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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

Decarbonizing the global economy means lessening our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing dramatically our use of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower. These improvements owe in part to the regulatory stimulus provided to network operators under the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

3BL Media

Natural capital provides the building blocks that enable ecosystem services—the positive benefits that societies and economies derive from nature—to sustain life and create wealth. That’s why biodiversity loss alone could cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the coming years, in addition to trillions more related to climate change.

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Talking to LGBTQIA-Led B Corps About Practicing Inclusion and Building Credibility All Year Long

B the Change

After all, it’s not just June, or July, or other months where Pride is observed around the world: LGBTQIA people are a part of the global economy every day?—?and since 2012,” says Doc Jana. “We and feel its impacts all year long. starting with their own internal practices.

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Reimagining Business Ownership in the Global South

Stanford Social Innovation

For example, Jomo Kenyattas Africanisation agenda in post-independence Kenya (in which KTDA begins its journey) was an uphill struggle in a national and global economy under continued colonial domination. Social movements and political leadership often assist with success and effectively reset the rules of the game.

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Mining 2030 Extends Engagement on Workplans

Chris Hall

Navigating conflict When considering both the direct and indirect contribution that mining makes to other industries, the sector could account for up to 45% of the global economy. The rebel group, M23, has seized important mining areas in several African countries since its formation in 2012.

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SDSN Joins the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN)

Sustainable Development Network

Normal 0 false false false FR X-NONE AR-SA About the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN): SBTN aims at creating a new global economy in which science defines how companies and cities can operate in environmentally sustainable ways to restore balance to the Earth’s systems.

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A Walled-Off Garden

Sense and Sustainability

The problem with PBA is that we live within a globalized economy, so much so that the World Bank estimates that 60% of the world’s GDP comes from trade. The case of Sweden highlights this, as even a study undertaken by Sweden’s own Environmental Protection Agency in 2012 belies the previous rosy picture.