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Technology Transfer and Innovation: Key Country Priorities for Rio+20

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

As the world gears up for the Rio+20 Conference, the vital role of innovation and technology transfer in addressing the most pressing sustainable development challenges of recent years must be widely recognized Continue reading →

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Financing Green Growth in a Resource-constrained World

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

This report highlights promising examples of successful collaborations. These examples offer innovative financing mechanisms and new models for collaborative innovation and engagement of multistakeholder communities Continue reading →

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Going Green: Why Asia is Moving Toward a Green Model of Economic Growth

Posted on February 19, 2012 by admin

The latest issue of ADB’s quarterly magazine explores the concept of green growth: the embracing of environmentally sound and sustainable policies with the need to maintain high economic growth Continue reading →

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Where are WEEE in Africa?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

“Where are WEEE in Africa?” sheds light on current recycling practices and on socio-economic characteristics of the e-waste sector in West Africa Continue reading →

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Africa: Using ICT Solutions to Reduce Global Business Emissions

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

The ICT industry, which contributes only two percent to global CO2 emissions, insists that ICT expansion is critical in achieving a low-carbon economy… Continue reading →

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Greenpeace: Facebook ‘friends’ renewable energy…Victory!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin

After 20 months of mobilising, agitating and negotiating to green Facebook, the Internet giant has yesterday announced its goal to run on clean, renewable energy Continue reading →

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New innovation case on THINK!: Delight Electronic Public Toilet

Posted on November 10, 2011 by admin

Delight, the automatic public Toilet Unit developed by Eram Scientific Solutions, is intended to improve the sanitation facilities in urban geographies especially in developing nations Continue reading →

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Potential Future Impacts of Increased Biofuels Use

Posted on August 4, 2011 by admin

This entry is part of a series of posts written by members of the Environment and Energy team of the World Bank’s Research Group on economic and policy issues involving energy and climate change mitigation Continue reading →

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The Impact of US Biofuel Policies on Agricultural Price Levels and Volatility

Posted on July 14, 2011 by admin

This report makes three contributions to understanding the extent to which US biofuel policies contribute to higher agricultural and food prices Continue reading →

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The silent Energy [R]evolution

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

A new analysis of the global power plant market launched by Greenpeace International shows that since the 1990s, installations of wind and solar grew faster than any other power plant technology Continue reading →

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