Showing posts with label investment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label investment. Show all posts
25 March 2012
15 March 2012
Former clean energy czar tries to stop Europe's dirtiest new power plant
In a letter to top-level U.S. Treasury officials, Daniel Kammen wrote that he will be "bitterly disappointed" if the World Bank finances a 600-megawatt lignite-fired power station outside the Kosovo capital of Pristina
By Lisa Friedman | E&E News in Bank Information Center | 14 March 2012
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Five poverty-fighting women to watch
These women don't hand out aid. They're creating innovative new ways for women – and men – to lift themselves out of poverty
By Kyla Springer | Global Envision in Christian Science Monitor | March 13, 2012
CEO and founder of Samasource Leila Janah takes part in a session during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in 2010. Samasource provides women in developing countries with 'microwork' via the Internet, reducing poverty. Lucas Jackson/Reuters/File
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11 March 2012
Nuclear Industry Upbeat Despite Fukushima
One year after Fukushima, industry leaders remain optimistic on the future of nuclear power in coming decades, partly because of the high priority that has been placed on identifying and addressing potential weaknesses such as were revealed last year at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan
By Richard Johnson | IDN-InDepth NewsReport | March 10, 2012
06 March 2012
Abolitionists Target Funds Behind Nuclear Arms Industry
The world’s nuclear weapons industry is being funded – and kept alive – by more than 300 banks, pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in 30 countries, according to a new study
By Thalif Deen | Inter-Press Service | Mar 5 2012
A Small ICBM (missile) Hard Mobile Launcher. Nuclear-armed nations spend over 100 billion dollars each year on their weapons programmes. Credit: US Air Force
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27 February 2012
Economic growth, obesity, and the creed of greed
Who’s right? Gordon Gekko (greed is good) or Tim Jackson (prosperity without growth)? It should be a simple question, but the answer is not so clear
by Garry Egger | Feb 27 2012 by The Daly News in Energy Bulletin | Feb 27 2012
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Is China Reentering the Great Game?
Many countries have contributed to Afghanistan’s reconstruction. But it’s only been since 2007 that China has attracted attention with its investments. In November 2007, the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) won the tender to invest over $2.9 billion to develop the Aynak copper mine, which is the second-largest copper deposit in the world
By Dong Yu | Foreign Policy in Focus | February 9, 2012
Making the Forest Sector Transparent
Since October 2008, Global Witness has been working on a project called “Making the Forest Sector Transparent“. The project has recently released its 2011 Annual Transparency Report, looking at the transparency record in seven countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Chris Lang | REDD-Monitor | 10th February 2012
IDB Funds Biomass Project for Low Income Families in Brazil
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$2 million project to help low-income families in Brazil to supply fruit kernels to biomass plants
Climate Change Policy & Practice | 8 February 2012
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Why the energy industry is so invested in climate change denial
The world most's profitable companies are valued by their carbon reserves – never mind the resulting ruin to the planet
Bill McKibben | guardian.co.uk | 7 February 2012
The Americas, seen from space on 4 January 2012. Photograph: Nasa Goddard Photo
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04 February 2012
5 shot in conflict over oil palm plantation in Sumatra
Five villagers were shot in Indonesia's Riau Province on the island of Sumatra during a clash in a land dispute over an oil palm plantation, reports The Jakarta Post and Republika
mongabay.com | February 03, 2012
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The stampede by wealthy states for arable land across Africa and other developing regions could trigger a series of conflicts if governments fail to protect the rights of their people, two recent studies on land grabs warn
United Press International | Feb. 3, 2012
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The Indonesian government plans to create a massive plantation firm next month when it will combine the assets of state-owned rubber and palm oil companies, reports Reuters
mongabay.com | February 04, 2012
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WEF Addresses Energy Poverty, Rio+20
The World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 25-29 January 2012, gathering industry, business, government and other world leaders to discuss current issues, where UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns “we cannot build a green economy on the backs of the poorest and most vulnerable people.”
Climate Change Policy & Practice | 30 January 2012
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Fossil fuel subsidies: a tour of the data
Fossil fuels are subsidised in much of the world, causing billions of tonnes of addition CO2 emissions
by Duncan Clark | guardian.co.uk | 19 January 2012
Fossil fuels are subsidised in much of the world, causing billions of tonnes of addition CO2 emissions. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Greedy Lying Bastards: US filmmaker attacks oil industry
Craig Rosebraugh's new documentary highlights the 'influence, deceit and corruption' of fossil fuel industry
by Leo Hickman | guardian.co.uk | 20 January 2012
Provocative, frank and impossible to ignore. And that's just the title
16 January 2012
1% increase in forest cover
Since the adoption of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the government took measures to enhance forests cover from 5% to 6% including approval of forestry mega projects at the cost of Rs12 billion, said Muhammad Javed Malik, Federal Secretary, Ministry of National Disaster Management
The News International | January 13, 2012
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Tanzania: Funding for Carbon Trading Projects Halted
Funding for a carbon trading system known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) has been suspended until further negotiations between poor countries and powerful industrial nations
Ludger Kasumuni | The Citizen (Dar es Salaam) in AllAfrica.com | 12 January 2012
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IRENA Releases Renewable Energy Profiles for Pacific Countries
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a publication titled “Renewable Energy Country Profiles: Pacific.” The country profiles consider where renewable energy can contribute significantly to combating climate change
Climate Change Policy & Practice | 12 January 2011
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Slovak Ambassador Miloš Koterec has been elected to serve as President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Addressing the Council in New York, US, after his election, Koterec called for a new approach to development, including changing old perceptions about development and finding new ways to optimize cooperation among donor and aid recipient countries
Climate Change Policy & Practice | 10 January 2012
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