Time to seize the sustainable future
Simon Zadek argues that now is the time to seize the sustainable future in an opinion piece for The Japan Times.
Simon Zadek argues that now is the time to seize the sustainable future in an opinion piece for The Japan Times.
"Kieran Clarke of the International Institute for Sustainable Development says that drawing attention to the social costs of what can appear to be a cheap option for power generation, such as coal, can have a bigger impact on policy than focusing on environmental damage.
"I think that governments are quite rational about this," he told DW. He cited the example of China, where he says the government may not be highly motivated to prevent climate change - but is turning toward renewable power over coal to combat the ongoing problem of air pollution."
"The International Institute for Sustainable Development notes: “The grain required to fill a 25-gallon gas tank with ethanol can feed one person for a year, so the amount of corn used to make [the government-required] 13 billion gallons of ethanol will not feed the almost 500 million people it was feeding in 2000. In addition, because corn is the most common animal feed and has many other uses in the food industry, the price of milk, cheese, eggs, meat, corn-based sweeteners and cereals increased as well.”"
A nice, informal interview with Mark Halle,Vice-President, Strategy, IISD & Executive Director, IISD-Europe. French version here.
A final list of Canada's Top 30 under 30 Sustainability Champions from across the country. IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan and Senior Fellow Vicky Sharpe were two of the panel of four judges who submitted their Top 15 picks.
"Senior officials and experts from Africa met in Nairobi this week to consider the implications of the new global trade architecture, including the advent of mega trading blocs, on the continent."