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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 3 December, 2011
Why gender equality is fundamental to Ireland’s overseas development programme
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged building networks, business and farmers associations, Early Childhood Care and Education, enabling women to control their fertility, equitable societies, Fair Trade, female entrepreneurs, gender equality, gender-blind, government, health, human rights, Industrial Development, international trade, Ireland's Minister of State for Trade and Development, Ireland's National Women's Strategy, Ireland's overseas development programme, Irish aid, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan TD, key facet of empowerment, least developed countries, liberalization, Making It magazine, networking, Orsi Parkanyi, productivity, quality maternal and reproductive health, sustained economic growth, third-level institutions, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, universities, Women as Entrepreneurs, women in parliament, women's economic empowerment, women's engagement in economy, women's issue
By Making It on 11 September, 2011
A country feature on the possibility of Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC status, and exclusive interview with the Minister of Industries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Minister of Industries, capitalism, collective, competition, country features, Debapriya Bhattacharya, democratic deliberation, development, Dilip Barua, economic arrangements, emerging market economy, gender equality, Global, global commons, global ecosystem, globalization, governance, graduations from LDC status, green industry, growth, imbalance, individualism, Industrial Development, inequality, institutions, International, interview, issue 7, ldc, Least Developed Country, macroeconomic, Making It, market, MDGs, nation state, opportunities, policy, political economy, politics, productivity, regulation, stabilization, subsidies, sustainability, technology transfer, trade, UN, UNIDO, United Nations
By Making It on 24 August, 2011
Hedda Oehlberger-Femundsenden argues that UNIDO’s Green Industry initiative can build on the successes of globalization, while helping to rectify its shortcomings
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, Brazil, Brundtland Commission, capitalism, China, climate change, collective, competition, conflict, democratic deliberation, development, economic arrangements, economic crisis, emerging market economy, energy, environment, financial, fuel, g20, germany, Global, global commons, global ecosystem, global warming, globalization, governance, green industry, greenhouse gas emission, growth, Hedda Oehlberger-Femundsenden, imbalance, India, individualism, Industrial Development, industry, inequality, institutions, International, issue 7, Japan, legitimacy, macroeconomic, Making It, Malaysia, market, nation state, opportunities, paradox, policy, political economy, politics, pollution, poverty, productivity, regulation, Republic of Korea, resources, rio+20, Singapore, social cohesion, sovereignty, stabilization, subsidies, sustainability, technology transfer, trade, trade capacity building, UN, UN Commission on Sustainable Development, UNCSD 2012, UNEP, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Millennium Summit, unrest, World Commission on Environment and Development, world economy
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
By Making It on 11 November, 2010
Wim Naudé warns that entrepreneurship policies can be fraught with potential pitfalls
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Brazil, business, China, commodity prices, developing countries, development, Doing Business report, economic growth, employment, entrepreneurship, FDI, financial crisis, government, income, India, infrastructure, institutions, investment, issue 4, labour, lobbying, market, micro and small enterprises, MSE, Nathan Leff, policy, poverty, productivity, state-owned, tax rates, technology, the Economist, United Nations University, UNU-WIDER, USA, William Lazonick, Wim Naudé, World Bank, World Institute for Development Economics Research
By Making It on 4 October, 2010
No more geopolitics as usual. Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, sees a changing international arena.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged climate change, demographics, developing countries, development, disease, Doha Round, efficiency, electriciy, energy, environment, financial reform, G-20, G-7, geopolitics, global economy, globalization, government, growth, innovation, international issues, internet, legitimacy, migration, multi-polar global economy, multi-polar system, multilateralism, mutual interests, network, NGO, post-conflict states, poverty, productivity, protectionism, resources, solidarity, water, World Bank, world trade, Zoellick
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