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Transition to green economy could yield up to 60 million jobs
The transformation to a greener economy could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs globally over the next two decades and lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty, according to a new report led by the joint ILO/UNEP Green Jobs Initiative*.
The report - Working towards sustainable development: Opportunities for decent work and social inclusion in a green economy - says that these gains will depend on whether the right set of policies are put in place.
"We urgently need to move to a sustainable development path with a coherent set of policies with people and the planet at the ... |
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Building the future we want – new report launched on World Environment Day
While much of Europe is still suffering the effects of economic recession, a new report argues that efforts to increase prosperity should not damage the environment. Indeed, Europe’s economy depends on a healthy environment, including the materials and services provided by the natural world, according to the new edition of Signals from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Signals is an annual publication which aims to explain complex environmental issues for a non-expert audience. The 2012 edition explores the environmental impacts of our consumption and production patterns, and ways ... |
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Obama administration announces clean coal research awards for universities across the country
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department announced that nine universities have won awards ...
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Airlines for America (A4A) Calls on U.S. Government to Block EU ETS
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading ...
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Unanswered questions on timing for data on EPA`s 2013 and 2014 work plan chemicals
On June 1, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) announced an additional 18 chemicals ...
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Cutting carbon emissions without financial risk - lessons from London
World attention has been drawn to London England this week with media coverage of Queen Elizabeth`s Diamond Jubilee and the run up to the London 2012 ...
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Wells Fargo Launches $100 Million Environmental Grant Program
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today a $15 million relationship with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that ...
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Regulation of Logging Roads Needs a Permanent Solution, Washington Timber Leaders Say
The recent news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will regulate logging roads with state-managed best management practices (BMPs) instead ...
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EPA updates clean air act standards for flares and process heaters at petroleum refineries
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing common-sense standards informed by important input from stakeholders, including industry, for ...
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Science recognition in Rio+20 talks `uphill struggle`
A senior UNESCO official has complained that science is being left out of key parts of the negotiations on the draft conclusions of UN Conference on Sustainable ...
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EPA forms first advisory board on Great Lakes issue
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the creation of an advisory board to support federal agencies with the implementation of the ...
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Howarth To Congress: More Research Needed To Address Widespread Signs Of Health, Environmental Dangers Of Fracking
Modern hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is so new that over half of all the shale gas ever developed in the world has been produced in the last three ...
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IEA welcomes UK efforts towards a low-carbon future
As it seeks concrete solutions to the low-carbon investment challenge, the United Kingdom is leading by example, according to a review of UK energy policies ...
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