Innovative policy, finance, technology and leadership are fundamental to achieving a climate neutral future

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Innovative policy, finance, technology and leadership are fundamental to achieving a climate neutral future. Now in its fourth year, the 2013 Sustainable Innovation Forum brings together leaders from business, government, finance and NGOs to catalyse innovation with the aim of accelerating green growth and sustainable development. Organised on behalf of …

Bloomberg’s Hidden Legacy: Climate Change and the Future of New York City

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting, Books and Reviews

Bloomberg’s Hidden Legacy: Climate Change and the Future of New York City New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made his city the world leader in the fight to defend against climate change and reduce carbon emissions. This book, just released, tells the story. It is being published as a multi-media e-book …

Bridge Housing breaks ground on 90 Oakland units

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Lots of talk about the affordable housing situation these days and, as AssemblymanPhil Ting, D-San Francisco, told The Chronicle this week, the “need to bring all our stakeholders together” to address it. Let’s make sure Bridge Housing is brought to the table. On Friday, the san francisco affordable housing nonprofit is being joined by a passel …

Earth Negotiations Bulletin: A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science

Earth Negotiations Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations Volume 12 Number 589 – Monday, 18 November 2013 WARSAW HIGHLIGHTS Saturday, 16 November 2013 The ADP informal stocktaking plenary took place in the morning and afternoon. The SBI and SBSTA closing plenaries took place in the …

Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-known Model

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-known Model Posted on November 11, 2013 by Ellen Brown In Costa Rica, publicly-owned banks have been available for so long and work so well that people take for granted that any country that knows how to run an economy has a public banking option. Costa …

The United Kingdom Parliament Environmental Audit Committee: Environmental Audit Committee to take evidence on Green Finance inquiry

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Greentech

Environmental Audit Committee to take evidence on Green Finance inquiry 11/08/2013 04:44 PM GMT The Environmental Audit Committee will hold its third public evidence hearing on its Green Finance inquiry at 4.15 pm on Monday 11 November in Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster.   Environmental Audit Committee announces publication …

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Daily News Alert 11.11.13 Breaking Free From Our Carbon Entanglement and a Dinosaur Industry In a remarkable milestone, Mexican economist diplomat José Angel Gurría spoke out as secretary-general of the OECD – sketching a future that should have the global coal industry shaking in its boots. His message is that …

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLineClimate change is putting jobs at risk – governments must actBrussels,9 November 2014(ITUC OnLine): With a new round of the UnitedNations climate negotiations starting this monday in Warsaw, Poland, thelabour movement expressed its concerns on the impacts a low ambition climatedeal would mean for jobs globally.“Science is …

Miami under water | Interview with Ikea’s CSO | Is natural capital next?

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

        8 November 2013 Share           What’s been happening?           As Ben Strauss from Climate Central predicts more than 25% of Boston, Miami, New Orleans, and Atlantic City could be under water by 2100, we look to the threat rising …