Why are business leaders prioritizing sustainability

Posted on: 9 October 2012
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This exclusive research report, independently commissioned by edie.net, Sustainable Business magazine and Temple Group examines the question ‘Why are business leaders prioritising sustainability?’ It investigates how the economic pressures of the past five years have shaped the sustainability landscape. Is sustainability perceived as a key driver by Britain’s businesses or a non-essential luxury, sidelined when times are tough? What targets are being set, and what’s on respondents’ sustainability agendas for the immediate future? What threats does climate change pose to business and where are the opportunities for value creation? Registration is required to download the report.

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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Posted on: 9 October 2012
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The UN Secretary-General’s report on “Implementation of the outcome of the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)” reviews progress in the implementation of various components of the habitat agenda, including slum upgrading, cities and climate change, and post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction.

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Resilience and sustainable development: Theory of resilience, systems thinking and adaptive governance

Posted on: 8 October 2012
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This European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) Quarterly Report (QR) provides a condensed overview of the concept of resilience. Despite the complexity of the theory behind resilience, this QR tries to communicate the main notions behind this concept in a way that is understandable and not overly technical. The report does not aim at being exhaustive but intends to provide an overview on the links which are particularly relevant for sustainable development in general and sustainable development governance in particular.

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Mediterranean Ecological Footprint Trends

Posted on: 4 October 2012
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This report presents the result of a two-year study by Global Footprint Network, and aims to provide a foundation for the debate on the strategies and policies required to best guarantee a sustainable future for all in the region.

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Sustainability Exchange

Posted on: 24 September 2012
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For the first time, leading organisations from across the further and higher education sector have joined forces to create the Sustainability Exchange. Combining resources and experience from 23 of the country’s top sustainable development and tertiary education bodies, the Sustainability Exchange is the UK’s first centralised information portal and online community for the sector, sharing a wealth of information that is available to everyone.

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Teaching and learning for a sustainable future

Posted on: 24 September 2012
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UNESCO has produced a multimedia teacher education programme which provides professional development for student teachers, teachers, curriculum developers, education policy makers, and authors of educational materials. The modules are divided into four themes: Curriculum rationale;  Sustainable development across the curriculum;  Contemporary issues; and Teaching and learning strategies.

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TEESNet (Teacher Education for Equity and Sustainability Netwoek) Annual Conference. London, 12 July 2012

Posted on: 24 September 2012
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TEESNet, formally known as the UK Teacher Education Network for education for sustainable development and global citizenship, evolved from collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature UK, Oxfam and teacher educators. In the UK, environmental and development NGOs have been in the forefront of promoting and supporting Education for sustainable development. The Network has representation from nearly all UK providers of teacher education. The key purpose of this event was to explore what competencies educators need in education for sustainable development. Presentations and papers are available online.

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Knowledge brokerage for environmentally sustainable sanitation

Posted on: 24 September 2012
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Knowledge brokerage is the activity and the process to facilitate knowledge and technology to move from one place to another, in order to help individuals and organisations learn, innovate and improve. This report summarises the main findings pertaining to knowledge brokerage in the EU-funded project BESSE (Brokering Environmentally Sustainable Sanitation for Europe). The project examined how to facilitate innovation in the sanitation sector to make it more sustainable’. BESSE also studied different innovations in environmentally sustainable sanitation, which can be seen in the resource file on the BESSE website.

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State of World Cities 2012/2013

Posted on: 24 September 2012
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UN-Habitat has launched the State of World’s Cities Report 2012/2013. Titled The prosperity of cities, the report recommends that those engaged in development work need to explore a more inclusive notion of prosperity and development. What this new edition of State of the World’s Cities shows is that prosperity for all has been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity beyond the solely economic emphasis, including other vital dimensions such as quality of life, adequate infrastructures, equity and environmental sustainability. The report proposes a new tool, the City Prosperity Index, together with a conceptual matrix, the Wheel of Prosperity, both of which are meant to assist decision makers to design clear policy interventions. The report advocates for the need of cities to enhance the public realm, expand public goods and consolidate rights to the ‘commons’ for all as a way to expand prosperity. This comes in response to the observed trend of enclosing or restricting these goods and commons in enclaves of prosperity, or depleting them through unsustainable use.

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Harnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development: Lessons from China

Posted on: 21 September 2012
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The Climate and Development Knowledge Network issues a series of papers in a series entitled Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development. The latest in the series describes how China took advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries, and what lessons it has learned.

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