Sentences with phrase «building of greener economies»

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Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. NDP and B.C. Green Party announcement regarding their intent to cooperate in the legislature: «It's clear that British Columbians voted for change in this election and support the NDP and Greens» objectives: building a clean economy and putting...

About LACI: LACI is a nonprofit formed at the behest of the City of Los Angeles in October 2011 to build a world - class cleantech innovation hub and to accelerate LA's green economy.

Earlier this month, Paul Krugman took to the pages of the New York Times Sunday magazine to urge the building of a «Green Economy.»

Farmer - Veteran Coalition The mission of the Farmer - Veteran Coalition (FVC) is to mobilize our food and farming community to create healthy and viable futures for America's veterans by enlisting their help in building our green economy, rebuilding our rural communities, and securing a safe and healthy food supply for all.

It's a measure that goes to the heart of our narrative about building a strong economy based on green growth.

Secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities, Justine Greening said: «I'm proud that the Department for Education has taken an important step in reporting its gender pay gap, setting an example to other employers as we build a stronger economy where success is defined by talent, not gender or circumstance.

But car makers are busy building plug - in hybrids like the Passat GTE because governments have been so fixated by CO2 emissions they've skewed the tax costs hugely in favour of those cars which seem to be green, and the useless official economy tests, which proclaim the Passat GTE will emit just 39g / km and do 166mpg.

Incorporating environmental strategies that solve critical issues of comfort, use and economy, these projects, dating from 1925 to 1970, recognize and adapt to natural forces and serve as inspiration and guide for the current green building movement.

Rather than wholeheartedly support the kind of energy policy, civic infrastructure and lifestyle changes that will allow the United States to prosper in a post-carbon, green economy — and build a clean energy independence — the focus is on populist false promises that developing oil shale or lifting bans on offshore oil drilling will reduce short term energy costs.

... Hanssen was approached last year by Felix Kramer for help in building a dashboard monitor for a Prius that he and CalCars, his group of plug - in advocates, had converted into a crude plug - in... Hanssen recently showed off his prototype at the 2005 Tour de Sol, a green - car race in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where it didn't win but did deliver a fuel economy of 102 m.p.g. over a 150 - mile course.

The Forum, organised in partnership with the UN Environment, is the largest business - focused event taking place during COP23, 13 — 14 November in Bonn and brings together 600 + Ministers, CEOs, Mayors, Responsible Investors and many more for two days of capacity building, networking, collaboration and deal making that will galvanise and fast track the green economy.

Build green enabling institutions — Green Investment Units and Banks are needed; Give tax incentives for climate bonds — very little treasury loss can be a big boost to investment; Build an economic recovery narrative — the transition to a green economy revamps our economy across every sector and addresses the climate change threat; Use Climate Bond Standards as a screening and preferencing tool — a tool that helps investors monitor and verify the climate effectiveness of their investments; Make it easy for politicians — bond investors and business issuers have to get better at packaging politically sellable solutions, help politicians see how they can successfully sell those plans to voters - See more at: http://www.climatebonds.net/#sthash.djXU6k6Igreen enabling institutions — Green Investment Units and Banks are needed; Give tax incentives for climate bonds — very little treasury loss can be a big boost to investment; Build an economic recovery narrative — the transition to a green economy revamps our economy across every sector and addresses the climate change threat; Use Climate Bond Standards as a screening and preferencing tool — a tool that helps investors monitor and verify the climate effectiveness of their investments; Make it easy for politicians — bond investors and business issuers have to get better at packaging politically sellable solutions, help politicians see how they can successfully sell those plans to voters - See more at: http://www.climatebonds.net/#sthash.djXU6k6IGreen Investment Units and Banks are needed; Give tax incentives for climate bonds — very little treasury loss can be a big boost to investment; Build an economic recovery narrative — the transition to a green economy revamps our economy across every sector and addresses the climate change threat; Use Climate Bond Standards as a screening and preferencing tool — a tool that helps investors monitor and verify the climate effectiveness of their investments; Make it easy for politicians — bond investors and business issuers have to get better at packaging politically sellable solutions, help politicians see how they can successfully sell those plans to voters - See more at: http://www.climatebonds.net/#sthash.djXU6k6Igreen economy revamps our economy across every sector and addresses the climate change threat; Use Climate Bond Standards as a screening and preferencing tool — a tool that helps investors monitor and verify the climate effectiveness of their investments; Make it easy for politicians — bond investors and business issuers have to get better at packaging politically sellable solutions, help politicians see how they can successfully sell those plans to voters - See more at: http://www.climatebonds.net/#sthash.djXU6k6I.dpuf

Mora also underscored our joint efforts, saying, «[the MOU with Global Footprint Network] isn't simply to carry out scientific studies on Nariño's Ecological Footprint and biocapacity, but also to direct our province with concrete actions on how to build a green economy that takes ecological limits into account and move back the date of Earth Overshoot Day, so that our actions with natural resources in the region are sustainable.»

