Sentences with phrase «into green economy»

According to «Job Opportunities for the Green Economy,» (pdf) a report released in May 2008, «millions of U.S. workers — across a wide range of occupations, states, and income levels — will all benefit from the project of defeating global warming and transforming the United States into a green economy.»

One topic that stirred controversy in discussion among country representatives was the strategy of integrating REDD + into green economy pathways, as adopted by countries such as Guyana, Indonesia and Vietnam.

The environmental future depends on civil society around the world who share our values and who has transformative potential in transitioning the society into green economy and sustainable development.

Firstly, we're creating the conditions for green growth, investing billions of pounds of public money into a low - carbon infrastructure and undertaking reforms designed to attract greater amounts of private investment into the green economy.

Not exact matches

«RGGI's success exemplifies New York's commitment to protecting the people of this state by showing the world that we will cut pollution and improve health, while transforming our economy into one that is cleaner, greener, stronger, and more sustainable than ever before.»

California is the largest economy in the US and invests millions into it's green power technology.

Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney said, «Thanks to Governor Cuomo's continued investment into Green Lakes State Park, the park will continue to provide access to some of the area's best recreational opportunities and help strengthen the local economy.

LIPA's approach of utilizing existing resources to generate renewable power and create green collar jobs shows just how effectively New York can tap into the clean energy economy.

The Green Party also called for seizing the assets of the «too big to fail» banks, breaking them up, and turning them into state and community owned banks oriented towards developing the economy for the public good.

Persistent pressure by the European Union, primarily moved by France and Germany, for upgrading the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) into an independent specialized agency of the United Nations and in support of a «Green Economy», was also part of the mosaic.

«The Green Economy» Consumers in South Africa have turned the hobby of auto accessorization and improving performance into a way of life.

«Whether it's assisting in the renewable energy data collection, offering workshops on sustainable development, or leading public site tours, the Center provides a ladder of learning where youth can gain valuable skills that translate into career opportunities within the park and in our nation's fledgling green economy.»

Because tourism is an important mainstay of the economy, many people in Belize divide the calendar year into the high season and the low season which roughly correspond to the greener and drier months.

A self - reinforcing cycle breaking away from the old debt - and - disposables economy and into a new, value - oriented green economy is just what Wall Street and Main Street need.

... 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.

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.»

A major internet search engine shows more than 29 million hits on «green economy», which is considerable for a phrase that only came into regular use five years ago.

This brochure describes the Women's Green Business Initiative, which is a global programme that is turning climate change challenges into economic opportunities for women, by promoting women's employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy and in emerging climate change adaptation and mitigation industGreen Business Initiative, which is a global programme that is turning climate change challenges into economic opportunities for women, by promoting women's employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy and in emerging climate change adaptation and mitigation industgreen economy and in emerging climate change adaptation and mitigation industries.

Ed Miliband has said that the UK will build 200,000 homes per year if Labour gets into government, while promising to make the UK a «world - leading green economy.»

Research institute Verso Economics reveals that for every «green job» created by taxpayer subsidy, 3.7 jobs are killed in the real economy and that, thanks to the artificial rise in energy prices caused by renewable subsidies, at least 50,000 people a year in Britain alone are driven into fuel poverty.

Under the current approach these would lock economies and the planet into a costly high carbon future and undermine a green new deal that could pave the way out of economic recession.

The Transform UK alliance is committed to supporting the development of the Green Investment Bank, Green Bonds and other solutions for accelerating investment into the low carbon economy.

This is why it is important to shift capital away from high - cost, high - carbon projects into the increasingly profitable green economy.

EPA is proceeding with common sense measures that are helping to protect Americans from this threat while moving America into a leadership position in the 21st Century green economy, creating millions of good - paying jobs along the way.

But with multiple and increasingly dire threats all coming to a head, the idea that we can continue to grow our way into a better economy (green or otherwise) is not only dishonest — it's also dangerous.

Taiyong Zhong, vice Mayor of Guiyang Municipal People's Government, People's Republic of China presented the city's ambitions to turn climate change into an opportunity for the green economy with strong targets such as increasing the recycling rate of wastewater to 95 % amd reducing GHG emissions by 45 % by 2030.

Major companies, including Lufthansa, are pushing for an economy - wide price on carbon to gain more transparency in their decision - making processes, especially in terms of investment into green technologies.

The «reality» is that we need to very careful that we don't rush into something because we're being urged to do so by green zealots — who may or may not have ulterior motives for trashing the Australian economy.

«All projects included in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park adhere to the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, to transform Dubai into a global center for clean energy and green economy,» said DEWA CEO HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) board, which aims to assist developing nations adapt to the changing climate and transform into low carbon economies, said it seeks to raise as much as $ 15 billion by the end of this year and to soon start disbursing money for climate - related projects.

Equally impressive, virtually all the evidence shows that California has profited mightily from its green energy economy so far, attracting an estimated $ 27 billion of venture capital into California clean tech companies since 2006.

It draws on recent studies to summarise the prospective gains and challenges associated with investing in a green economy and outlines a way forward to prioritise policy reforms, with a specific section on how to turn strategies and practices challenges into opportunities.

In this context, UNEP - Environment's functional definition of a green economy, without reference to growth, is an economy that translates into «improved human well - being and social equity, environmental risks and ecological shortages.

Decision makers use the assessments in a variety of ways, including promoting a green economy approach — one in which the sustainable use of natural capital is integrated into a country's new plans and policies for the economy, agriculture, energy and more.

«I am sure that as the global host of WED, Mongolia will demonstrate to the world that a transition to a Green Economy is possible, even within some of the most traditionally challenging industrial sectors, when leadership, vision, smart policies and political will are translated into action on the ground.»

We've waxed poetic before about the need for a bold New Green Deal to help bring our economy out of the doldrums and into the next renewable Industrial Age.

Höhn's idea that environmentalists have to «convert relinquishment into fun» in order to win more adherents was a theme that kept popping up at «The Great Transformation: Greening the Economy» conference organized by the German environmental foundation Heinrich Böll Stifung.

For more than a decade, green leaders have made the case that environmental solutions can be based on new economy values to encourage the business community and mainstream America to buy into a green vision.

«Obviously as the Green Party [MLA], I'd prefer to keep it in the ground as much as possible and start to invest sooner than later into the low - carbon economy of tomorrow, but I'm pragmatic and I recognize at some point one may need to develop a compromise and a compromise solution is one that would actually give jobs in B.C.»

«Obviously as the Green Party [MLA], I'd prefer to keep it in the ground as much as possible and start to invest sooner than later into the low - carbon economy of tomorrow, but I'm pragmatic and I recognize at some point one may need to develop a compromise and a compromise solution is one that would actually give jobs in B.C.» [more]

Fisker fit into their thesis of using public funds to stimulate the clean - energy economy and create green jobs.