VIENNA, 21 November 2012 – The membership of the advisory board for the Green Industry Platform – a global, multi-stakeholder initiative launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – was announced today during a high-level panel discussion on mainstreaming and scaling up sustainability practices in global manufacturing. The board is composed of the […]

With the Arctic sea ice melting to an all-time low, record high temperatures in East Asia, and debilitating droughts in the United States, we are now living with predicted effects of climate change. In a recent study, James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute, and his co-authors found that the European heat wave in 2003, […]

The Green Growth Strategy, which was approved last year, will be fully operational by the end of November, 2012, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) announced. Green Growth Strategy is a plan aimed at achieving sustainable development without degrading the environment. The plan promotes the application of advanced technologies […]

INTRODUCTION We are at a key moment in the evolution of our global approach to the challenges of development, environment and the transition to a green economy. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Earth Summit, and the 40th anniversary of the first […]

Climate change is causing sea levels to rise and some say that global warming may be the primary reason hurricane Sandy was so destructive. Protecting the environment is more important than ever and there’s a lot of talk about green growth here in Korea. To get a look at what companies and the government are […]