Sentences with phrase «sustainable economy based»

It would greatly benefit our transition to a sustainable economy based on alternative energy, resource conservation, green jobs and creative partipation by all sectors of our society.

Social activist who thinks beyond capitalism and socialism with a mindset aimed at building a sustainable economy based on increasing equality, and the preservation of our natural wealth and cultural diversity...

It would also invest in a sustainable economy based on health care, education, environmental infrastructure, housing, and regenerative agriculture.

Not exact matches

This Atlantic Canada - based finalist aims to maximize the potential and sustainable development of the ocean economy.

If the economy were to grow at the pace I discussed earlier, this would likely translate into sufficient job gains to continue to remove any remaining slack in the labor market — which, by my assessment, is already operating quite close to a level that is consistent with what is achievable on a sustainable basis.

Low and stable inflation reduces uncertainty in the economy, helps people make saving and investment decisions, and is the basis for strong and sustainable economic growth.

According to ITD, minority - owned businesses reinvigorated the stagnant economy, and continue to create sustainable jobs and positively contribute to the tax base.

Instead, he proposes an Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare, and dvocates a new kind of economy, one based on the needs of the community, and suggests several steps to bring it about.

Economists may point to technological developments now occurring that will aid in the transition from a petroleum - based economy to a sustainable one.

But while the challenges posed to rural communities in Honduras are great, so are the opportunities: in the last decade, the government has begun handing over land rights to some local and indigenous people, providing an excellent basis for efforts to create sustainable forest economies.

Organic agriculture — identified as a package of intelligent and innovative farming techniques, sustainable and fair food chains based on principles that strengthen small - scale farmers and empower rural economies - are being adopted globally by governments and local authorities, carried out by millions of farmers and supported by a rapidly increasing number of consumers.

Yes, based upon a prosperous economy but an economy that's economically and environmentally sustainable and where that prosperity is shared by all.

Mr. Speaker, the 2018 - 2021 Budget is informed by the President's Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunies, especially for the youth.In this regard, Government's policy objectives for the medium term will aim at: • Stabilizing the economy and setting it on a path of sustained, diversified and resilient growth; • Optimizing the key sources of growth in the economy on sustainable basis; • Enhancing a competitive and enabling business environment for private sector - led growth; • Formalizing the informal sector; • Building a strong and resilient economy able to withstand internal and external shocks; • Promoting agro-industrial enterprises as the basis for the «One District, One Factory» initiative; and • Creating entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, especially for the youth.

«The government is focused on resetting the Nigerian economy by addressing our traditional over-reliance on oil revenues and establishing the basis for sustainable non-oil revenue growth.

Balanced public finances must not come at the expense of a balanced economy based on sustainable jobs and growth».

«Our confidence in the future of our economy is not based on the statistics that have consistently detailed its potential but rather the deliberate policies and actions that will ensure a robust and sustainable recovery.

Meanwhile, members of the House of Representatives have said that the key parameters of the 2017 - 2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework upon which the budget will be based are not sustainable, asking the Federal Government to seek more realistic solutions to the economy.

His Green New Deal calls for 100 % clean energy by 2030 (no natural gas, nukes, biomass) combined with a full employment job guarantee program based on a sustainable economy.

In March 2000, European heads of governments and of states agreed in Lisbon that by 2010, the European Union (EU) should become «the most competitive and dynamic knowledge - based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.»

The Lisbon Agenda sought to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge - based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion by 2010.

The Summit returns to Brussels on Nov 8 - 9 2016 under the theme «Gender - based research, innovation and development for sustainable economies and societal wellbeing».

Since starting my journey toward living a more sustainable lifestyle, I've made a number of small green swaps in the bedroom — one of my favorites being a beautifully scented candle from Wax + Wick, a London - based company that contributes to the circular economy and minimizes waste by repurposing wine bottles as candle jars.

What is needed is a vision of a networked system of decentralized, community based, sustainable economies in a diversity of settings, which stands on a foundation of ecological integrity, social accountability and an economically equitable distribution.

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.

Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) is a New York - based activist organization working to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract our work, and to introduce mechanisms for self - regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its eEconomy (W.A.G.E.) is a New York - based activist organization working to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract our work, and to introduce mechanisms for self - regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economyeconomy.

Lise Soskolne is an artist and core organizer of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.), a New York - based activist organization whose mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract their labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self - regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its eEconomy (W.A.G.E.), a New York - based activist organization whose mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract their labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self - regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economyeconomy.

It's a radical rejection of current paradigms of economy and politics in order to create a sustainable way of life — one that is need - based, not desire - based.

It's obvious that many car companies, tech companies, homebuilders, architects, city planners, airline companies, and many other industry leaders could do more, and we could (and often do) offer plenty of unsolicited advice to them, based on our own perspective, but considering how slowly the wheels of change turn, and how consumers and manufacturers alike are complicit in the creation of our current petro - based economy, the move to a more sustainable economy is more likely to be one full of baby steps, and not giant leaps.

