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A pot with bubbling food sits cooking on an open fire.
Sustainable energy: can a new initiative succeed where Rio+20 failed?
… 'green growth' agenda was a convenient way to discuss big business benefiting from increased energy efficiency and thousands of … were discussed in-depth at a session on energy access at the Fair Ideas side event organised by IIED in Rio and are included in a civil …
Insight, 25 June 2012
A question of time
… People, More Trees ’ I wrote about last month. I hope the flow of ideas that we promoted has brought about greater recognition and respect … bring world leaders together in Copenhagen to back an ambitious, fair and effective global deal. Twelve months on, we are in a different … But the 21st century is here. Rather than push it away, our people, business and government need to seek out the opportunities for …
Insight, 25 November 2010
Peñas Blancas Reservoir in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica: Growing money on trees
… from, for example, cleaner water or air. And it is possible, and fair, to financially tap those people who are indirectly reaping the … environmental services in the first place benefit too. At the Fair Ideas conference in Rio we learned from one of the best examples of … its intention to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2021. “We saw a business opportunity here, providing a certified, transparent instrument …
Insight, 26 June 2012
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… responses you get to the question of how to deliver energy access for all and leapfrog from dirty to clean energy in developing countries. … innovative financial mechanisms or wonder technologies and pro-poor business models. Capacity building? Booorrrring. But the thing is, without … Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development …
Insight, 22 September 2014
Gastro(eco)nomic revolution in Peru
… the drink together, was born. A very well known case study at business schools, it was the only national company selling more than … Corporate Social Responsibility and even more Inclusive Business Models. The ‘Grupo Romero’, a cluster of some of the biggest Peruvian … to convene a so-called G9 summit in Lima, Peru during the Mistura Fair overhyped their influence. This Guardian article said it was: “an …
Insight, 16 October 2011
A man points his finger at someone in a meeting room at a debate at a meeting on the sustainable development of the Amazon at Rio+20.
Five things we’ve learnt from Rio+20
… ministers, while their counterparts from finance, planning and business are few and far between. By contrast, heads of corporations … of a green economy approach were discussed in detail at IIED’s Fair Ideas conference prior to Rio+20. One of the conference’s key …
Insight, 03 July 2012
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… already behind schedule, was put into action with rules that are fair and transparent for all.  European Capacity Building Initiative … Shannon Bouton (chief operating officer, McKinsey Center for Business and Environment); Shewangizaw Kifle Mulugeta (chief of the … The event served as a platform for sharing new, untested ideas, initiatives in the planning stages, and current and proven …
Event, 06 November 2017