World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011

kristy Greentech

WORLD WIND POWER CLIMBS TO NEW RECORD IN 2011 J. Matthew Roney www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C49/wind_power_2012 Earth Policy Release Eco-Economy Indicator March 14, 2012 Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, …

French bank becomes the first to introduce Tobin Tax

kristy Reforming Global Finance

French bank becomes the first to introduce Tobin Tax Banks says tax will raise €100,000 per annum for Millennium Development Goals This step is very significant. It tells us that it has now made sense to a bank to introduce a Tobin tax on its own. Of course, the amount …

Grant for Innovative Socio-economic Models 2011

kristy Reforming Global Finance, Trendspotting, Beyond GDP

Grant for Innovative Socio-economic Models 2011 International open call for proposals Given the dramatic failure of social, economic and political models in the twentieth century, we need to aim at surpassing these models, with the objective of ensuring that the entire world population is able to cover their basic needs …