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Working towards a balanced and inclusive Green Economy
A United Nations System-wide Perspective
Capacity for alternative fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel is at 44.6 billion gallons a year in 2011, but systemic hurdles will constrain their growth to under 5% …
The United Nations Environment Programme today released a new compilation of statistical data tracking environmental changes that have swept the planet over the last twenty years in a report called …
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are gaining significant momentum as an alternative to incandescent and fluorescent lighting in commercial buildings, particularly as the cost of LED lighting technology continues its rapid decline. While the market share of...
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has released its Global Renewable Energy Market Outlook for 2011.
Carbon & Climate
Adaptation: resources now to plan and implement
What the COP17 conference in Durban can do to get rich nations to help poorer ones adapt to climate change - An opinion brief by Dr Saleemul Huq, senior fellow …
Corporate Responsibility
Building Sustainability into Your Supply Chain Through e-Procurement
One of the first steps to take towards becoming a sustainable business is changing both the processes by which your organisation purchases through its supply chain, and the types of …
Carbon & Climate
Urban adaptation planning: the use and limits of climate science
A new report published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and written by authors David Dodman and JoAnn Carmin, examines current and best practices of urban leaders' …
Energy
Cleantech on the Rise
Some business and economic opportunities only come along generationally -- a handful of times in a century. Like the harnessing of electricity, the development of railways, or the invention of …
New Building Norms Can Drive BIPV Mainstream, with 6.6 GW Market in 2021
Corporate Responsibility
The business of sustainability: McKinsey Global Survey results
Many companies are actively integrating sustainability principles into their businesses, according to a recent McKinsey survey, and they are doing so by pursuing goals that go far beyond earlier concern …
Manufacturing
Boom in bio-based materials and chemicals finance nears end after $3.1 Billion in venture funding
Big-ticket acquisitions and a dozen IPOs mark an inflection point for the industry, says Lux Research
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