By Making It on 8 July, 2011
Kenneth Marsh points out how better packaging can help add value and preserve food and pharmaceuticals in developing countries
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged agribusiness, agricultural production, business, company, consultant, cultural factors, developed countries, developing countries, distribution, Economic Development, FAO, farm, food, Global, globalization, grain, hunger, innovation, issue 6, Kenneth Marsh, law, legal, legality, loss, machinery, Making It, market, material, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, multinational companies, packaging, pharmaceutical, plastic, poor storage, private sector, production rate, public sector, shipping, Sri Lanka, sustainability, sustainable production, technology, transport, transportation, UN, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United States, US, value, value-added packaged food
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 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
By Making It on 2 June, 2010
In the rush to embrace the transport fuel options of ethanol and rechargeable batteries, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles have been largely forgotten. But now, across the globe, there are indications that it’s not only the idea that is making a comeback: it looks like hydrogen vehicles really are going to hit the street.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged hydrogen vehicles, ICHET, Intelligent Energy, Mahindra and Mahindra, New Delhi, renewable energy, Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter, three-wheeler, transportation
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