Thursday, July 15th, 2010
MORNING STAR – Beijing is set to invest £6.5 billion in Argentina’s rail system after visiting Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez signed a series of economic co-operation agreements in Beijing on Tuesday. The railway deals included a £1.64bn project to upgrade Buenos Aires’s railway, the electrification of rail lines and the construction of a light rail
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) of Oxford University and the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new poverty measure that gives a “multidimensional” picture of people living in poverty which its creators say could help target development resources more effectively. Read
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
CITY OF LONDON – The London Development Agency has won a top sustainability award for its programme to make public buildings more energy efficient and cut their carbon emissions. The RE:FIT programme received a Highly Commended award for outstanding achievement in the Sustainability Initiative of the Year category at the annual Government Opportunities (GO) magazine
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
ABC Australia – The threat to the world’s biodiversity is well documented. In Australia, 427 animal species are threatened with extinction and more than 1000 plants are also on the brink. Now The United Nations has done a study which looks at the cost to the economy of such a loss. It shows on average one
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
ORACLE Blog – As stated many times before, the development of sustainable and smart solutions will continue to accelerate as governments increasingly make steps towards building their own low carbon economy and meet EU commitments of reduce renewable energy by 20 per cent by 2020. Such commitments inevitably mean that smart technologies will gain increased
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The powerful and well-functioning transport, electricity, gas and telecommunications networks secure the competitiveness of the Swiss economy and the internal cohesion of our country. To make this even 2030 is still the case, should the existing capacities optimally managed, correct any possible bottlenecks and expansions are planned in advance. The strategy report “Future of the
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
EL CORREO SPAIN – The large roof of the mall Ikea in Castilleja de la Cuesta becomes an example of sustainability, a bet that the Swedish multinational seeks to bring all its stores and Sevilla in Spain begins. The plant has solar panels and will produce annually 1830 367 967 kilowatt hours, equivalent to between 10% and
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Lands Bill Draft 1, entitled the Lands Act, 2010 is an act to revise and consolidate statutory laws on land to harmonize land policies with existing customary laws to ensure sustainable land administration and management, effective land tenure and efficient surveying and mapping regime and provide for related matters. Laws that
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
BBC – The organisers of Nottinghamshire’s BioBlitz event hope the public will help them record as many species as possible within a 24 hour period. Chris Jackson, from the Biodiversity Action Group, said: “ we try and make the public aware of the biodiversity on their doorstep.” Read More
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
TONIC – Edward Norton is officially following in the good footsteps of his family. On July 8, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named the actor, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity. Norton’s efforts come on the heels of a report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which highlights the urgent need for change if we are to preserve
