An exploration of our Greening China's Financial System report in light of the recent UNEP report that claims an additional "clean trillion" dollars will be needed annually to green the US$ 5 trillion that will be required every year for infrastructure investment globally up until 2030. Simon Zadek is interviewed.
"You run the risk in developing fossil fuels that one day will either become fully depleted or too expensive to extract," Philip Gass, a policy analyst at the International Institute of Sustainable Development, said from Winnipeg.
"Mark Halle, vice president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, says getting the corporate world to think long-term about the environment is key as the seeking of short-term results is incompatible with the requirements of sustainable development."
"A study by the Global Subsidies Initiative says scrapping fuel subsidies will result in aggregate increases in GDP."
A look at the new board for IISD-ELA.