eBay has decided to enter the microfinance business with MicroPlace. To my knowledge it is only the second webpage directed to individuals who want to give microloans to entrepreneurs in developing countries - the first being the much-hyped kiva.org, which I whole-heartedly recommend (the first of my so far three loans is soon paid back, and I look forward to investing it again). However, there are differences between the two, and it might be a good idea for any prospective borrowers to have a look at this comparison, for example, before deciding.

Greenlandic broccoli.

One of my favourite magazines, Foreign Policy, has a couple of exclusives on their website while the next issue is sent to the printers. If you are interested in cars (which I'm not, but I appreciate their ability to take me from one place to the next, preferably without too much pollution) then have a look at the models of the future. Lots of ideas, but very few are realised in the end.

Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, also speaks his mind to Foreign Policy. A strange concoction of opinions it would seem: first he claims that the UN should step into the fight against global warming with greater gusto, and next he feels that he can't influence politics as much as he would like to. Sure, leaving decision making to the Secretary General will really enhance decentralised decision-making... Anyway, he wants to make money preventing global warming, and who can argue with that?

Här lite intressant läsning.

http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=/Avdelningar/Artikel.aspx%3FArticleId%3D2007%5C10%5C23%5C253873

Kolla också in andra intressanta artiklar på Dagens Industris reportageserie om klimat.

www.di.se/klimat

Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace prize 2007. Mr Gore is a case in point when it comes to blessings in disguise. Lose some, win some?

Elsewhere, specifically in Potsdam this week, 15 other Nobel laureates convened to discuss global warming.

Finnish Business & Society 2/2007 interviews Hanken's very own Johanna Mattila (among others) re: business and climate change.