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Transforming the financial sector to work for people rather than profit alone
Achieving a green economy involves tackling a number of different global challenges including climate change, ecosystems, waste, water, equity and social inclusion. A green economy will require...
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A green economy beats in the Heart of Borneo
With negotiations at the Rio+20 Summit leaving a lingering air of disappointment at the lack of progress towards truly sustainable development goals, the Heart of Borneo (HoB) has emerged as a bright...
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‘Sandy’ tells us why the climate change denial must stop
Sunita Narain from the Centre for Science and the Environment in India describes why climate change deniers need to wake up and grow up.I start this blog on climate politics as tropical superstorm...
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39 years, as never before
We have to reduce our global carbon intensity by an average of 5.1% a year for the next 39 years if we want to limit global warming to 2C. The rate of reduction has never been achieved before. Jonathan...
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New York announces $1 Billion 'green bank'
In his State of the State address, the Governor of New York announced his plans for a Green Bank that will secure private funds for clean energy as well as committing more time and funds to the state's...
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Post-Lima, is the UN’s climate change body still fit for purpose?
Looking back on COP 20 in Lima, we might rightly wonder what has truly been accomplished and whether the process on track to succeed? Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow with GEC member IIED and Director of...
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Facing up to CEO climate complacency
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)’s annual global CEO survey, which was released alongside the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, has shown an alarming lack of attention to the threat of climate...
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Has China’s green transformation begun?
With China having just announced it's INDC commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Sam Geall of chinadialogue.net and GEC member STEPS Centre, takes a look at progress in China's potential...
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