Tag Archives: Low Carbon Economy
How to reduce fossil fuel – new inquiry by the Swedish Government
A week ago journalists, lobbyists, politicians and various other stakeholders attended Almedalen Week, one of Sweden’s biggest political events. A total of 17,000 people took part in approximately 1700 different seminars and workshops and of those that attended, 300 were directly … Continue reading
Categories: Bioenergy, News, Okategoriserade, Transport
Landstrips and Sustainable City Development
It is a common misconception that sustainability in air travel is just about curbing CO2 emissions from airplanes. Of course this helps but the aviation industry’s responsibilities are far wider than this. The sector is responsible for about 2 per … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Transport
Rio+20: What are you waiting for?
Ahead of the Rio+20 Summit I would like to share three thoughts of mine that may inspire you to take action. 1. In Europe we can save energy, become independent of fossil fuel – and create new jobs. But how can we … Continue reading
Categories: Brazil, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Rio+20, Sustainable Cities
No Plan B for the Planet
It’s worrying me that it is so difficult to build understanding between national governments. We are all developing nations and need to understand how conditions are different depending on where we live on our planet. Mayors in cities seem to … Continue reading
Categories: Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Political Governance
Why politicians and economists are left behind
John Elkington asks in the Guardian if innovation and new business models can do the same for sustainability in the 21st century? The biggest problem and challenges businesses, politicians and NGO:s have – Our society is not aligning the human and natural … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Political Governance
European Mayors team up with Chinas cities
Thursday, 3 May, will see the launch event of the EU-China Partnership on Sustainable Urbanisation. It is is an ongoing process to develop a Global Network of Mayors and cities to strenght the ambition to meet the global challenges. The … Continue reading
Categories: China, News, Sustainable Cities
Stockholm +40: the first concrete step for the Rio + 20
I spent three days this week attending the Stockholm+ 40 conference. We were a pretty eclectic group, formed of politicians, business people, young thinkers and legislators from many countries but with one common goal: to try and progress in this … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Okategoriserade, Rio+20
Stockholm+40 – Sustainable Solutions on the Agenda
On 23-25 April 2012 Sweden’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry for Foreign Affairs opens an international conference, Stockholm+40 - Partnership Forum for Sustainable Development. The discussions, which will attract a number of the world’s leading political figures, mark the 30th anniversary of the … Continue reading
Waste, waste, waste…
It is always pleasing when you look below the surface and see real change in a market, city or organization. No more so than with the low-carbon economy, a market that is growing rapidly and creating a more sustainable model … Continue reading
Categories: News, Waste and producer responsibility
