Conference On Climate Change 2010
Conference On Climate Change 2010
2009 Lows Create Career Opportunities in 2010
I think we can all agree that 2009 stunk worse than a locker full of dirty gym socks. Everybody was broke, global warming hit a boiling point, and health care reform seemed at a standstill. But believe it or not, to every con there’s also a pro. New industries are needed to clean up the messes of 2009, and that means a whole lot of opportunity for you. Here’s a look at how the tragedies of 2009 could lead to your career triumph in 2010.
Con #1: Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi schemes
This was a con, literally. Bernie Madoff swindled millions out of innocent investors for years until he was finally caught in March 2009.
Pro #1: Forensic Accounting Careers
Madoff is just the latest white collar offender whose financial abuses played a role in the current recession. The need to keep an eye on these guys was made brutally clear in 2009, which has led to a boom in forensic accounting. Forensic accountants work with the FBI, IRS and other law enforcement agencies to hunt criminals for embezzlement, money laundering, and securities fraud. For more information, visit this forensic accounting degree page.
Con #2: Global Warming
According to many scientists, 2009 was the D-Day for global warming: our last chance to make serious changes before temperatures start to rise at an alarming rate. This turning point prompted leaders from around the world to meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2009.
Pro #2: Green Careers
With time running out, Governments worldwide are making global warming and environmental sustainability a priority, leading to the birth of green jobs. This umbrella term covers a range of careers, from hybrid car manufacturing to sustainable office management. The U.S. Department of Labor even awarded $100 million in Energy Training Partnership Grants in 2010 (in addition to $55 million given in November 2009).
Con #3: Terrorism Attempts
A botched plane hijacking on December 25, 2009 was an unfortunate reminder that global terrorism and other threats to homeland security are still very real.
Pro #3: Homeland Security Careers
More than ever, the U.S. government needs immigration officers, emergency managers, and border patrol agents to keep our country safe. To find out more, visit this homeland security career profile.
Con #4: Health Care Fiascos
With all the discussions and legislation swirling around the health care issue, it’s only a matter of time before the face of healthcare changes drastically. Everyone—doctors, Democrats, nurses, Republicans—agreed in 2009 that something has to give.
Pro #4: Health Care Careers
We don’t know what changes health care reform is going to bring, but we do know this: it should make health care accessible to a lot more people. Along with that, there will most likely be an emphasis on wellness and prevention, which put together means growth in the health care industry.
Con #5: H1N1 Epidemic
A global H1N1 scare in 2009 sent people scrambling for information, vaccines, and respiratory masks. The people we turn to most often in these sorts of disasters are our friendly neighborhood nurses.
Pro #5: Nursing Careers
Thanks to improvements in technology, an emphasis on preventative care, and an aging Baby Boomer population, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts an employment growth rate of 22 percent for registered nurses between 2008 and 2018.
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Noel Rozny writes myPathfinder, the bi-weekly career blog for the myFootpath website. myFootpath is a resource to help you in your search for a college, degree program, career, graduate school, and non-traditional experiences. Visit myFootpath to start your college or degree program search.
Why did European carbon market take a dive after Copenhagen?
Carbon prices plunged yesterday in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, dealing a blow to the credibility of the European Union’s carbon-trading scheme. Prices for carbon permits for December 2010 delivery, the benchmark contract for pricing European permits, dropped nearly 10 per cent in early trading, before recovering to end the day 8.3 per cent lower at €12.41.
Lower prices give companies less incentive to invest in cutting their greenhouse gas output. Analysts estimate that prices of more than €40 a tonne are required to stimulate investment in new low-carbon technologies.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1a7aade-ee98-11de-944c-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
The “carbon market” is speaking volumes about global warming being a HOAX. When it drops another 30, 40, 50% THEN will the alarmist loons get it?
Typical Oregon Person has a great idea… empower humans to make their own energy! Harness the fart!
But in all seriousness to your question, Mr. Obama’s inexplicable injunction in Copenhagen that “the time for talk is over” appears to have produced an agreement to continue talking. The previous 12 days of frantic sound and pointless fury showed that there isn’t anything approaching an international consensus on carbon control. What Copenhagen offered instead was a lesson in limits for a White House partial to symbolic gestures and routinely disappointed by reality.
CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICS 2010 CONFERENCE KING HAROLD STREET
