World Forum on Natural Capital November 21 – 22

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Nature/Biomimicry

                16 days to go: 30+ countries so far With endorsement from the United Nations and the World Bank, the concept of natural capital accounting is rapidly becoming an essential concept to understand. If you haven’t seen it already, take a look at our …

NEW UPDATE: IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings, Upcoming Events

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings: Upcoming Events Greetings! ¡Saludos! ?????! Salutations! !?????? Dear Hazel,   New Rules for Global Finance invites you to attend the session “The Financial Stability Board: Views from Insiders and from Campaigners” at the upcoming IMF-World Bank 2013 Spring Meetings. More information about this event is below as well as …

The 4th annual Solar Maghreb Congress (held as part of the Maghreb Renewable Energy Congress) – 21-22 May 2013, Rabat, Morocco

Ethical MarketsConferences

The 4th Annual Solar Maghreb Congress , the most established meeting to focus exclusively on the North African solar industry returns to Morocco on the 21-22nd May 2013. The congress  provides a platform for the North African renewables industry to meet and formulate the next steps for the region’s solar …

Ban Underlines The Role Of Information Technologies In Accelerating Development

kristyWealth of Networks

BAN UNDERLINES THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT New York, May 16 2011 1:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underlined the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in accelerating socio-economic development, highlighting their potential to enable the delivery of basic social services to even the remotest areas of …

Briefing Note Of The Twenty-Third Session Of The Un-Habitat Governing Council

kristySustainability News

The 23rd session of the Governing Council (GC-23) of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) took place from Monday, 11 to Friday, 15 April 2011, at the UN Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of GC-23 was “sustainable urban development through expanding equitable access to land and housing, basic …