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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 16 February, 2012
The Legatum Prosperity Index provides the world’s only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific Region, Australia, botswana, Canadá, chile, China - Hong Kong SAR, China - Taiwan, Costa Rica, definition of prosperity, Denmark, economy, éducation, Entrepreneurship and opportunity, Europe, Finland, GDP, Ghana, global assessment of national prosperity, governance, happy healthy and free citizens, Industrial Development Organization, Israel, issue 9, Kuwait, Legatum Prosperity Index, Making It magazine, Mali, Middle East and North Africa, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, our low-carbon future, personal freedom, safety and security, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, social capital, South Africa, sustainable industrial development, Sweden, Switzerland, The Prosperity Index, the United States, Tunisia, UN, UNIDO, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, Uruguay, wealth and well-being
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 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
By Making It on 14 February, 2012
Morgan Bazilian and Kandeh K. Yumkella see unique opportunities arising from the creation of a radically different energy system
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, different energy system, economic competitiveness, Green Industry initiative, Industrial Development Organization, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, Kandeh Yumkella, ldc, least developed countries, Making It magazine, mobile phone and ict sector, Morgan Bazilian, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services
By Making It on 13 February, 2012
Solar visionary Jigar Shah sees small solutions to big problems for accessing energy and expanding mobile communications in developing countries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged access to energy, Barclays Bank, Beltsville, business solution, Carbon War Room, climate change, destruction, earth, electricity, energy efficiency, entrepreneurship, explosive growth trajectory of mobile communications, financial returns, global crisis, global warming, Green Power for Mobile: Charging Choices, GSMA Development Fund, Industrial Development Organization, Industry for development, issue 9, Jigar Shah, Lockheed Martin, Making It magazine, Maryland, mobile phone industry, multi-billion dollar opportunity, our low-carbon future, poverty reduction, power, Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), renewable energy improvements, small solutions to big problems, statistics, SunEdison, sustainable economic growth, third industrial revolution, UNIDO, United Nations, USA, wealth creation, world
By Making It on 11 January, 2012
Governments, industry and businesses need to create more family friendly workplaces and workplace policies
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged anti-discrimination laws and changes in policies of companies and businesses worldwide, better data and analysis, better salaries, childcare arrangements, complex problem, earning, éducation, flexible hours, gender issue, gender pay gap, higher education, improvements to existing legal frameworks, Industrial Development Organization, issue 8, Making It, negotiation, paid leave of absence for sickness and family care, parental leave, policy brief, power, reduce pay gap, Soroptimist International of the Americas, supporting working families, training women to ask for more pay, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, vocational training, women's empowerment, workplace, younger generation of women
By Making It on 10 January, 2012
Investing in gender-sensitive development affects productivity, efficiency and sustained economic growth, as well as strengthens women’s rights
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Africa, business management, cosmetics, economic potential of women, education systems, enhancing competitiveness, entrepreneurial activities, entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, finance, gender issue, Gender Mainstreaming Steering Committee, gender-sensitive employment creation, inclusive globalization, industrial development for poverty reduction, Industrial Development Organization, institutionalize, internationalization, investment in care services, issue 8, local raw materials, Making It magazine, Mali, market-information, modernity, Morocco, off-grid energy sources, policy advice, producing shea products, product certification and marketing, productive resources, skills, strengthening business support services, sustainable energy, technical cooperation programmes, technology, uganda, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, women's empowerment
By Making It on 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
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