Sentences with phrase «of green economy»

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.

«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.

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

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.

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.

«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.

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

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 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.

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

Green Equity For investors who want to bet on the emergence of the green economy, the PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio (PZD) is a great option.

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.

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.

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

Economy: A key component of the Liberal Party's economic policies is the encouragement of a green economy through the development of environmentally - friendly industries and 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.

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

Not exact matches

«What Ramsey and Pam [Khalidi's wife] are doing is not only a model for historic preservation but also for urban renewal and poverty reduction,» says Albert George, founder of the Georgia Green Economy Summit, which honored Khalidi at a recent event.

The health care sector, with some promising green shoots, is emblematic of China's economy as a whole as it slogs toward one based on consumption and services.

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...

A portion of the first months book sales were donated to Green America, which describes itself as the nations leading green economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable ecoGreen America, which describes itself as the nations leading green economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable ecogreen economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable economy.

«In the next five years, China's economy will maintain a growth rate of 7 to 8 percent thanks to the growth opportunities offered by the regional disparity,» said Stephen Green, Standard Chartered's chief economist for China.

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.

Founded in 1993, Sightline Institute is committed to making the Northwest a global model of sustainability, with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment.

See sustainable and functioning economies with minimal disruptions, rather see a global economy with some green shoots, but weighty asset values globally, and generally, near deflationary conditions despite, 9 years after the GFC began, a period of what I would describe as sub-par, when there has been a continued rise of global debt, in some paces as China, great verticality in such.

A portion of the launch revenues were donated to Green America, the nations leading green economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable ecoGreen America, the nations leading green economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable ecogreen economy organization, helping people and businesses everywhere make the shift to a socially just and environmentally sustainable economy.

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

There's lots of talk about making the transition to a green economy, and liberals like to sell their anti-carbon environmentalism as a win — win.

«The economy is at the root of the Democrats» problem, but it doesn't mean that religion and other demographic factors cease to matter,» said John Green, a scholar at the University of Akron who specializes in faith and politics.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

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Every packaging manufacturer in the land has got to pay it, so it's not altering your competition with the other manufacturers and the other is that for that very small amount of money you're buying reputational improvement; litter reduction; better materials; a circular economy; job creation; a greener country; leading the way over the rest of the UK — you're buying a whole load of benefits for Scotland.»

The other is that for that very small amount of money, you're buying reputational improvement; litter reduction; better materials; a circular economy; job creation; a greener country; leading the way over the rest of the UK — you're buying a whole load of benefits for Scotland.»

Chobani, maker of America's # 1 selling Greek Yogurt brand, and Green America, the nation's leading green economy organization, announced today that they have partnered together in an effort to improve cattle feed in the U.S., including options for non-genetically modified and organic grGreen America, the nation's leading green economy organization, announced today that they have partnered together in an effort to improve cattle feed in the U.S., including options for non-genetically modified and organic grgreen economy organization, announced today that they have partnered together in an effort to improve cattle feed in the U.S., including options for non-genetically modified and organic grains.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

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.

GBN is powered by Green America, a non-profit whose mission is to harness the economic power of consumers and businesses to create a more just and sustainable economy.

With the state of the economy and the green movement, more moms tend to be looking at cloth diapers as a way to save money and the environment.

The economy is bad, gas prices are high, food prices are rising and many green families may be wondering how they can afford organics, costlier natural items, and some of those green gadgets that cost more now and end up helping you save later.

«Conservative critics are getting in the way of growth for our economy, and green growth,» he told Sky News» Murnaghan programme.

That our future economy must be low carbon with a high proportion of skilled green jobs.

But only if, as suggested here, we adopt the invitation of a green republican political economy perspective, and begin to politically and creatively imagine «economic policy» beyond «neoclassical economics»; the «economy» beyond the «market»; and «work» beyond «employment».

Departing from liberalism in a radical manner, a green republican perspective on the economy is therefore interested not simply in the efficiency or productivity of economic relations.

A green republican conception of political economy, however, is one that also begins its analysis from the observation that we live in societies with economies nested within them.

«I am committed to being a champion for a green economy and for preserving the natural beauty of our region.

However, the most reassuring remark was that Greening claimed «that the Department for Transport is slap bang in the middle of what the government is trying to do in getting the economy back on its feet».

«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.»