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Frost & Sullivan Debate: Personal or Public? - The Future of Urban Mobility in a Low Carbon World
The mobility share of the car as a means of transport has recently been declining. A 2011 survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan in 23 mega cities globally revealed that the share of public transport as well as push bikes has increased by around one to 2 per cent within one year. At the same time, car ownership per 1000 people in the cities of the developed world remains the same, and in some ...
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People's Daily Reports on the Success of FPI's Support in South-South Cooperation
On January 7, the international edition of People's Daily published an article entitled "South-South cooperation in addressing climate change pays off,". The article stated that China has been providing support and assistance to countries along the Belt and Road to jointly improve their capacity to address climate change through the development of South-South cooperation in addressing climate ...
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IPCC Bureau Members among 2019’s World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy
The IPCC Chair, Hoesung Lee and one of the Working Group II Co-Chairs, Debra Roberts, have been named among the 100 most influential people in climate policy for 2019 by Apolitical – a peer to peer learning platform for governments. The inaugural annual list seeks to celebrate politicians, civil servants, academics and activists from all over the world. “Apolitical has recognized ...
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New Caring for Climate Web Portal to Advance Business Role in Climate Change
SOURCE: United Nations Global Compact DESCRIPTION:(3BL Media) New York - September 24, 2012 – A new web-based platform was launched today to advance business efforts on climate change and enhance the private sector’s contribution to the global climate change agenda. The new website will provide a repository for business and stakeholders to access information related to Caring for Climate, a ...
By 3BL Media
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Siveco China to speak at Sustainable Factory seminar in Wuxi, June 10
Siveco China's Managing Director Bruno Lhopiteau is invited to speak at the seminar and panel discussion organized by the German Chamber of Commerce and the Wuxi International Chamber of Commerce on June 10 on the topic of the "Sustainable Factory" in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. During this event, a range of speakers from various green sustainability related sectors will share with you how ...
By Siveco China
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Sustainable Growth: How do we get there?
On Wednesday, July 8th in Washington, DC the Brookings Institute hosted “Financing the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda: What are the issues? And what is the role of the IMF?” The discussion’s keynote speaker was Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Lagarde addressed key points of the international community’s approach to ...
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After dangerous lull, war on climate change faces crunch year
After a year in which it nearly lost its compass, the campaign against climate change heads into 2009 needing top-level political commitment, creative thinking and a deep well of money. Next year holds a big dream: by its end, the world will have forged a treaty in Copenhagen to shrink global warming from mankind-threatening juggernaut to manageable problem. Unprecedented in scale and ...
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Corporate Climate Champions Meet at COP18
SOURCE: United Nations Global Compact DESCRIPTION:DOHA, December 5, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Reflecting the increased importance of the private sector to the climate negotiations and global sustainability, signatories of Caring for Climate (C4C), the UN’s climate action platform for business, met with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha today. Chaired by UN ...
By 3BL Media
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Frost & sullivan: global market for green technologies to grow to approximately $800 billion by 2012
All over the world, access to clean technology remains the focus for the global transition to a resource-efficient and green economy. In 2009, global investments in renewable energy power generation (US$140.00 billion) far exceeded that of fossil-fuelled power generation (US$110.00 billion). New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.environmental.frost.com), Benchmarking Country ...
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Italy: €55 million EIB green loan for BrianzAcque water resources
First green loan for Italian water networks (specifically in the province of Monza and Brianza) to strengthen their climate resilience and improve resource management The project is line with the Paris Agreements and the EIB’s climate goals 85 km of water supply networks, 16 km of new sewerage pipelines and new overflow tanks to prevent overflows and flooding The European ...
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Eco Expo Asia Opens Saturday with Green Tech Theme
More than 270 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions will take part in the seventh edition of Eco Expo Asia, which opens 27 October (Saturday) and continues through 30 October at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo. “Green Tech for a Low Carbon Economy” is the theme of this year’s expo, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the ...
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ENVEA has re-commited to the French Business Climate Pledge initiative
On August 29th 2019, ENVEA has signed the “French Business Climate Pledge”, which was highlighted at the annual gathering of the MEDEF, the leading network of entrepreneurs in France. 99 major French companies, accounting for 1.650 billion euros turnover and 6 million jobs worldwide, reaffirm the need to collectively change course by accelerating innovation and R&D through their ...
By ENVEA
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Eco Expo Asia and Building Fair Open Today
Nearly 600 exhibitors from around the world are taking part in three Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) fairs this week. The eighth editions of Eco Expo Asia and the HKTDC Hong Kong International Building and Decoration Materials & Hardware Fair opened today at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo, while the seventh HKTDC Sports Source Asia opens tomorrow at the same venue. Together, ...
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EPA Publishes 21st Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 21st annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), today, which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. The inventory shows a nine percent drop in emissions since 2005, and a one percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 from 2013 levels. Total U.S. ...
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Uptake of water treatment solutions in the Asia Pacific Power Industry intensifying, finds Frost & Sullivan
Rapid urbanization, growth in industrialization, and rising standards of living in the Asia Pacific have spawned a higher need for electricity, particularly in emerging countries such as Thailand and Indonesia. This growing need for power translates to investments in water and wastewater treatment (WWWT) solutions for the installation of new power plants and retrofitting of new technologies in ...
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LIFE Waste2Coag project aims to boost the circular economy in wastewater treatment plants
Nowadays, brines are mostly disposed of in the environment without treatment via discharge in water surfaces, sewers, deep-well injection, evaporation ponds and land application, or in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Desalination plants (DPs) inject brines into the ground, salinising aquifers, or they dilute the saline residue in the local WWTPs, affecting their biological process. The main ...
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For the first time, GHG protocol to help Brazil measure greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
This past Sunday, WRI’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol team conducted a session at the Rio+20 event, “The Green Economy: Driving Business Value and Competitiveness.” The session included great dialogue between business leaders, policy makers, and WRI experts, and featured one very significant declaration: The British Ambassador to Brazil, Alan Charlton, announced GHG ...
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Uptake of Water Treatment Solutions in the Asia Pacific Power Industry Intensifying, Finds Frost & Sullivan
Rapid urbanization, growth in industrialization, and rising standards of living in the Asia Pacific have spawned a higher need for electricity, particularly in emerging countries such as Thailand and Indonesia. This growing need for power translates to investments in water and wastewater treatment (WWWT) solutions for the installation of new power plants and retrofitting of new technologies in ...
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Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. Selected as 2013 New Energy Pioneer
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the definitive source of insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector, today announced Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., a water engineering, technology licensing and innovative U.S. manufacturing company, as a 2013 New Energy Pioneer. The winners were recognized on stage at the sixth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City. "We ...
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World first for co2balance opens the door for micro projects globally.
UK based carbon management company co2balance are very proud to announce a groundbreaking achievement in the development of international aid projects supported by carbon finance. Already an established project developer with a strong track record of working in communities in East Africa, co2balance have pushed the development of project methodologies and standards for more than ten years. Their ...
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