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
23 February 2011
Simon Maxwell on how to avoid the downsides of climate change – and how to capture the possible upsides too!
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged adaptation, agriculture, Australia, batteries, Bolivia, business, capitalism, carbon emission, CDKN, challenge, Climate and Development Knowledge Network, climate change, climate compatible development, co2, coal, comparative advantage, Connie Hedegaard, development, dialogue, disruptive, energy, energy-intensive industries, epic scale, European Union's Climate Change Commissioner, experience, extreme weather, flood, future, global economy, globalization, government, heating, hydro, Indonesia, Industrial Development Organization, industrial policy, industrialists, infrastructure, innovation, International, investment, issue 5, lesson, lithium, livelihood, lobbies, long-term development, Making It, Maldives, market, mitigation, Napoleon, oil, Pakistan, policymakers, politics, post-petroleum age, poverty, product development, renewables, reserves, resources, restructuring, risk, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Schumpeter, short-term, Simon Maxwell, social impacts, societies, technology, temperature rise, trade, UNIDO, United Kingdom, United Nations, vietnam, warning, wind, wolar
8 August 2010
With all the media hype surrounding new online lending platforms, such as Kiva.org, the time is right to ask if microfinance really is an effective poverty reduction tool
Posted in All Posts, Hot Topic | Tagged agriculture, Anis Chowdhury, Australia, debt, éducation, government, Grameen Bank, India, labour, liquidity-constrained societies, MFI, microfinance, microlender, Mohammad Yunus, Philippines, poverty, public health, rural industry, SME, sustainability, UN-DESA, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, University of Western Sydney, working poor, World Bank
2 June 2010
Copenhagen, Denmark: Having set a target of zero carbon emissions by 2025, the city could meet 50% of its heating needs by using its geothermal resources. Larderello, Italy: Boasts the very first geothermal power plant, which opened at the beginning of the 20th century. Reykjavik, Iceland: Abundant geothermal resources provide heat for approximately 87% of […]
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Abu Dhabi, air-conditioning, Australia, Boise, business, China, cities, Copenhagen, Denmark, first, geothermal, heating, Iceland, Idaho, italy, Klamath Falls, Larderello, Madrid, Masdar City, natural resources, Nevada, Oregon, Perth, power, Public Works Department, renewable energy, Reno, resources, Reykjavik, schools, Spain, United States, worlds leading geothermal cities, Xianyang
31 May 2010
With industrial production estimated to be responsible for an ever greater proportion of global CO2 emissions, the International Energy Agency is advising that the world needs more than 3,000 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plants by the year 2050. Nick Otter, chief executive of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, is upbeat, telling the […]
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Australia, carbon capture, CCS, clean development, co2, emissions, energy, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, Siemens
10 December 2009
Twenty years since the concept of industrial ecosystems was first proposed, RENE VAN BERKEL considers strategies for achieving further eco-industrial development.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Asia, Australia, Berkel, business, capacity, China, circular economy, Dalian, dry-ice production, eco-industrial park, energy, Europe, Guigang City, industrial ecosystems, industrial matchmaking, integrated recycling systems, Issue 1, Japan, Kalundborg, Kawasaki, Kwinana, landfill, legislation, Malaysia, Map Ta Put, Materials, Mexico, national industrial symbiosis programme, natural resources, nisp, North America, organic, Penang, Perth, petrochemical industry, planning, policy, polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, Recycling, Shenyang, solvents, South Korea, Strategies for Manufacturing, Tampico, Thailand, Ulsan, US, waste carbon dioxide, water
7 December 2009
By PAUL DICKINSON – founder and CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project.
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Australia, British, carbon, Carbon Disclosure, CDP, emissions, energy, environment, EU, finance, government policy, greenhouse gas, Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand, Obama, P&G, Paul Dickinson, PepsiCo, risk, UK, United Nations, US
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