From today onwards, I will be reporting on the UN Climate Conference, COP15, in Copenhagen, representing the WSC-SD.
To give a kick-start, below is the first article.
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COP15
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Actuality · Articles by Christopher Baan · Climate & Energy · Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Economic Development · Globalization & Global Culture · Human Rights · Science · Society · Sustainable Development · World · Youth
How on earth do we want to live together?
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Today, on October 15th 2009, more then 13,000 bloggers all over the world are writing about “Climate Change”, the topic of the 2009 Blog Action Day.
Lately, a couple of interesting articles have caught my attention. They all seem to tell a story of a Great Story, they all seem to put our human race and [...]
Tags: Actuality · Articles by Christopher Baan · Climate & Energy · Earth & Environment · Economic Development · Globalization & Global Culture · Inspiration · Society · Sustainable Development · World
Green growth is essential to any stimulus
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
By Ban Ki-moon and Al Gore
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Economic stimulus is the order of the day. This is as it must be, as governments around the world struggle to jump-start the global economy. But even [...]
Tags: Climate & Energy · Economic Development · Sustainable Development
The crisis can be an opportunity to rethink the global economy
April 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Interview with Jacques Weber by Meriem Bouamrane
With the financial and economic crisis tightening its grip around the world, many researchers, organizations and institutions are being galvanized into action. Terms like Green Deal or Global New Green Deal are circulating and, with natural resources becoming scarcer, there is talk of creating a tax system based on [...]
Tags: Earth & Environment · Economic Development · Sustainable Development · World
Green Economy Initiative
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments
Mobilizing and re-focusing the global economy towards investments in clean technologies and ‘natural’ infrastructure such as forests and soils is the best bet for real growth, combating climate change and triggering an employment boom in the 21st century.
On 22 October 2008, UNEP and leading economists launched the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) aimed at seizing an [...]
Tags: Climate & Energy · Earth & Environment · Economic Development
