Hanna Thomas of the East London Green Jobs Alliance , and participant at the first Global Tranistion 2012 dialogue explains some of the obstacles to green job creation in the UK. Continue reading
From Durban to Rio
Alejo Etchart Ortiz argues that civil society has had enough of business-as-usual
After the disappointing outcome of COP 17 in Durban, environmentalist and Stakeholder Forum Advisor, Alejo Etchart Ortiz argues that civil society has had enough of business-as-usual, is charting its own path to a sustainable future and has a leading role to play at the Earth Summit 2012. Continue reading
Video: So much more than GDP: Gross National Happiness
Will measuring happiness create better government policy? Experts discuss on Canadian TV’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Durban a success?
Only fools fight in a burning house
Over the past two weeks, climate policy wonks descended on Durban, a port city and popular South African tourist destination, to hash out what to do beyond 2012 when the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end. Continue reading
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Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, nef (the New Economics Foundation) and New Economics Institute are working in partnership to catalyse the Global Transition 2012 initiative.
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The first and second Global Transition Dialogues have been made possible by the generous support of the VELUX Foundations; and the broader initiative activities are made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation
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