ENB Vol. 23 No. 12 – 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development – Issue #3

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

      Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Volume 23 Number 12 | Wednesday, 15 July 2015     FfD3 Highlights Tuesday, 14 July 2015 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia     Languages: EN (HTML/PDF) FR (HTML/PDF) Visit our IISD/ENB Meeting Coverage from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at: http://www.iisd.ca/ffd/ffd3/     On the second day …

World Day to Combat Desertification Bulletin – Vol. 4 No. 2 – World Day to Combat Desertification Global Observance Event – Briefing Note

Jay OwenDesert Greening

    World Day to Combat Desertification Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · …

Alternative Energy: Community Power: Loans for Community-Based Renewable Energy

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy Community Power: Loans for Community-Based Renewable Energy Growth Of Distributed Electricity Systems On Verge Of Transforming Utility System — “Real Dialogue” At Princeton LA Solar / CLEAN LA Infomercial $10 Million For Swiss Geothermal Exploration Solar Stock Trading Alert; Canadian Solar (CSIQ) on the Run New endurance record …

Shale Gas as a Low-Carbon Energy Source for Europe

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

Shale Gas as a Low-Carbon Energy Source for Europe [Video] Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:00 AM PST A Good Offense Is the Best Defense Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:45 AM PST In my past posts I discussed examples of the transformation of the grid through a revolution in technology that …

What did Rio+20 achieve? What next for the green economy agenda?

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

To answer that question, it is useful to wind back the clock to 2009 when the seeds of green economy were first sown. The full force of the financial crisis was being felt the world over – 27 million people lost their jobs and 80% of the world population had …

Germany’s Low Carbon Energy Strategy

kristyGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

Organized by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) Jennifer Morgan, World Climate and Resources Institute, welcomed the Federal German Ministry initiation of this event at a crucial time in the climate change negotiations. She stressed the urgency to massively scale up the development …

National Funding Entities: European Capacity Building Initiative

kristyGreen Prosperity, Reports You Need

Executive Summary The future of the global climate change negotiations hinges on an eventual UNFCCC globally embraced decision on climate change funding support for developing countries. Leading up to and during the Conference of Parties (COP) in Copenhagen, some positive signs on funding emerged. These positive signs, however, are in …

The finance sector to step up efforts to combat climate change and increase investment in renewable energy, urges Nobel Laureate

kristyGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

80 days before the UN climate change negotiations the UNEP Finance Initiative leads the discussion with the finance sector at a forum in Mexico City entitled “The Financial Sector towards COP16” Over 55 finance CEOs, Managing Directors and Heads of Sustainability join the Nobel Laureate in the climate change discussion …

UNEP FI and partners launch the World Climate Summit to accelerate finance solutions to climate change

kristyGreen Prosperity

70 days before UN climate change negotiations, UNEP Finance Initiative and partners launch the World Climate Summit to accelerate finance solutions to climate change The World Climate Summit to convene the most important business and finance actors, parrallel to COP16 in December SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 – NEW YORK, LONDON, BRUSSELS, …

Over 100 insurers call for greater action to adapt the developing world to climate change

kristyGreen Prosperity

UNEP FI and partners launch global insurance industry statement on adapting to climate change in developing countries UNEP FI, in collaboration with three insurance initiatives, the Geneva Association, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) and ClimateWise, will today launch a global insurance industry statement on adapting to climate change in …