Sustainable Markets

 
 
 

With a focus on the short term, today’s markets do not reflect the real costs of degraded natural resources and unjust labor practices or the hidden opportunities for long-term value creation.

Governments and civil society cannot win this battle alone; markets need to mobilize resources to speed this transformation, with supply and demand geared toward sustainable products, services, and practices.
We advance innovations that harness the power of markets to drive change by considering all costs and opportunities with a long-term perspective.
 

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Jun 10 - 16, 2013
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Peru opens deforestation data to the public, shows drop in Amazon forest clearing

Mongabay News

Peru has made its comprehensive deforestation data available to the public. That data shows that while more than 100,000 hectares have been cleared in the Peruvian Amazon on annual basis since 2005, the rate of clearing has slowed in recent years.

 
 
 

Peru has made its comprehensive deforestation data available to the public. That data shows that while more than 100,000 hectares have been cleared in the Peruvian Amazon on annual basis since 2005, the rate of clearing has slowed in recent years.

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Can REDD+, PES and other payments prevent destruction and degradation of our ecosystems?

ASB

Markets can only be a part of the solution to reversing unacceptable levels of deforestation and forest degradation, according to research from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). “Looking at the whole system and all available options remains the only guarantee, and this means taking a landscape perspective,” according to Dr Ravi Prabhu, Director of Research at ICRAF.

 
 
 

Markets can only be a part of the solution to reversing unacceptable levels of deforestation and forest degradation, according to research from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). “Looking at the whole system and all available options remains the only guarantee, and this means taking a landscape perspective,” according to Dr Ravi Prabhu, Director of Research at ICRAF.

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How better-trained farmers are slowing Brazil's deforestation

Globe Envision

In Para, Brazil, farmers are turning a profit and the government is on track to slow deforestation thanks to local nonprofit Imazon, which got them to work together.

 
 
 

In Para, Brazil, farmers are turning a profit and the government is on track to slow deforestation thanks to local nonprofit Imazon, which got them to work together.

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Breaking the Link between Commodities and Climate Change

Climate Advisers

New report focuses on breaking the link between commodities and climate change. Including specific recommendations for Congress and the Obama administration to strengthen global demand for deforestation-free commodities, increase global supply of deforestation-free commodities and create greater transparency in global commodity trade.

 
 
 

New report focuses on breaking the link between commodities and climate change. Including specific recommendations for Congress and the Obama administration to strengthen global demand for deforestation-free commodities, increase global supply of deforestation-free commodities and create greater transparency in global commodity trade.

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Skoll Original

Join Al Gore and Jeff Skoll for a Google+ Hangout on Climate Change

In the seven years since the film’s release, the world has seen a nonstop succession of new studies, reports, discoveries and headlines that have underscored just how urgent a threat climate change is to our planet. For the film’s seventh anniversary, we ask, “What do we know now that we didn’t know then?” to keep the spotlight on this evolving and accelerating threat.

 
 
 

“We are entering a period of consequences ... in Africa and India, much like everywhere else in the world, people were noticing that their climate was changing.”

Jeff Skoll

Jun 3 - 9, 2013
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Congress hates carbon pricing. The rest of the world doesn’t.

Washington Post

The idea of slapping a price on carbon to reduce emissions and tackle global warming is moribund in Congress for now. But that’s not the case elsewhere in the world. A big new World Bank report (pdf) finds that more than 40 national governments and 20 sub-national governments have either put in place carbon-pricing schemes or are planning one for the years ahead. That includes either carbon taxes or some form of cap-and-trade.

 
 
 

The idea of slapping a price on carbon to reduce emissions and tackle global warming is moribund in Congress for now. But that’s not the case elsewhere in the world. A big new World Bank report (pdf) finds that more than 40 national governments and 20 sub-national governments have either put in place carbon-pricing schemes or are planning one for the years ahead. That includes either carbon taxes or some form of cap-and-trade.

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Brazil's rainforest is going up in smoke. Again.

The Daily Beast

After nearly a decade of steady decline, forest cutting has spiked again in the world’s largest rainforest. The nonprofit Amazon watchdog organization, Imazon, released a study reporting that deforestation at the hands of farmers and ranchers jumped 90 percent in the 12 months since April of last year. And since burning always follows felling, another 88 million tons of carbon dioxide and other gases hit the atmosphere—a 62 percent increase on the year.

 
 
 

After nearly a decade of steady decline, forest cutting has spiked again in the world’s largest rainforest. The nonprofit Amazon watchdog organization, Imazon, released a study reporting that deforestation at the hands of farmers and ranchers jumped 90 percent in the 12 months since April of last year. And since burning always follows felling, another 88 million tons of carbon dioxide and other gases hit the atmosphere—a 62 percent increase on the year.

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UN high-level panel releases report on post-2015 development agenda

UN

The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda today released their report that outlines their recommendations for the next set of Post 2015 Development Goals. Report aims to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a view to ending poverty.

 
 
 

The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda today released their report that outlines their recommendations for the next set of Post 2015 Development Goals. Report aims to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a view to ending poverty.

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15 Young Go-getters You'll Want to Meet

PBS NewsHour

Over the last six months, the PBS NewsHour's Agents for Change series has profiled the work of highly motivated social entrepreneurs, under the age of 40, who are starting to make their mark on the world. When confronted with entrenched social challenges like poverty, food insecurity and unemployment, these individuals decided to do something. Their passions and pursuits are diverse, but they all worked to help communities solve problems, build businesses and create jobs.

 
 
 

Over the last six months, the PBS NewsHour's Agents for Change series has profiled the work of highly motivated social entrepreneurs, under the age of 40, who are starting to make their mark on the world. When confronted with entrenched social challenges like poverty, food insecurity and unemployment, these individuals decided to do something. Their passions and pursuits are diverse, but they all worked to help communities solve problems, build businesses and create jobs.

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Indigenous Sacred Sites Now Qualify As Protected Areas In Colombia

Mongabay News

The first indigenous sacred site set aside under a new category of protected area in Colombia has been established in the northeastern part of the South American country. The development is significant because it could spur other indigenous sacred sites in Colombia to be granted protected status.

 
 
 

The first indigenous sacred site set aside under a new category of protected area in Colombia has been established in the northeastern part of the South American country. The development is significant because it could spur other indigenous sacred sites in Colombia to be granted protected status.

“I believe that the climate crisis is our greatest opportunity, not only our greatest challenge.”

Al Gore

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