Update from Crazy Abu Dhabi: green bonds part of UN Climate Summit / Jeffrey Sachs lays out 7 Step Survival Plan / Ban Ki Moon’s soft power

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘Update from Crazy Abu Dhabi: green bonds part of UN Climate Summit / Jeffrey Sachs lays out 7 Step Survival Plan / Ban Ki Moon’s soft power‘ Abu Dhabi is indeed a crazy place: gold-leaf covered 7 star hotels surrounded by desal-water fed …

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    What do you think needs to change in finance? You have an opportunity to let us know your opinion in a survey below. There was a remarkable conference in USA last week and the video presentations are available now. The Transforming Finance conference is happening in London next week. And Positive Money is looking …

Cleantech News from CleanTechnica : Join Us For A “Hangout” About Electric Vehicles

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Cleantech News from CleanTechnica Cleantech & Climate News Of The Day Join Us For A “Hangout” About Electric Vehicles How To Horribly Communicate The $$ Side Of A Clean Energy Revolution — World Economic Forum Report Unsubsidized Solar Revolution Starting, UBS Reports Jeffrey Sachs: Natural Gas Is “Absolutely Not Clean …

Alternative Energy News: Electric Motorcycle Travels Around the World in 80 days for $400!

Jay OwenGreentech

Electric Motorcycle Travels Around the World in 80 days for $400! Renewable Energy Revolution: Declining Costs, Surging Capacity Research paves way for larger, safer lithium ion batteries Obama Makes Climate Change a Priority in Inaugural Speech Cleantech & Climate News Of The Day 300 MW Of Wind Power Go Online …

20 June 2012 – Pavan Sukhdev and Jeffrey Sachs – SPECIAL PANEL SESSION ON THE ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

kristyBeyond GDP

INVITATION The three Executive Secretaries of the Rio Conventions: Ms. Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Mr. Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD are pleased to invite you to attend the following panel session being held under the auspices of the Rio Conventions Pavilion. SPECIAL PANEL SESSION ON THE …

A World Bank For A New World

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

A World Bank For A New World By Jeffrey Sachs* The world is at a crossroads. Either the global community will join together to fight poverty, resource depletion and climate change, or it will face a generation of resource wars, political instability and environmental ruin. The World Bank, if properly …

Cathy O’Neil: Economists Don’t Understand the Financial System (Quelle Surprise!)

kristyBeyond GDP

Cathy O’Neil: Economists Don’t Understand the Financial System (Quelle Surprise!) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:55 AM PST By Cathy O’Neil, a data scientist who lives in New York City and writes at mathbabe.org A bit more than a week ago I went to a panel discussion at the Met about …

Watch Jeff Sachs with Occupy Wall Street

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Jeffrey Sachs at Occupy Wall Street New End Tax Haven Secrecy Video Out – Take Action A Gentle Riposte To Those Promoting Tax Havens – Or The Answer’s In The Ballot Box Responsible Businesses and Investors Should Adopt Sustainable Tax Framework Decency: An Idea  Whose Time Has Come 2011 Annual …

Malaysia eyes green science, technologies for entry into world’s developed country club

kristyGreen Prosperity

Global titans of science and business volunteer to help Malaysia pioneer an environmentally-sustainable path to high income Embargo: 9 pm US Eastern time, Tuesday May 17 / 9 am Wednesday MYT New York — Resolved to enter the world’s exclusive club of “developed” countries by 2020, Malaysia is banking on …