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Hot topic: The ‘Girl Effect’ – Covering up the reality of austerity

By Making It on 1 December, 2012

Hester Eisenstein on how global elites use women’s labour to exploit the world.

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Angela Merkel, assembly operations, Bangladesh, capitalist exploitation, Caracol Industrial Park, cheap labour, China, economic empowerment of women, EPZs, Ester Boserup, export processing, Feminism Seduced, feminist, Ha-Joon Chang, Haiti, hester eisenstein, Hillary Clinton, hot topic, industrial policy, international financial institutions, Japan, Keynesian, La Pietra Coalition, maquiladoras, Naila Kabeer, Nicholas Kristof, Nike Foundation, patriarchal controls, Paul Krugman, Republic of Korea, Sae-A Trading, sweatshops, UNIDO, women, young women

Hot topic: Does energy efficiency lead to increased energy consumption?

By Making It on 16 June, 2011

Experts from the Breakthrough Institute outline the importance and implications of the rebound effect

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, backfire, Breakthrough Institute, climate risk, consumption, cooling, cost, direct, emerging economies, emissions reduction, energy efficiency, energy saving, global climate, global emissions, globalization, goods, government, greenhouse gases, Harry Saunders, heating, hot topic, IEA, Industrial Development Organization, industrial processes, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, international development agencies, international energy agency, IPCC, issue 6, Jesse Jenkins, Jevons' Paradox, linear, literature, macroeconomic, magazine, Making It, McKinsey, Michael Shellenberger, money, ngos, policies, private sector, productivity, products, rebound effects, research, review, services, stabilization, sustainable growth, Ted Nordhaus, transportation, UNIDO, United Nations, usage, world's emerging economies

Hot topic: Sustainable shipping

By Making It on 1 March, 2011

Across the globe, the increasing mobility of goods and people is driving transport demand and CO2 emissions. What role does shipping play in trade, and climate change?

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged 2050, aid development, Aqualife, bunker fuel, Cancu, car, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon fee, cargo, challenge, chemicals, China, climate, climate change, co2, co2 footprint, COP15, COP16, demand, efficiency, energy, environment, enzymes, Equator, Framework Convention on Climate Change, germany, global agreement, global trade, globalization, goods, hot topic, ICT solutions, IMO, Industrial Development Organization, international agreement, International Maritime Organization, issue 5, Jacob Sterling, Kyoto Protocol, low-carbon economy, Maersk Line, Making It magazine, Maritime Environmental Protection Committee, mobility, modal switches, Northern Europe, people, performance, policymakers, potential, problem, regulation, report, sector, services, shipping, society, solar panels, solution, sustainable shipping, trade, Transformative Solution Leadership, transport, transportation, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, wind turbine, world

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Hot topic: The ‘Girl Effect’ – Covering up the reality of austerity

Hot topic: Does energy efficiency lead to increased energy consumption?

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