Green Growth, Smart Growth- Interview with Ralf Fuecks, Co-President of hbs How can we change the patterns of growth away from growing at the expense of ecosystems to a new paradigm based on growth with nature? Our Co-President, Ralf Fuecks delves into the issue with his newly published book, Green Growth, Smart Growth – A New Approach to Economics, Innovation and the Environment. We spoke with him during his U.S. speaking tour in April 2015.
Common Sense on Conflict Minerals Natural resources should be a major contributor to development in some of the countries that need it most. And yet, in some of world’s poorest and most fragile states, they bring just the opposite. By Michael Gibb
The Myth of Net-Zero Emissions Lili Fuhr and Niclas Hällström sharply criticize climate-change goals that are based on risky or underdeveloped technologies. By Lili Fuhr and Niclas Hällström
Risky Reserves At least 29 major companies, including oil producers, are basing their internal planning on the assumption that climate policies will be reality as soon as 2020. Do governments share this expectation? By Lili Fuhr and Johnny West
The Power of Youth for Environmental Justice As a highlight of its program area Ecology and Environmental Justice, the Heinrich Böll Foundation through its offices in Tunis and Lebanon has supported the creation of the first Arab Youth Climate Movement in the region. By Waleed Mahmoud Mansour
Communities are Driving the German Energy Transition - Greening the Economy The German Energy Transition is underway. Is it all a big government energy plan? No, says Arne Jungjohann. Policies do matter, but it is the citizens that are the driving force behind the transition to a renewable energy economy. By Arne Jungjohann on the Dylan Ratigan Show, June 22, 2012
Low Income Women: First Casualties of Green Economy Land Grab In a future green economy, where the impetus for renewable energy is high, biofuels may only be one small, but growing element in a world-wide future energy mix. Nevertheless, the economic case for the intensive and mass-scale production of oil-seed plants and feed stocks s is legitimized under the green economy regime. By Nidhi Tandon