Kenya, World Bank To Start First Climate Innovation Center In Nairobi

NAIROBI -(Dow Jones)- The world's first Climate Innovation Center, or CIC, will be established in Nairobi, according to an announcement made in the Kenyan capital Monday by Andrew Steer, World Bank's Special Envoy for Climate Change.
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InfoDev's vision is to build a global network of 30 CICs that will create over 2,400 enterprises, generate 240,000 direct and indirect jobs, install 3000 megawatts of off-grid energy capacity, provide energy access to over 28 million people, deliver clean water to over 10 million households, and mitigate 65 million tons of carbon dioxide.

World Bank defends its role in climate finance | Environment & Development | Deutsche Welle | 31.01.2011

So, for example, in Cancun we launched a new partnership for market readiness. That's going to help countries adopt market-based solutions to climate change. So China is introducing cap and trade systems. So is Chile, so is Columbia, so is Indonesia, so is the Ukraine. That's the kind of thing we're doing.

Cold snap ‘could increase heating bills by a third’ - DIY News - Wickes

Homeowners could see their heating bills rise by around £7 a week in a prolonged period of freezing weather, it has been claimed.