For years I had been interviewing entrepreneurs and experts about the trials and tribulations of building green - economy companies.

Several components that BALLE identifies as the building blocks of a Local Living economy — sustainable agriculture, green building, renewable energy, zero - waste manufacturing — are the same practices that environmentalists have long advocated for.

Furthermore, the bill directs DOEE and an advisory committee to identify and implement actions that provide building owners with incentives to reduce energy costs in master - metered buildings and share those cost savings with building occupants using a portion of the revenue that is dedicated toward making green investments in DC's clean energy economy.

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.

Key recommendations presented in the document include: adopting migration and conflict - sensitive adaptation policies; promoting regional environmental cooperation in addressing climate change, migration and conflict; rooting national adaptation policies in the Green Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the SGreen Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the Sgreen jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the Sahel.

Only then can it build up a competitive and strong green economy of the future.

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

As a New Year awaits, the job of green businesses is to nurture their natural optimism, face down their opponents and redouble efforts to build a genuinely sustainable economy as quickly as possible.

The summary report highlights key findings from the report of the international resource panel: building natural capital: How REDD + can support a Green Economy.

Tiny homes are all the rage but there is much more to the story including an understanding of sustainable living in an emerging green economy and ecological design and building techniques.

In the emerging energy economy — an economy built on domestic wind, solar, and geothermal energy sources — the greening of the grid by replacing fossil fuel — based electrical generation will also be a greening of the transport system.

«If you don't do anything on carbon and you don't have renewable energy standards or investment tax credit, every utility company would go out tomorrow and build coal,» Eric Spiegel, the new CEO of Siemens USA, which is one of the country's top companies for engineering and producing machinery for the new green economy.

Green - jobs champion Van Jones has helped build a powerful movement behind a vision of a dynamic solar - powered economy that lifts all boats.

A prosperous trend of green architecture can not live without a prosperous economy that provides sufficient capital and fund for costly building materials, as well as governmental regulations that standardize the requirement of green buildings and supervise market transactions.

Depending on how fast carbon emissions can be reduced (by switching to a clean energy economy based on renewable resources like off - shore wind, desert solar, green building technology and electric vehicles) the predictions are for a temperature increase to affect the region of between 2C or 3.6 F (if we move fast) and 4C (if we delay) which would be a 7.2 degrees rise Fahrenheit.

This policy document presents UNEP's past, present and future activities in the area of climate change and shows how the Programme is building partnerships with governments, civil society organizations, the private sector and other United Nations entities to foster a Green Economy.

Green For All works to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.Our goal is to make sure people of color have a place and a voice in the climate moveGreen For All works to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.Our goal is to make sure people of color have a place and a voice in the climate movegreen economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.Our goal is to make sure people of color have a place and a voice in the climate movement.

Putting aside the conflation of «bad» with «ugly,» I have to agree with Lloyd that there often is a causal link between a building's look and its sustainable credentials, if for no other reason than green architecture demands a certain set of materials, economy and form.

The economy made it a tough year for everyone in design and architecture, and, hence, this year's Best of Green Awards for Design and Architecture celebrate those who are doing the tough jobs: revitalizing downtowns, building social housing, developing new business models, and being the game - changers, looking a new and different ways of doing things.

According to Siemens US CEO, Daryl Dulaney the reason for funding the Smart Chopper was because, «We wanted to build this unique chopper to raise environmental awareness and reflect what the 69,000 employees of Siemens USA are doing to help America stay on the cutting edge of tomorrow's green economy.»

We were there to share perspectives on the work of building green economies based on the principles of indigenous wisdom.

Building green could add hundreds of billions of dollars to the economy, according to a new report released by the United States Green Building Cougreen could add hundreds of billions of dollars to the economy, according to a new report released by the United States Green Building CouGreen Building Council.

After weeks and months of press coverage seemingly Through the Looking Glass, Paul Krugman has sent us a breath of fresh air this morning in the New York Times Magazine, entitled «Building a Green Economy ``.

The two - day event at the iconic Stade de France, organised by both Climate Action and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), was developed to help accelerate the development of a low carbon, green economy by showcasing innovative technology solutions, sharing pioneering thinking, and building cross-sector partnerships.

Building on the recommendations of a Green Paper on Privacy and Innovation released by the Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force in December 2010, the Administration released Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Economy.

Walk of Life Consulting seeks to place clients in sustainable, green economy jobs, and their blog is geared toward helping people land and build careers in the sustainability and impact sectors.

Even in a slow economy, giving your existing office building an environmentally focused retrofit could yield a rent premium, says Norm G. Miller, a professor at the Burnham - Moores Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego and co-author of the paper The Economics of Green Retrofits.

It was obvious most of the attending Board members were not familiar with green features when I listened to comments about the high expense to build a green home and poor timing in the current economy for selling more expensive homes with less square footage.