Obama Gets Efficient: $4 Billion For Energy Efficient Building Upgrades ClimateProgress and Center for American Progress: 07 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST by Jorge Madrid and Matt Kasper Last week President Obama, with the help of former President Bill Clinton and other partners including the Center for American Progress, flexed …
Pricing the Priceless: The business case for action on biodiversity
Pricing the Priceless: The business case for action on biodiversity 7th December 2011 Peter Young, Chairman of the Aldersgate Group (AG) welcomed attendees to the launch of the AG’s new report on business and biodiversity. Previous work by the AG has dealt with the importance of wider resource efficiency, “beyond …
President Obama Announces Energy Efficiency Performance Contract Funding Model
President Obama Announces Energy Efficiency Performance Contract Funding Model December 3, 2011 2:00PM EST December 2, 2011 On December 2, President Obama, joined by former President Bill Clinton, announced $4 billion in combined private and federal funds to be invested in upgrades to commercial buildings over the next two years. …
Let’s plant a million trees in each country of the world!
Let’s plant a million trees in each country of the world! www.plant-for-the-planet.org Update from the Plant-for-the-Planet Children Initiative NEWS Elect the Next Global Board! Register as voter for the global board 2012/2013 Plant-for-the-Planet Annual Meeting – Be Part of it! April 20 – 22nd 2012 in Castle Schwaneck near Munich …
HEALTHY ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE LOOKS TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE NEW YORK STATE
HEALTHY ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE LOOKS TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE NEW YORK STATE December 6-7, 2011 Legislative Office Building Albany, NY
A New Report on U.S. Jobs Program that Create Livelihoods
A New Report on U.S. Jobs Program that Create Livelihoods A Main Street Fix for Wall Street’s Failures is a report of the New Economy Working Group produced in collaboration with the New Economy Network; it is an outcome of a series of conversations focused on building a policy agenda …
Syrian Elite Smuggle Out Billions, New Report Finds
GFI in the News Syrian Elite Smuggle Out Billions, New Report Finds The Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2011 By Christopher Matthews As Syria teeters on the edge of revolution, the ruling elite are likely diverting millions in illicit capital out of the country, according to a forthcoming report by …
Women Effect Investments Bringing a Gender Lens to Investing
Dear Colleagues and Friends, It has been a busy month since the Convergence we hosted at the end of October! When you start looking for investment opportunities with a gender lens, they begin to appear. At TedXWomen this week I found this to be true in spades. Gayle Lemmon kicked …
Policies for Mobilizing Nature-based Adaptation Action in Africa
Policies for Mobilizing Nature-based Adaptation Action in Africa Organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Trevor Sandwith, IUCN, talked about IUCN projects on a climate change, mountain ecosystem and development. He underscored that we are at the threshold of learning about climate change issues, such as the …