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By Making It on 6 December, 2012
Akihiko Tanaka and Shuzo Nishioka introduce a new partnership to encourage the widespread use of energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy sources in Asia’s growing cities.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged akihiko tanaka, ASEAN, Asia, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, cities, East Asia Low-Carbon Knowledge Platform, energy efficient technologies, energy-efficient residences, greenhouse gas emissions, Higashiyama, infrastructure investment, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Institute for Global Environmental Studies, International Research Network for Low Carbon Societies, Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency, low-carbon growth, National Institute for Environmental Studies, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Shuzo Nishioka, Thailand, Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council, transport
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
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 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 1 February, 2011
How making industrial processes energy- and water-efficient, resilient, and sustainable, is essential to meet the industrial objectives of tomorrow
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged adaptation, Africa, AREED, Asia, Canadá, capacity, Centre for Electronic Governance, change, Chavuma, China, clean energy, competitiveness, design, development, dialogue, Egypt, energy, enterprise, Enterprise Europe Network, entrepreneur, EU, Europe, experience, finance, industrial, industry, information, innovation, institutional practices, International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, International Institute for Software Technology, knowledge, local banks, Lynn Mytelka, Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre, Macao SAR, microfinance, microsoft, network, organizational structure, process of learning, Republic of Korea, research, SMEs, sustainable, technology, the Netherlands, UK, UN Asia Pacific Center for ICT Development, UNDP, UNEP, United Nations, university, UNU Joint Activities Fund, UNU-IIST, UNU-MERIT, US, water-efficient, Zambia
By Making It on 31 January, 2011
The importance of renewable energy relative to conventional energy sources is clear, but to what extent is the drive to develop clean energy a preserve of developed countries?
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Argentina, biogas, biomas, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Brazil, charcoal, China, clean energy, Colobia, communication, conventional, cooking, Costa Rica, developed, developing, development, dung, Ecuador, Egypt, electric grid, electricity, energy, Ethiopia, Europe, geography, Ghana, Global Wind Energy Council, heat, India, Indonesia, industry, investment, Jordan, Kenya, kerosene, Kutch wind farm, Kuwait, latin america, lighting, Making It magazine, Mexico, Middle East, moern, Morocco, North Africa, Pakistan, Peru, photovoltaics, plan, policy, pollution, power capacity, pv, remote areas, REN21, renewable energy, Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, Republic of Korea, resources, rural, services, solar, South Africa, straw, Sub-Saharan Africa, sugar-derived ethanol, sustainable, Tanzania, technology, Thailand, the Philippines, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Tunisia, Tuvalu, UN, UNEP, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, Uruguay, wind power plants, wood
By Making It on 11 August, 2010
A new report opens a window on to the economic landscape that women face globally, and highlights where most opportunities can be found
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Africa, Asia, attitudes, Belgium, Brazil, Canadá, chile, China, constraint, country, economic landscape, Economist Intelligence Unit, Egypt, environment, fertility, Global, government, Hong Kong SAR, indicators, innovation, Isreal, Issue 3, Japan, labour force, Leila Butt, liberal, limited, magazine, Making It, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, opportunities, pilot, progress, ranking, Republic of Korea, retirement, rights, Singapore, slow-growing, social value, South Africa, stagnant, Sweden, Tunisia, US, weak, women economic opportunity index
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