Author Archives: Per Meilstrup, Climate Director, Monday Morning
The Copenhagen Manifesto on Sustainable Growth
Approx 400 participants from 21 countries on October 13th, 2011, adopted the Copenhagen Manifesto on Sustainable Growth, presented by The Green Growth Leaders at Take …
Who’s looking after the planet?
Until 2009, conventional wisdom was that governments and intergovernmental institutions were the political powers responsible for tackling global climate change. Since then, however, the wheel …
Stop the press! Time for Socially Responsible Media?
We do it all the time; demand socially responsible action from corporations, governments, cities and even individual consumers. It goes with out saying: We are in this …
Getting the message across
In a world where media and communication plays an increasingly important role, Asian European Foundation has put the role of the media, editors and journalists in …
Yvo de Boer joins Green Growth Leaders
One of the world’s leading figures in climate change and sustainability, Yvo de Boer, has joined the Green Growth Council. Yvo de Boer was Executive …
UC Berkeley: Green can drive growth
Confronting global warming through green investments need not harm the economy – it can drive job creation and additional economic activity, concludes a new study, the …
From gloom to boom: Greening urbanization
Tired of the gloom and doom of climate change conferences? Then visit any ”green city” or ”urban sustainability” event. You will meet scores of lively, …
EU issues “green growth” roadmap
The world’s largest economy - the 27 members of the European Union - today released a concrete plan for creating a low carbon economy in 2050. “The Roadmap for …
Executives from Microsoft and LSE joins the Council
The Green Growth Leader’s Council has been joined by two new significant members: Ray Pinto, Government Affairs Director for Environment, Microsoft Europe, the Middle East …
GGL to provide input to the EU commission
The efforts of Green Growth Leaders (GGL) will in coming years feed into the strategic development of the world’s biggest economy. . In a letter …
