ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Los Angeles’ vulnerability to future sea level rise projected

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

  ScienceDaily: Top Environment News     Los Angeles’ vulnerability to future sea level rise projected Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:48 sea level rise of as much as two feet due by 2050 due to AM PST A new study looks at colonies of social wasps and explores the acceptance …

Green Growth: High-level panel marks launch of GGKP office in Geneva

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  Knowledge Update Issue 2014-2                                                                                      February 19, 2014 High-level panel marks launch of GGKP office in Geneva On 22 January, to mark the official Green Growth Knowledge Platform’s office, the GGKP, Swiss Government and Geneva Environment Network hosted a high-level panel debate on the topic of “Green Economy and Green Growth: Passing Fad …

Nordic Cooperation on fossil-fuel subsidy reform in developing countries: Assessing Options and Opportunities

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Nordic Cooperation on fossil-fuel subsidy reform in developing countries: Assessing Options and Opportunities   Fossil-fuel MENA and southeast asia. Reforming and redirecting climate change puzzle. Savings enable cooperation around reform and makes specific recommendations. Download the working paper – a final report is due later this year.   This project is …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: An indictment of financial crime enforcement

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  Tuesday, January 14, 2014 From the Financial Transparency Coalition Blog: Corporate Income Tax Repeal is Not a Serious Proposal Edition 24: December 2013 Transparency Priorities for 2014 developing Countries are Being Undermined by Rich Naiton’s Greed A More Transparent 2013: Year in Review My 2013 Financial Transparency Person of …

Sustainable Development Update – 26 November 2013 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Jay OwenSustainability News

A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 26 November 2013 UN-NGLS Publishes Policy Briefs for OWG 5 23_November 2013: Based on three consultations with civil society, the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) has produced two papers to inform the fifth session of the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable …

Sustainable Development: Implementing Rio+20: ECOSOC’s New Role and Its Old Culture

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 28 October 2013 Featured Guest Article Implementing Rio+20: ECOSOC’s New Role and Its Old Culture by Harris Gleckman, Center for Governance and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Almost_since the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was created, there have been ECOSOC reform efforts. Most of these efforts …

STOXX launches ESG weighted version of EURO STOXX 50 / STOXX Europe 50

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

STOXX Limited today introduced the EURO iSTOXX 50 SD-KPI and iSTOXX Europe50 SD-KPI indices. The two indices cover all 50 components of two Europeanblue-chip indices, namely the EURO STOXX 50 and the STOXX Europe 50. Thecomponents are slightly overweighted or underweighted (i.e. -10%, -5%, 0%,5%, 10%) on the basis of …

The Regional Implementation Meetings for Rio+20 Follow-Up: An Analysis of the Outcomes

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Click here to visit the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase.   A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 9 September 2013 SD Policy Update The Regional Implementation Meetings for Rio+20 Follow-Up: An Analysis of the Outcomes by Pamela S. Chasek, Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin [ENB], IISD Reporting Services (US) As_part_of the discussions on …

New issue of “Green Growth the Nordic Way”

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

The September edition of “Green Growth the Nordic Way” explores the topics of market building and market surveillance for a greener economy in a regional, cross-border setting. It features articles on two projects from the Nordic Prime Ministers’ green growth initiative that try to expand and explore Nordic markets on sustainable building …

Jay OwenGreentech

he Way Forward for Renewable Energy in Central America Phase One Report Just Released: The Way Forward Renewable Energy in Central America: Status Assessment, Best Practices, Gap Analysis Click to download a copy of the report: English Version &Spanish Version With joint support from the Climate Development Knowledge Networkand the Energy and Environment Partnership …