How do you profitably invest in a sustainably harvested forest while directing efforts toward clean water protection, flood control, habitat for fish and wildlife, soil building and carbon storage? Industrial timberland is managed solely for the wood in the trees, but Ecotrust Forest Management, based in Portland, Ore., invests by …
Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate
Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate Content: The 2015 New Climate Economy Report, from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate 2015 is a year of unprecedented opportunity. This year’s landmark intergovernmental conferences – the International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis …
TerraViva-United Nations, Wednesday, July 8, 2015: Opinion: SDGs, FfD and Every Single Dollar in the World
2015/7/8 Opinion: SDGs, FfD and Every Single Dollar in the World Paul Ladd and Pedro Conceicao Ethiopia will host an important meeting on Financing for Development (FfD) Conference next week. One of the most-asked questions is: How much will it cost us to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals …
OECD Green Growth Newsletter: July 2015 – Issue Twenty-Nine
Contents · Retrospective: o OECD on the Road to #COP 21 – Climate Lecture by the Secretary-General, 3 July 2015. o International Tax Dialogue on Tax and the Environment, 1-3 July 2015. · Recent and Forthcoming Publications · Save the date: GGKP Webinar – Towards Green Growth? Tracking Progress, 27 …
Mondragon, American Commons Game & “The Peoples Site”
New Social Media Platform Dubbed “The People’s Site” by Anonymous Minds.com has earned the attention of privacy advocates, activists, and frustrated Facebook users. Read more » > SHARING CITIES Interviewed: Ezio Manzini on Design When Everybody Designs Society as a whole can be seen as a huge laboratory in which …
Public Banking Institute News: July 7, 2015
Public Banking Institute News: July 7, 2015 Hi Hazel! — As we see examples overseas of the disasters–and resistance–created by big banks and unaccountable financial institutions, we also see some great local stories about the ongoing campaigns for public banking in America. The Promise of Public Banking in Seattle The …
Emailing: $283 bln of Liquefied Natural Gas ‘uneconomic’ to 2025 Carbon Tracker Initiative
Emailing: $283 bln of Liquefied Natural Gas ‘uneconomic’ to 2025 Carbon Tracker Initiative [Subscribe] Sign up to our newsletter $283 bln of Liquefied Natural Gas ‘uneconomic’ to 2025 Date: 6 July 2015 Related report: Read report Potential LNG projects get left on the shelf, limiting growth LONDON/NEW YORK, July …
Carbon Tracker – New Report on Global Gas Sector
New Report – Carbon Supply Cost Curves: Evaluating Financial Risk to Gas Capital Expenditures View this email in your browser Carbon Supply Cost Curves Evaluating Financial Risk to Gas Capital Expenditures Carbon Tracker publishes today a new report on the global gas sector. This study completes the research series on oil and …
EDUCATION ‘ESSENTIAL TO VISION OF A LIFE OF DIGNITY FOR ALL, ‘ SAYS BAN AT NORWAY SUMMIT
Web version New York Jul 7 2015 1:00PM UN News Centre with breaking news from the UN News Service Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the opening of the Oslo Summit on Education for Development. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas EDUCATION ‘ESSENTIAL TO VISION OF A LIFE OF DIGNITY FOR ALL,’ SAYS …
Daily Newsletter – Financing Energy Storage: Taking Cues From the Success of PV
July 7, 2015 LATEST NEWS: EU Research Project Identifies How to Make Battery Storage Systems Last Longer Jason Deign – July 6, 2015 Three years of testing pay off. Financing Energy Storage: Taking Cues From the Success of PV Eric Wesoff – July …