或者工作的时候不会觉得，但是像这样疲惫慵懒的时候，便会想念那些最熟悉最了解的人。这里的朋友也很好，但年龄大了之后，要互相走进别人的内心就越来越困难了。那天我说我觉得跟陌生人的距离接近了，那只是我心态的改变，这是好的。但真正的朋友总是需要时间的积淀。知根知底，对于现在遇到的人，已经不是那么简单的事情。更何况要有共同分享的生活。

"学习"才是王道，

 

在专业领域或者工作领域掌握广博的知识和深刻的理解，

 

由此构成沟通的基础和自信的来源

 

 

不要玩噱头