Among the questions this Tomorrow's Company report asks is if companies are prepared for the scale of the energy revolution in prospect whether the system should be updated to take more account of emerging risks of runaway climate change as well as the widely accepted evidence of global warming - and if so, whether business should be proactive in driving reform? It also looks at what policy frameworks business should work with government to prioritise, so that business can play its full role in building tomorrow's green and clean economy and what the transition to the low-carbon world might cost.

This briefing summarises projected growth patterns of the Global Green Economy, which in turn provides a case for businesses to invest in the emerging green industry which is predicted to be a dominant economic force. This paper does not focus on the pragmatic details of “greening an individual business” but rather provides an overview of the Green Economy as a whole entity.

The Road to London, by Prof. Michael Mainelli and Jan-Peter Onstwedder, tells the story of how the London Accord came to be, from its origin in the autumn of 2005 to its publication in December 2007, tracing the individuals and the external factors that shaped it. For more information go to www.london-accord.co.uk

A presentation given in Mumbai, on 17th November 2007 by Pavan Sukhdev, a Managing Director in the Global Markets division of Deutsche Bank AG and member of Green Indian States Trust, about the measurement of sustainability. For more information visit www.gistindia.org

This article, by James Palmer and Prof. Michael Mainelli and part of the London Accord, is intended to provide an illustration of the application of portfolio modelling to climate change investment. For more information go to www.london-accord.co.uk