Sentences with phrase «on green economy»

The UN Environment Programme's Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) is conducting assessments of the role of industry in facilitating the transition to a green economy in developing countries, including recommendations for how governments can better support the transition to green industrial production through technology adoption.

But the reality is BusinessGreen does not only report on a green economy that is in constant flux, we are also part of a media industry that is facing similar disruption.

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This activity report explores the inclusive green economy learning which was discussed at the 1st Global Forum on Green Economy Learning.

Get on board or get left behind... Those who fail to bet on the green economy will be living in a grey future.»

This guidance document provides information and suggestions concerning a partnership between countries interested in and committed to greening their economy and the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE).

This document draws on the experience of three Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) partner countries; Ghana, Mongolia and South Africa that have conducted learning assessments and developed action plans or strategies.

The Centre for Community Innovation at the University of California reviewed several reports on the green economy in 2008 and found few had bothered to define it, but all agreed that «clean energy is its core».

Even a 100 % auction in my opinion would benefit California green businesses and help cement the leadership this state has on the green economy.

Help us shine a light on the green economy at our upcoming EMA IMPACT Summit...

The New Economics Forum thinktank suggests that, contrary to Gordon Brown's pledge to spend ten per cent of the fiscal stimulus on «environmentally important technologies», just 0.6 per cent is being spent on greening the economy.

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In addition to the impacts Trump suggested the Paris Agreement would have on the US economy, he also suggested that participation would require the US to pay a significant sum to the Green Climate Fund that was set up by the accord.

The most recent Global Green Economy Index (GGEI), produced by the US consulting firm Dual Citizen, looked at 60 countries and 70 cities and ranked them based on their overall green economic performance, which includes energy efficiency, climate leadership, and investment in clean technologies like recycling, renewable energy, and green chemiGreen Economy Index (GGEI), produced by the US consulting firm Dual Citizen, looked at 60 countries and 70 cities and ranked them based on their overall green economic performance, which includes energy efficiency, climate leadership, and investment in clean technologies like recycling, renewable energy, and green chemigreen economic performance, which includes energy efficiency, climate leadership, and investment in clean technologies like recycling, renewable energy, and green chemigreen chemistry.

Strange, but hardly unprecedented: Like the green paper our economy is built on — and the gold and silver that predate it — Bitcoin is valuable because we collectively decide it is.

Copenhagen's high - tech industries are poised to boost Denmark's economy as the capital sets its sights on innovation and green living.

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.

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.

This is in contrast to an upward shift in our Growth GPS for other G7 economies (the green line), and makes us cautious on many UK assets.

To date, TSS journalism has shed light on important public - interest topics from green building to Aboriginal education to sustainable local food economies.

The same people who will benefit from an expanded green economy won't suffer from an expanded gambling economy, because they'd rather dine at an upscale (but tastefully casual) restaurant in Brooklyn that specializes in locally sourced food and sustainable agriculture than get on a bus to go to a «Las Vegas — style» casino in the Catskills.

The green economy turns on technological innovation.

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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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

We will rebuild the economy on a new, green model, diverse and inclusive.

The second, Republican Economy in Practice, looks at application around the globe, including contributions on cooperatives, sovereign wealth funds, basic income, tax fairness and green solutions and discusses how to develop these models at scale.

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.

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».

«The Green Jobs - Green NY program will build on the significant efforts our State has already taken to help put New Yorkers to work in the clean energy economy,» Governor Paterson said.

The Greens are currently claiming on ITV that the collapse in Lib Dem support and switch to them reflects the toxicity of their association with the Conservative Party: #BESFactCheck suggests that it is more likely reflect the fact that voters do not credit the Liberal Democrats with any of the major successes or the failures of the coalition government: fewer than one in five voters believe that the Lib Dems in government have been responsible for the upturn in the economy, changes in the NHS, changes in levels of crime, changes in levels of immigration and changes in the standards of education.

We must engineer the green economy of the future to compensate for the collapse of a discredited economic model dependent on credit binges, gravity defying house prices and increasing consumption.

«The Erie County Control Board played a crucial part in improving the financial health of the county and minimizing burden felt by the taxpayers following the «Red - Green» budget, but as Erie County's bond rating continues to improve and the local economy becomes increasingly diversified the control board has taken on a purely advisory status» said Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District).

Pramilla has pledged to focus her attention on several major issues in the 42nd district: protecting our environment, transforming our energy infrastructure to renewable energy, transitioning our economy to support «green» job creation, education, public health, safety and welfare.

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

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.

Your leadership on this legislation has ensured that the UK will make significant progress towards lower energy costs and a greener economy.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

The guests will comment on President Obama's 2015 State of the Union speech and offer Green ideas and visions for the state of the country, the economy, jobs and wages, the climate crisis, and the future.

Ex-Officer Is First in C.I.A. to Face Prison for a Leak It was a duty to leak and embarrass Bush, but you'll go away if you leak on Obama Net job gain under Obama: 28,000 The economy is getting better, yeah right Obama's inaugural committee on the receiving end of transparency complaints A little late Gov. Deval Patrick: Rep. Barney Frank would make a «great interim senator» for Massachusetts Top Deval adviser no fan of Barney Frank's Senate bid Even in Massachusetts there are some that believe enough is enough That's hypocritic - Al We all know Al Gore likes all things green.

Gagarin said he would want to concentrate on bringing green jobs to Queens and the city, which he said will play a crucial role in rebuilding the city's economy that has been slammed by the recession.

On Facebook, he posted, at the end of a statement, «In short, the local economy is good, the Town facilities are being improved, the Town's finances are sound and the community's desire to be part of the green movement is being answered.

By calling on Labour to adopt a new agenda on public service reform, local ownership and control, a green economy and a renewed democracy, LABOUR S REVIVAL offers a practical path for modernisers to follow in the tough months ahead.

«After helping to lead the debate in changing the balance of our economy in a more sustainable direction, you are now turning your back on green industry and risk undermining the UK's growing reputation around the world for leadership in this field,» he wrote.

Nick Robinson looked at the latest polls ahead of elections on 22 May, a possible rise in interest rates, and the state of the UK economy with Conservative Damian Green and Labour's Mary Creagh, along with Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil.

Howie Hawkins is running on a Green New Deal platform, calling for the state to invest in the transition to a carbon neutral economy as a way to provide living wage jobs to put New Yorkers back to work.

They passed a motion on a green stimulus for the economy earlier this afternoon that included an amendment saying the government should «introduce a windfall tax on operators of existing nuclear stations, recovering through taxation the profits they make solely as a result of the introduction of the carbon floor price from April 2013».

With the party divided between social and economic liberals, debates on nuclear power, the economy, tuition fees, green policy and taxation are unlikely to yield unanimous responses, resulting in internal division which may hinder the party's ability to project a clear and consistent message in the run up to 2015.

On Sandy Anniversary, the Green Party calls for Full Employment through Climate Action By Howie Hawkins, Green Party Candidate for Governor On the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 yearOn Sandy Anniversary, the Green Party calls for Full Employment through Climate Action By Howie Hawkins, Green Party Candidate for Governor On the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 yearOn the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 yearon global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 years.

«Under the guise of «clean energy,» the nuclear industry is about to get its hands on our money in order to save its own profits,» claimed Jessica Azulay, program director for New York - based Alliance for a Green Economy.