If the Government would recognize that the use of fossil fuel is not sustainable and would set the goal to achieve a hydrogen - based energy economy by 2020 or earlier, it would not only stimulate biochemical and physical research, but additional development of using hydrogen gas in stead of fossil fuel (already possible, but not yet economical).

Catalysts such as the one presented in the Journal of the American Chemical Society are highly sought after, because they are invaluable in the transition from a petroleum based economy to a more sustainable biobased economy.

Agricultural and forest - based industries, in both developed and emerging economies, generate substantial quantities of biomass residue and waste that can be used for energy production, to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and support sustainable growth.

In those states the energy economies may be based on different hydrocarbons, but the political and cultural pressure to sustain the myth of sustainable fossil - fuel extraction is every bit as great.

Brazil will now be focused on developing opportunities for forest - based economies within the rainforests to support the local communities which it hopes will be more sustainable in the longer term for the country.

Estimate of Swedish tax shifting based on Paul Ekins and Stefan Speck, «Environmental Tax Reform in Europe: Energy Tax Rates and Competitiveness,» in press, 2007; Ministry of Finance, Sweden, «Taxation and the Environment,» press release (Stockholm: 25 May 2005); household size from Target Group Index, «Household Size,» Global TGI Barometer (Miami: 2005); population from U.N. Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision Population Database, at http://esa.un.org/unpp/; Andrew Hoerner and Benoît Bosquet, Environmental Tax Reform: The European Experience (Washington, DC: Center for a Sustainable Economy, 2001); European Environment Agency, Environmental Taxes: Recent Developments in Tools for Integration, Environmental Issues Series No. 18 (Copenhagen: 2000); environmental tax support from David Malin Roodman, The Natural Wealth of Nations (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998), p. 243.

It was in this political climate that the EU heads of state and government launched the so - called Lisbon Strategy in March 2000, with the goal of making Europe «the most competitive and dynamic knowledge - based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.

to develop long - term, sustainable, locally based «green» economies that place value not only on profits, but also on the protection and preservation of lands, waters, air, culture and future generations.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

I am stepping down after this issue to accept the post of executive director at the Northwest Natural Resource Group, a Seattle - based non-profit focused on sustainable forestry and its role in local economies.

For quite a number of decades, Americans attaining middle - class lifestyles by working in an industry - based economy was sustainable.

The project must incorporate place - based solutions and contribute to the expansion of a regional economy rooted in sustainable practices, products, and services.

Climate Change, The Sustainable Green Economy and the demonization of fossil fuels are all based on lies, lies and lies.

The project activities are based around close cooperation with locals within the project area, who play and active part in all initiatives with involve the strengthening of a sustainable economy.

The transformation of our fossil fuels - based energy system to reliance on energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable fuels won't happen fast enough without carbon fees or taxes sending the appropriate persistent and rising price signals into every corner of the economy and every aspect of life.

Regardless of the causes of the transition, we can only do it fairly and justly if we make a profound change, beginning right now, from a global economy dominated by big polluting billionaires and corporate executives who defy any consideration of the public good, towards a more sustainable economic future based upon fairer, more equitable, healthier societies.

«Sustainable biofuel production systems could play a highly positive role in mitigating climate change, enhancing environmental quality, and strengthening the global economy, but it will take sound, science - based policy and additional research effort to make this so,» they conclude.

The 12th Five ‐ Year Plan for the Development of National Economy and Society (2011 — 2015)-- The Five ‐ Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, or the Five ‐ Year Plan aims to create more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth and boost domestic consumption that will begin to re ‐ orientate the Chinese economy away from heavy industry and resource ‐ intensive production towards a more consumption ‐ based and resource ‐ efficient eEconomy and Society (2011 — 2015)-- The Five ‐ Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, or the Five ‐ Year Plan aims to create more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth and boost domestic consumption that will begin to re ‐ orientate the Chinese economy away from heavy industry and resource ‐ intensive production towards a more consumption ‐ based and resource ‐ efficient eeconomy away from heavy industry and resource ‐ intensive production towards a more consumption ‐ based and resource ‐ efficient economyeconomy.

Health, education, training skills development and employment are integral to building the local and regional economy on a long term sustainable basis;

In particular, the Commission is concerned that proposed declarations have the potential to limit opportunities available to Indigenous people to develop sustainable local and regional economies based on the resources (including the cultural resources) of the lands and waterways.

The Hybrid Economy model for Indigenous economic development on traditional land is based on combining «traditional ecological knowledge» or Indigenous knowledge with Western biological and social sciences to produce sustainable land management and related industries.4

To some extent, we must stop the clock in order to see what we have in the form of traditional economies and traditional ways of life, and to some extent I would say we must also wind the clock backwards in order to see where there are vital traditions of the indigenous peoples of Australia and what are the sustainable traditions, and what can be done to give them a new sound economic basis so that their sustainability in the future could be secured.