When I saw the SEC Climate Portal on a Google search results page, I mistakenly thought this was the US S.E.C.’s rather than the Singapore Environment Council’s climate change portal. But I wonder how long it will be before we do see an S.E.C. climate portal? Given the increasing interest in the potential impact of climate change on businesses worldwide and item 2 on the agenda for ‘The Sunshine Act’ meeting on Jan. 27, 2010:

Item 2: The Commission will consider a recommendation to publish an interpretive release to provide guidance to public companies regarding the Commission’s current disclosure requirements concerning matters relating to climate change. Read the rest of this entry »