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
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
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
18 November 2011
A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population
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
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