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Eco-innovation - what, why and how

Eco-innovation – what, why and how

2 May 2013

Eco-innovation reduces the use of natural resources and decreases the release of harmful substances across the whole life-cycle.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Eco World Styria, Eco-innovation, Eco-Innovation Observatory, European Union, green economy, green industry, Green Industry Platform, National Industrial Symbiosis Network, resource efficiency, SMEs, UNIDO

Industrial revolution brings industry back to Europe

Industrial revolution brings industry back to Europe

14 March 2013

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry on the need for sustainable re-industrialization.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 3D printing, aeronautics, Antonio Tajani, automotive, chemicals, Digital Agenda, Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, e-commerce, engineering, Enterprise & Industry magazine, entrepreneurship, European Commission, European Union, industrial revolution, industry, Key enabling technologies, pharmaceuticals, re-industrialization, resource efficiency, space

Slovenia - Successful and innovative

Slovenia – Successful and innovative

15 May 2012

A country feature on Slovenia, with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Danilo Türk, President of the Republic.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Balkan, Danilo Türk, deregulation, Elan, European Union, g20, globalization, Gorenje, green economy, green growth, green industry, innovation, Krka, Litostroj, Ljubljana, Making It, Mokronog, OECD, Pipistrel, Revoz, rio+20, Seaway, Slovenia, UNIDO, Yugoslavia

Interview: Jeremy Rifkin's new world vision

Interview: Jeremy Rifkin’s new world vision

2 April 2012

Jeremy Rifkin talks about the Third Industrial Revolution, a long-term plan to address the global economic crisis, energy security and climate change.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged African Union, ASEAN, austerity, carbon, co2, collaborate, continentalization, crude oil, energy, European Union, feed-in tariffs, fossil fuels, germany, globalization, grid, growth, Industrial Development Organization, industrial revolution, infrastructure, Jeremy Rifkin, jobs, public-private partnership, renewable energy, rio+20, South Korea, third industrial revolution, transition away from fossil fuels, UNIDO, United Nations

We can do it!

We can do it!

8 March 2012

The front cover of the “We can do it!” issue of Making It has been the subject of many appreciative comments but also quite a few asking about the origins of the image. Here is a brief explanation.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 1943, 4th quarter 2011, Carolina Guerra, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, Charles Arthur, climate change, climate treaty, Colombia, country feature, eco-entrepreneur, economic growth, empowering and educating women, empowerment, empowerment of women, end of growth, Europe, European Union, feminism, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, girls, Global Green Growth Forum, green growth, ICHET, ICRW, illustration, Industrial Development, interview, Ireland, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan, Janez Potocnik, Lauren Brassaw, Lebanon, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, Mali, Matthew Lockwood, Maya Zankoul, Michelle Bachelet, Norman Rockwell, Omar Traboulsi, Paul Polak, renewable energy, Richard Heinberg, Rosie the Riveter, Saturday Evening Post, Soroptomist, South Africa, sustainability, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Women, UNIDO, We can do it, WIEGO, women, women entrepreneurs, Zoe Elena Horn

Sustainability: a lever for economic growth

Sustainability: a lever for economic growth

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

The third industrial revolution

The third industrial revolution

14 February 2012

Jeremy Rifkin explains how the five pillars of a third energy-communications revolution will create the foundations for the next great wave of economic growth

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business, Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, consumers, debt, different energy system, economic competitiveness, electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, energy internet, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuel energies, Foundation on Economic Trends, government, Green Industry initiative, hunger and starvation, incentivize transformation, industrial civilization, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, ldc, least developed countries, living standards, Making It magazine, micro-power plants, mobile phone and ict sector, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, oil, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, technology, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services

Issue 9: Our low-carbon future

Issue 9: Our low-carbon future

4 January 2012

Imagine a future where the power of green technology drives a new economic revolution, and where everyone, all over the world, has access to clean, safe, and affordable energy services. Does this sound far-fetched? Not according to our contributors. Jeremy Rifkin, whose latest book, The Third Industrial Revolution, is making a big impact, sees developments […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged business, Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, consumers, debt, different energy system, economic competitiveness, electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, energy internet, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuel energies, Foundation on Economic Trends, government, Green Industry initiative, hunger and starvation, incentivize transformation, industrial civilization, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, ldc, least developed countries, living standards, Making It magazine, micro-power plants, mobile phone and ict sector, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, oil, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, technology, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services

Issue 8 – We can do it!

Issue 8 – We can do it!

23 November 2011

‘Women hold up half the sky’ is a Chinese proverb affirming women’s equal contribution to the human experience but it is an aspirational, rather than a factual, claim. In developed and developing countries alike, gender gaps persist in education, health, work, wages and political participation. For this issue of Making It, the theme is gender […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged 4th quarter 2011, Carolina Guerra, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, climate change, climate treaty, Colombia, country feature, eco-entrepreneur, economic growth, empowering and educating women, empowerment of women, end of growth, Europe, European Union, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, girls, Global Green Growth Forum, green growth, ICHET, ICRW, Industrial Development, interview, Ireland, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan, Janez Potocnik, Lebanon, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, Mali, Matthew Lockwood, Maya Zankoul, Michelle Bachelet, Omar Traboulsi, Paul Polak, renewable energy, Richard Heinberg, Soroptomist, South Africa, sustainability, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Women, UNIDO, WIEGO, women, women entrepreneurs, Zoe Elena Horn

On the road again – with a new roadmap

On the road again – with a new roadmap

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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