It’s Christmas tomorrow, and like many modern day celebrations across cultures, it has become an obligatory ritual of gift giving and receiving. The spirit of Christmas is all about giving to the needy, spreading good cheer, joy and love to our near and dear ones. Unfortunately, this is overshadowed by all the consumerism and “stuff” that we [...]
The Climate Scoreboard is a new tool (using the C-ROADS model created by Sustainability Institute, MIT, and Ventana Systems) which represents the long-term climate impacts (till 2100) of proposals which are currently under consideration in the Copenhagen negotiations to produce a global climate treaty. It shows the Business as Usual scenarios, current proposals and the goals for target emissions. This scoreboard [...]
Why do businesses and governments need to develop a new paradigm to tackle the climate change challenge? Can they be green and still grow? What strategies will help an inclusive growth that promotes economic development while preserving ecosystems, and how can they be prioritized? What are the stumbling blocks in the path to greening the [...]
