SOCIAL REVOLUTION TAPS ICT TOOLS Pro-reform activists across the Middle East and North Africa are turning to online forums to spread their message to a global audience and reinforcing ICT tools as 21st century drivers of change. ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AIMS TO END CONFLICT MINERAL TRADE Electronics industry aims to end …
Is S&P’s Deficit Warning On Target?
An article from The Baseline Scenario Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:26 AM PDT By Simon Johnson On Monday Standard & Poor’s announced that its credit rating for the United States was “affirmed” at AAA (the highest level possible), but that it was revising the outlook for this rating to “negative” …
The finance sector to step up efforts to combat climate change and increase investment in renewable energy, urges Nobel Laureate
80 days before the UN climate change negotiations the UNEP Finance Initiative leads the discussion with the finance sector at a forum in Mexico City entitled “The Financial Sector towards COP16” Over 55 finance CEOs, Managing Directors and Heads of Sustainability join the Nobel Laureate in the climate change discussion …
Octopus Ventures invests £1.83m in efficient engine developer Bowman Power
5 August 2010 DEALS NEWS… Octopus Ventures invests £1.83m in efficient engine developer Bowman Power Acciona Energy pushes Lamèque Wind Power Project forward with $112m investment Banco de Galicia secures funding to encourage private sector cleantech investment Inter-American Development Bank finances $40m Nicaragua geothermal expansion Click here to read the …