©2011 “The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World,” by Jeremy Rifkin, Palgrave Macmillan 2011 Jeremy Rifkin is one of the most prominent Western public intellectuals – matched by the best in the world: Vandana Shiva and Pavan Sukhdev in India; Niu Wenyuan and Zhouying Jin in China; …
Small and intermediate enterprises are joining large ones to boost Green Industry’s footprint By Rosalinda Sanquiche As part of the Green Economy series While mainstream media, economists and general opinion still designate the Green Economy as “emerging” and assume green investments are riskier or provide lower returns than other investments, global investors have quietly and …
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For over 35 years, the world has counted on veteran energy expert Amory Lovins to guide humans through the great transition from the fossil-fueled Industrial Era to today’s Information Age and beyond. Read the book review on Seeking Alpha…
By Hazel Henderson, President, Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) Abstract: Reviews failure of global carbon trading under Kyoto and reasons why alternatives emerged. Assesses prospects for climate policies beyond Kyoto and covers shifts toward green growth in governments and private sector investments. Keywords: climate, carbon, emissions trading, revenue-neutral tax shifts, renewables, energy efficiency, solar, …
ETHICAL MARKETS REVIEW: FROM RIGGED CARBON MARKETS TO INVESTING IN GREEN GROWTH Read More »
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) facing political inaction over rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from fossil fuel burning – sees solar, wind and other renewable energies as the way forward. Successive stalemates at climate summits in Copenhagen (2009) and Cancun (2010) have led to a re-think. The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. …
SHIFTING CLIMATE POLICIES FROM CO2 EMISSIONS TRADING TO GREEN INVESTMENT Read More »
For InterPress Service, reprinted by special permission By Hazel Henderson © 2011 www.hazelhenderson.com The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) facing political inaction over rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from fossil fuel burning – sees solar, wind and other renewable energies as the way forward. Successive stalemates at climate summits in Copenhagen (2009) …
AS KYOTO EXPIRATION NEARS, EMISSIONS TRADING SHOWN INEFFECTIVE Read More »
The global economy is now at a tipping point – emerging from the 300-year fossil-fueled Industrial Era to the cleaner, greener information-rich renewable energy societies which I predicted in my The Politics of the Solar Age in 1981. Although prominently reviewed in the New York Times and based on six years of service on the …
The Green Transition: A Personal Note from Hazel Henderson Read More »
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Grossly Distorted Picture: GDP Still Misleading Governments, Banks and Investors by Omitting Asset Accounts By Hazel Henderson, for CSRWire Talkback The GDP results, however revised for the final quarter of 2010, will remain unreliable in charting recovery and progress in Europe, the USA and most other countries. GDP is now a Grossly Distorted Picture! The …
