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By Making It on 3 September, 2012
Turkey’s Ambassador to the UN, Ertuğrul Apakan, considers the prospects for youth in the Least Developed Countries.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged chronic unemployment and underemployment, development, economic growth, global economic growth, International, international community, IPoA, Istanbul, jobs, ldc, LDC-IV, least developed countries, Least Developed Country, Millennium Development Goals, rio+20, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable growth, Turkey, unemployment, United Nations, youth, youth employment
By Making It on 4 April, 2012
Soogil Young explains how the Republic of Korea is leading the way in de-linking economic growth and environmental degradation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business-as-usual, carbon emissions reduction, climate change, co2, COP15, Copenhagen, development, EACP, East Asian Climate Partnership Initiative, economy, environment, Framework Act for Low-Carbon Green Growth, Global Green Growth Institute, green business boom, green economy, Green Growth Strategy, green industry, green innovation, Green Investment Korea Forum, green revolution, Green Technology Centre, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emission, Incheon, issue 9, Making It magazine, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, President Lee Myung-bak, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Songdo International Business District, Soogil Young, South Korea, UNEP
By Making It on 24 February, 2012
Corinne Schoch asks if militarizing climate change might harm those communities most affected by the problem
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, climate change, Climate Change Group, Cold War, Corinne Schoch, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, environment, global security community, green industry, HIV/AIDS, human security, humanitarian responsibility, IIED, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, International Institute for Environment and Development, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, migration, militarizing climate change, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources
By Making It on 20 February, 2012
Antonio Tajani explains how the European Union is finding solutions that neither compromise growth nor the climate and environment
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2020 strategy, Antonio Tajani, climate change, development, economic downturn, economy, employment, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, financial and economic crisis, green industry, growth and jobs, Industrial Development Organization, issue 9, Making It, opportunities for EU industry, our low-carbon future, policy, population, productivity, resource efficiency, social cohesion, sustainable, sustainable industry, UNIDO, United Nations, Vice-President of the European Commission
By Making It on 15 February, 2012
Alejandro Litovsky and Paulina Villalpando look at how the risks of investing in farmland create opportunities for sustainability
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness beyond compliance, agricultural land, Alejandro Litovsky, Apple, biofuels, biological diversity, China, civil society, climate change a threat, crops to feed livestock, development, drought, Earth Security Initiative, ecological limits, ecosystems, environmental footprint, Ethiopia, food commodity prices, government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa, human security, hydropower plants, Industrial Development Organization, industrial productivity, investing in farmland, issue 9, labour standards, land security, local communities, Making It magazine, opportunities for sustainability, our low-carbon future, Paulina Villalpando, productivity, risk management, Rodale Institute, Saudi Arabia, scientific research, sustainability, sustainable industrial development, transparency, transparency of investment deals, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, water consumption
By Making It on 30 November, 2011
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, explains how to advance the aim of gender equality, and what obstacles prevent women from accessing greater economic opportunities
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, credit, dependency, development, economic empowerment of women, economic opportunities, employment and entrepreneurial activities, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, gender equality, gender gaps, gender issue, globalization, goods and services, government, Hilary Clinton, human rights, ILO, International Labour Organization, livelihoods, macroeconomic policies, Making It magazine, McKinsey, Michelle Bachelet, policymaking, poverty, poverty reduction, prevent women, private sector development, rio+20, social and labour market obstacles, social challenges, structural inequalities, UN Global Compact, UN Women, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, World Ecnomic Forum
By Making It on 18 November, 2011
A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population
By Making It on 11 November, 2011
European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, on why environmentalists and industry in Europe must work together to decouple growth from resource depletion
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Antonio Tajani, Asia-Pacific, business, cobalt, competition, development, earth, environmental authorities, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, how to be resourceful with limited resources, import-dependent, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, issue 8, Janez Potocnik, labour costs, labour productivity, latin america, Making It, Middle East, minerals, North Africa, planet, platinum, population, poverty alleviation, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, titanium, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, vanadium, what to do to save the environment
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