69th General Debate Continues Discussion of Post-2015 Agenda, Highlights Biodiversity, SIDS Issues

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science

  A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Notice: IISD Reporting Services invites you to complete a brief survey (by 30 September 2014) that we have designed to ensure that our knowledgebases are as useful and informative as possible. Click here to enter …

Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets By LISA W. FODERARO  NY Times, SEPT. 21, 2014 Slide Show Slide Show|13 Photos A Demonstration for the Planet in Manhattan CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times C Legions of demonstrators frustrated by international inaction on global warming descended on New York …

Sustainable Development Update – 18 September 2014 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Jay OwenSustainability News

      A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Notice: IISD Reporting Services invites you to complete a brief survey (by 30 September 2014) that we have designed to ensure that our knowledgebases are as useful and informative as possible.Click here to …

Extracted: video exceprts from Club of Rome report

Ethical Markets - RResource Efficiency, TV Series

How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet In this Report to the Club of Rome,to be released on 12 June, Ugo Bardi delivers a sweeping history of the mining industry, and illustrates how the gigantic mining machine is now starting to show signs of difficulties. Having thoroughly …

Club of Rome Newsflash 122

Jay OwenTrendspotting

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,Newsflash No 122 presents information about Club of Rome events, initiatives and about publications by members:http://www.clubofrome.net/news/newsflash122.htmlBest regardsThomas SchauerContents:CALENDAR OF EVENTSFUTURE EVENTS IN DETAIL – Berlin: Climate Engineering Conference (18.-21.8.2014)– Hanover: Decoupling (27.-29.8.2014)– Mexcio City: Annual Conference of the Club of Rome (16.-18.10.2014)– New Delhi: Securing Food for All …

Newsflash No 122 presents information about Club of Rome events, initiatives and about publications by members

Jay OwenTrendspotting

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,Newsflash No 122 presents information about Club of Rome events, initiatives and about publications by members:http://www.clubofrome.net/news/newsflash122.htmlBest regardsThomas SchauerContents:CALENDAR OF EVENTSFUTURE EVENTS IN DETAIL – Berlin: Climate Engineering Conference (18.-21.8.2014)– Hanover: Decoupling (27.-29.8.2014)– Mexcio City: Annual Conference of the Club of Rome (16.-18.10.2014)– New Delhi: Securing Food for All …

FTC Newsletter – April – June 2014: The stakes are high!

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Berlin Brussels Lima London Nairobi New Delhi Washington     Dear friends, When compiling our latest newsletter, we realized just how eventful the last three months have been. From the Indian government’s creation of a task force to investigate offshore accounts to the Queen of England’s speech announcing the UK’s …

Newsflash No 120 presents information about Club of Rome events, initiatives and about publications by members:

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Trendspotting

Newsflash No 120 presents information about Club of Rome events, initiatives and about publications by members:http://www.clubofrome.net/news/newsflash120.htmlBest regardsThomas SchauerContents:CALENDAR OF EVENTSORGANISATION– Club of Rome Received IFAT Award– New Chair and Secretary in Finland– CoR Media ReviewFUTURE EVENTS IN DETAIL – Bucharest: Life in Focus (5.6.14)– Ottawa: Two Almost Free Energy Technologies Supporting …

Family farming vital for resilient, food-secure future

Jay OwenSustainability News

Family farming vital for resilient, food-secure future Italian Finance Minister Saccomanni and Unilever CEO Polman to attend IFAD Governing Council Rome, 17 February 2014 – As the international delegates from its 172 farmers for the future we want” in recognition of this year’s United Nations International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). …

Mapping the global transition to the solar age

Jay OwenArticles by Hazel Henderson, Beyond GDP

Press Release Global Futurist Solar Age”   February 11, 2014, St. Augustine, FL — On Tuesday, February11, 2014, ICAEW and Tomorrow’s Company launched Hazel Henderson’s publication ‘Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age: From “Economism” to Earth Systems Science‘, at the Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, challenges which are …