Sentences with phrase «of a green economy»

This video focuses on the importance of green economy in sustainable development.

The green economy is not only priceless, the whole economy is to some degree part of the green economy.

The report provides a comprehensive overview of the key elements of a green economy.

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

This activity report summarizes how the GEF has supported the sustainable development for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which includes the development of the green economy in the SIDS.

Coal advocates claim that new restrictions on mountaintop mining could jeopardize those rural jobs, but administration officials said today that the new agreement will address that by having the agencies work together to develop new economic opportunities in Appalachia, including creation of green economy jobs.

In May, 2014, the London School of Economics published a report on Copenhagen as a «green economy leader,» listing eight drivers of its green economy.

«That kind of radical action not only creates jobs but it's good for the kind of green economy we need in the future.»

My Department is already analysing the suggested first batch of Green Economy projects for investment; energy efficiency schemes, waste projects and renewables.

Recycling is high on the agenda for the schools - which both belong to Focus - Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust based in the North West of England — with Thornhill receiving a shout out from local MP Paula Sherriff during Prime Minister's Question Time after she received a letter from students concerned about the UK's reliance on Fossil Fuels; an issue the MP said that, if tackled, would support the sustainable future of the green economy.

It's difficult to imagine a triumphant comeback for Lake Las Vegas, even as we dream of a greener economy.

This youth movement is encouraging — in true Rock the Vote fashion, the youth vote has got to step up in 2008 to make the election a true people's choice — and hopefully their voices will help push our recalcitrant government towards a real stand on climate change, renewable energy options, and growth of the green economy.

• Identify major water issues that connect with the themes of the Rio +20 Conference, particularly its link with the notion of green economy.

Brazil's chief negotiator at Rio +20, Andre Correa Do Lago, pointed out that there are no examples of a green economy to emulate, even in the developed world.

This guidance document shows the views of industrialists regarding the issue of the green economy.

One who calls our carbon tax a good - news story, is Stewart Elgie, a University of Ottawa law and economics professor and chair of the green economy think - tank Sustainable Prosperity.

This guidance document presents that an integrated approach of green economy can help states understand how to maximize, prioritize, and sequence the different benefits to human well - being that can be derived from a healthy environment.

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.

This policy document draws the attention of policy - makers and social partners in least developed countries to the role of skills development in facilitating the building of greener economies, as a way to achieve sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Concern over the financial crisis pervaded the event, with some wondering aloud if the credit crunch would end the blossoming of the green economy that has taken place recently.

«The Ruhr region is now one of the biggest providers of green economy products and services, such as efficiency technologies, recycling or renewable energy,» Dobertin says.

Now that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been signed, we have a better idea how the bill will stimulate certain aspects of the green economy.

Barack Obama raised the development of a green economy to the top of America's agenda, calling on Congress to pass a law cutting the carbon emissions that cause global warming

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The latter does not get covered in any specificity in the Rio +20 outcome document, beyond the political adoption, with several caveats, of the Green Economy, and the work mandated on beyond GDP.

«New York is a leader in the fight against climate change and the development of a green economy and at the heart of these efforts are the individuals across the state,» said Governor Cuomo.