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We’re fast running out of time to steer away from business-as-usual energy and carbon policies that are not only unsustainable but threaten to destabilize the future with serious climate and security impacts. That, in a nutshell, is the message delivered in the latest World Energy Outlook from the International
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As usual, the annual energy forecast from the US government is a “good news, bad news” outlook. From a sustainability perspective, though, the bad news outweighs the good. Global energy use, for example, is projected to increase by 53 percent between 2008 and 2035, with about half of that growth
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A global coalition of governments, businesses and other leaders today announced the launch of a three-year “Clean Revolution” to speed up the adoption of clean energy, clean technologies and new business and design practices around the world. “This year the human population will exceed 7 billion,” said Ban Ki-moon, Secretary
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Countries in the Asia-Pacific region plan to keep working to make their transportation systems more energy efficient while making efforts to reduce existing fossil fuel subsidies. Those goals were among the topics discussed by energy and transportation ministers from 21 countries during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathering taking place
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A “fundamental technological overhaul of production processes worldwide” is needed over the next three to four decades if the world is to end poverty and avoid catastrophic impacts from climate change and environmental degradation, warns a report from the United Nations. “The World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great
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Sustainability is set to become one of the top three considerations in the purchasing decisions of large UK companies over the next 18 months as the pressure of environmental regulation makes them demand commitment to good environmental practice throughout their supply chain. In London, the Lord Mayor’s office has
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The Climate Change Business Journal has announced the winners of its Business Achievement Awards for 2010. Gold award winners include the demand response firm EnerNOC (business achievement: growth), renewable energy company Cannon Power (business achievement: growth), climate change mitigation and adaptation consultancy AECOM (consulting & engineering: climate change practice), engineering
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UK officials today announced a “Mainstreaming Sustainable Development” package aimed at guaranteeing that government policies have been “sustainability-proofed.” The goal is to make sure policies help to deliver sustainable economic growth, improve quality of life and protect the natural environment now and for future generations. “The government is determined that
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Leipzig’s St. Georg Group has become the first medical centre to complete Siemens’ Green+ Check. The St. Georg Medical Centre commissioned Siemens Healthcare to conduct a Green+ Check to determine its sustainability index and identify areas in which sustainability performance could be improved. The analysis produced a Green+ score
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The Big Sustainability Summit, scheduled for 1 March in London, will bring together leaders and decision-makers from a variety of sectors with an aim toward turning sustainability into normality. Among those set to speak at the summit are Janos Pasztor, director of the UN Global Sustainability Panel; Jonathon Porritt, founder
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With 2011 now well under way, many big technology and IT companies are assessing their financial performances of the past year and using that intelligence to map the road forward. A transitional year, 2010 saw companies like IBM, GE, Siemens and Cisco rebound from the post-crash challenges of 2008 and
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We don’t have to sit around waiting and hoping for a “magic bullet” that can solve all our energy, resource and environmental problems. There’s plenty of technology available today — and new technologies emerging all the time — that, if we use it, can dramatically cut our consumption levels and