Tag Archives: FN
Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge Award announced at Stockholm Water Week
World Water Week in Stockholm provides a unique forum for the exchange of views, experiences and practices between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on … Continue reading →
Categories: Interviews, News, Water
EU Parliament votes against reducing carbon emissions by 30%
The European parliament on Tuesday rejected a key report that would have toughened the EU stance on greenhouse gas emissions, after political wrangling that wrecked hopes of a compromise. A rebellion by the UK’s Tory MEPs helped to swing the … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, News
Sustainable urban development one of the key issues as Rio +20 planned
In Rio de Janeiro plans start to take shape before the Earth Summit 2012. One year left, and expectations are not very high. 20 years have passed since the last Rio Conference and the 40 years since the Stockholm Conference … Continue reading →
200 years of development and new challenges for growth
The population of the world, long expected to stabilize just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100, the UN projected in a report released Tuesday. Growth in Africa … Continue reading →
Categories: News, the GAP between developed and developing countries
UN agreement on Climate Change far away….
The deep divisions apparently bridged by last December’s climate deal in Cancún were reopened for a discussion in Bangkok between 3-8 April, undermining the chance of any agreement on the shape of a broader pact by the end of this year. … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Negotiations, News
Time for action – Global Compact has a unique role to play
Ten years have passed since Global Compact, the UN initiative to bolster companies’ commitment to vital social issues, began. Since then, 7,000 companies in more than 135 countries have ratified Global Compact’s 10 principles. Between the 23rd and 25th of … Continue reading →
Categories: Network
Almedalsfunderingar i augusti
Det har gått några veckor sedan jag passerade Visby och Almedalsveckan. Det känns bra att få lite tid att fundera över de intryck som präglade min vistelse under några få dagar i Juli. Denna 40 åriga tradition i Visby kändes … Continue reading →
Categories: Almedalen
Entreprenörskap och ledarskap – Business 4 Climate, del 2
Singapore….. en och annan funderar säkert på alla dem som reser runt på internationella konferenser påfrestar samvete och ”carbon footprint”. Det finns flera praktiska råd hur man hanterar detta. Ställ alltid frågan – är det nödvändigt att resa. Hur ser … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Negotiations, Leadership and Sustainability
Entreprenörskap och ledarskap på klimatområdet
Entreprenörskap och ledarskap inom politik, företagande och frivilliga organisationer krävs för att möta den pågående klimatkrisen. Det var några av slutsatserna från första dagens – Business 4 Climate – här i Singapore. Här i Singapore känns allvaret från de pågående … Continue reading →
Categories: Innovation, Leadership and Sustainability, Political Governance
Företagande och mänskliga rättigheter
Samtidigt som jag planerade skrivandet av denna veckas blogg så besöker statsminister Reinfeldt Kina. Det fick mig att något ändra mina tankar på innehållet. Jag minns tillbaka till år 2002 då John Morrison (en av Respects första medarbetare i London) … Continue reading →
