Sentences with phrase «green economy initiative»

This is also in line with UNEP's Green Economy initiative as for the same dollar, euro, peso or yuan not only are we combating climate change, but potentially delivering additional economic, environmental and developmental benefits from improved water supplies, soil stabilization and reduced biodiversity losses alongside new kinds of green jobs in natural resource management and conservation.

Upcoming Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change agreements and green economy initiative could change our future.

Not exact matches

While domestic policy frameworks emerge as low - carbon / green - economy initiatives take shape, global markets for clean technology goods (excluding services) nearly doubled in eight years from C$ 550B in 2005 to C$ 970B in 2013.

«Although the Green Team was championed by County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz in his Initiatives for a Smart Economy, all county offices have been invited to participate - including the Sheriff, Clerk, District Attorney and Legislature.

As outlined in Erie County's Economic Development Plan, «Initiatives for a Smart Economy», the development of an inter-departmental Green Team focusing on energy reduction and resource conservation throughout Erie County operations is a priority in the revitalization of our community and eEconomy», the development of an inter-departmental Green Team focusing on energy reduction and resource conservation throughout Erie County operations is a priority in the revitalization of our community and economyeconomy.

According to a report whose title says it all: Market Overview: A Slowing Economy Won't Slow Down Corporate Green IT Initiatives.

Humans will learn deeply the meaning of sustainability and green initiative in 500 to 1,000 years after exhausting all fossil fuel energy stored in the past providing a such temporary booming to some countries and economy parties.

This flyer introduces the main points of one of the United Nations System Joint Initiatives: the Green Economy Initiative (GEI).

Since it started in 2005, this initiative serves as a model for how other communities dealing with extreme energy can fight to shut down polluting facilities AND put in place clean, community controlled sources of energy and green economy jobs that build off of the strengths of the local people, culture, and land.

Contrary to the claims made in these studies, we found that the green job initiatives reviewed in each actually causes greater harm than good to the American economy and will cause growth to slow.

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Localities have authority over the built environment (e.g. through zoning and building codes); they can implement smart growth initiatives and increase public transportation alternatives; they act as first responders for climate impacts; they deploy green infrastructure such as increasing land for open space and parks; and they drive green economies by offering tax relief and other incentives.

Law enforcement, including park protection and monitoring, may suffer from lack of funding, while «green» initiatives by governments and private entities that are «nice to have» in times of plenty) become an afterthought as the economy sours.

«Although the Green Team was championed by County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz in his Initiatives for a Smart Economy, all county offices have been invited to participate - including the Sheriff, Clerk, District Attorney and Legislature.

For all the hope of a green economy, what happens if the green movement gets labeled a «tax and spend» initiative without real results?

Ontario's ruling Liberal party, reelected with a majority in 2007, has sought to revive the province's economy partly through initiatives like building infrastructure and expanding green power, as well as increasing spending on education and health care.

The program encourages green initiatives, reduces operating costs, stimulates the local economy through the use of community contractors, as well as promotes sustainability in the real estate industry.