Sentences with phrase «to a green economy»

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

You have heard tonight how we are delivering in government - fair taxes, a fair start for children, building a new green economy and fixing our broken politics.

We were there to share perspectives on the work of building green economies based on the principles of indigenous wisdom.

This guidance document explores many pathways towards an inclusive green economy.

So are developments in alternative energy projects that aim to capitalize on the emerging green economy, he said.

With our support, 13 new countries, five regions and ten counties or cities adopted or started implementing green economy policies and sustainable consumption and production actions plans by 2017.

This guidance document aims to identify, analyse, and profile institutions providing green economy learning.

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.

It also offers a glimpse of the positive potential of forests as countries shift toward resource - efficient and sustainable green economies.

The chemical industry is helping to drive an energy - efficient green economy but it can't do so with one hand tied behind its back.

One thing the summit could do is send the right signals to business leaders who have practically been begging governments to tell them whether they should prepare for a long - term green economy.

They could also be viable green economy businesses that generate local income from local resources, and that create green jobs and training opportunities for young and old alike.

A legitimate green economy can provide jobs that reduce these imbalances as well as clean the environment.

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

The building trades spend $ 100 million a year on training and apprenticeship programs to ensure that our workers have the latest and best skills available for jobs in the new green economy.

Tiny homes are all the rage but there is much more to the story including an understanding of sustainable living in an emerging green economy and ecological design and building techniques.

Governor Paterson Announces Program to Finance Energy Efficiency Work and Create Jobs in Green Economy Thursday December 09, 2010 at 01:09 pm

The time has come to kill the Green Energy and Green Economy Act and send the Liberals down the Mattagami or Niagara rivers before they further damage OPG!

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.

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This guidance document describes how the forest sector in the UNECE region could lead the way towards the emerging green economy at the global level.

Localities have authority over the built environment (e.g. through zoning and building codes); they can implement smart growth initiatives and increase public transportation alternatives; they act as first responders for climate impacts; they deploy green infrastructure such as increasing land for open space and parks; and they drive green economies by offering tax relief and other incentives.

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 chemistry.

Opponents counter that the global warming law is producing hundreds of thousands of jobs in a new green economy as investors pour billions of dollars into companies manufacturing everything from solar panels to electric cars.

The other efforts she noted were the Climate Registry's groundbreaking inventorying of greenhouse gas emissions in 41 states and the Canadian provinces, trade agreements designed to support green economies such as those led by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and her own California Plug - in Vehicle Collaborative which «is really trying to make a blueprint» that will facilitate EV infrastructure implementation in the other states.

Founder and President at GEC; UNEP Reform Project Leader at Tema at Linkoping University; SCO Project Leader at Vermont University; My mission is to contribute myself in global environmental and sustainable development governance and act to accelerate transitioning the society to green economy with sustainable development, and to join together with world visionary leaders to fight and combat the climate change that threaten life of all.

Within a decade consumers will be able to see which companies cause the most amount of damage to the environment if plans suggested by the man in charge of the UN's Green Economy Initiative are approved.

The document also shows the development and implementation of an inclusive green economy strategy or framework for water resource management in the Basin under the Lake Victoria Basin Commission.

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This is also in line with UNEP's Green Economy initiative as for the same dollar, euro, peso or yuan not only are we combating climate change, but potentially delivering additional economic, environmental and developmental benefits from improved water supplies, soil stabilization and reduced biodiversity losses alongside new kinds of green jobs in natural resource management and conservation.

After receiving her MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School in 2011, Robin is the West Coast Operations Manager for StakeHolders Capital, and has worked in operations management, marketing, PR and as event staff for Green Economy Think Tank, Green Business Networking, Green Festival (first LA Festival), Good Food Festival (inaugural LA event) and as research specialist for Practice Greenhealth (a non-profit providing sustainability support to hospitals and medical centers).

Although I created twelve other Green Economy Maps between 2007 and 2009, they were all designed around a series of silos — silos that didn't relate to one another.

The Seal is presented to small businesses that are committed to positive social and environmental change and growing the new green economy from the ground up.

But greening the economy does not necessarily offer growth opportunities for companies that are not investing in innovation.

It's not a whole program but it's a start and if it cost $ 10 million it would be amazing; a lot of people could get a leg up on the new green economy now.

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.

A scientifically - credible deal in Copenhagen can catalyze a transition to a low carbon, resource efficient green economy which is so essential on a planet of six billion people, rising to over nine billion by 2050.

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.