UNCTAD World Investment Forum, UN, Geneva, 14th October 2014 It is estimated that 80% of CO2 emissions are now produced in cities. Currently, 50% of the global population lives in
ContinueIn recent years the possibilities of the Arctic have hit the news now and again. Mostly it goes unnoticed. For many people the Arctic is still just a big chunk
ContinuePicture a world of bright green cities – not just in terms of being eco-friendly, but bright green as in color! My research for the May Global Trends Briefing on
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Many thanks to former UN colleagues Todd Smith and Odkhoi Bold for your up-to-date perspectives from Mongolia! I will never forget what economist Jeffrey Sachs said in 2002 about Mongolia’s
ContinueThe Yale Center for the Study of Globalization through its YaleGlobal online service has just launched an ebook A World Connected: Globalization in the 21st Century which is well worth
ContinueThe winds of reform are blowing in Asia at the moment. Or so it seems when one reads the headlines. Are the loosening of the authoritarian regime in Burma (sometimes
ContinueThe news from the latest Consumer Electronics Show(CES) 2013 in Las Vegas got me thinking how much life has changed since I was a kid back in the seventies and
ContinueAshley Halligan, of Software Advice, recently published an article outlining how organizations are undertaking zero-waste initiatives – specifically, diverting all of their waste from landfills through a series of efforts
ContinueAshley Halligan, of Software Advice, recently reported on innovative sustainability efforts across the globe – in some surprising places. But perhaps we should not be so surprised. Making the best
ContinueIs the potential of distributed energy on your radar yet? If it isn’t, it probably should be. Energy transforms economies and lives, so it should demand the attention of politicians,
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