[Press release gulfnews by Binsal Abdul Kader, 11th October, 2011]
Geneva: The third European Future Energy Forum (EFEF), which began in Geneva yesterday, highlighted the role of renewable energy in generating jobs, wealth and welfare across the globe.
The developments in the past year proved the rele-vance of renewable energy, top officials said at the forum which …
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Focus on renewable energy as summit begins in Geneva
The OECD Green Growth Strategy
[Press release OECD Observer, 2011]
How can policy help expand economic opportunities without overly straining natural resources or destroying the planet? And how can we relieve intensifying environmental pressures that currently threaten our welfare? The OECD Green Growth Strategy points a way forward.
In the last 100 years the world population has multiplied by four, but economic …
Government reaffirms renewable energy goal
[Press release, stuff.co.nz by Kate Chapman, 30th of August, 2011]
The Government has renewed its commitment to having 90 per cent of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2025, but says development of New Zealand’s gas and oil supplies is also necessary.
Acting Energy and Resources Minister Hekia Parata this morning released the New …
Latin America and the Caribbean to phase out incandescent bulbs
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
By L.J. Polintan
In a meeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, government representatives from 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean signed a United Nations Environment Program-backed initiative that will phase out incandescent lamps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while saving energy.
The participants at the meeting of the en.lighten initiative focused on exploring opportunities …
Sam Judd: 100% pure finger pointing
By Sam Judd
5:30 AM Friday Jul 15, 2011
Last Thursday, at the launch of Pure Advantage, Rob Swan MBE- the first man to ever walk to both the north and south poles- said “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
The belief that someone else is causing the problems threatening our …
Why Is Business Blind to the Potential Profits from Sustainability?
R.Paul Herman 06/23/11 11:52 AM ET
[HUFFINGTON POST] What do you do if you suspect your mother is sick? Maybe she just has a cold, maybe a serious disease — wouldn’t you want to know for sure? You’d seek the advice of a doctor, find out what the options are, and make sure she gets any …
Dazzled by oil cash, leaders ignore perils
By Tracey Barnett [NZHERALD]
Let’s make up a story. Almost a fairytale, but not quite. Let’s say five years have passed since Petrobras was awarded the permit to drill New Zealand’s first ultra-deepwater oil well in 12,000sq km of rough, remote waters off the East Cape.
Suddenly, it strikes black gold, big time. Back-slapping all around. It was …
Consumers will spend more for green from trusted brands – survey
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
By Jen Balboa
[ECOSEED] NBCUniversal released the results of a series of recent polls on consumers’ green purchase habits and found out that while shoppers are willing to buy green and spend more for it, majority will only do so if the purchase will involve a trusted brand.
The media and entertainment company’s Green in the …
U.N. climate agenda agreed, roadmap set for 2011
BANGKOK, April 8 (Reuters) – Rich and poor nations overcame deep divisions on Friday to cut a deal that maps out United Nations climate negotiations for 2011, building on last December’s agreement in Mexicoand hardening the focus on tougher issues.
The deal in Bangkok came after nearly four days of talks that some developing nations said were …
Greentech VC Investing Hit Second Highest Quarter At $2.5B
By Jeff St. John (earth2tech)
Venture capital firms poured $2.5 billion into green technology in the first quarter of 2011, the second-highest quarterly figure ever for the industry. But is the upswing a sign of renewed investor confidence, or a sign that VCs are stepping into the breach that might otherwise be filled by the public markets?
The …
