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
26 August 2011
Governments are re-evaluating their nuclear plans, but are their fears misplaced? Chris Goodall and José Etcheverry are both environmentalists, but are divided on nukes
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Chris Goodall, climate change, creativity, debate, Denmark, economy, electricity, environmentalist, feed-in tariffs, fossil fuels, fourth-generation nuclear, Fukushima, germany, global warming, grid, hydropower, Industrial Development, industrialization, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International, International Renewable Energy Agency, IPCC, IRENA, Japan, José Etcheverry, low carbon energy, Making It magazine, mining, nuclear disaster, nuclear energy, reactor, reliance, renewable energy policies, renewables, solar, solar panels, tsunami, turbine, UK, UNIDO, United Nation, water, wind, wind power, zero-carbon
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
20 April 2011
Two British greens give their backing to nuclear power
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Birmingham, calamitous, climate change, earthquake, economy, England, Europe, extra content, fossil fuels, fourth-generation nuclear, Fukushima, George Monbiot, global warming, grid, hydropower, Industrial Development, industrialization, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International, IPCC, Japan, low carbon energy, Making It magazine, Mark Lynas, mining, nuclear disaster, nuclear energy, reactor, reliance, renewables, small-scale production, solar panels, sun, tsunami, turbine, UK, UNIDO, United Nations, Wales, water, wind, wind power, wood, worthless, zero-carbon
30 March 2010
According to Kandeh K. Yumkella and Leena Srivastava, energy access is the ‘missing’ MDG that will end the poverty trap.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Ban Ki-moon, business, climate, climate change, demand-side policies, development, development programme, Director-General, financing, GHG mitigation, Global, IEA, India, Industrial Development Organization, International, international energy agency, IPCC, Issue 2, MDG, Millennium Development Goals, NGO, policy, poverty reduction, private sector, renewable energy, Srivastava, TERI, UN, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, Yumkella
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