Sustainability

03 Nov 2008
Targets and timelines needed for Africa’s new sustainability roadmap
More protected areas, respect for indigenous populations, the sharing of benefits and greater care for forests were all features of a broad sustainability action plan outlined last week by African nations.
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24 Sep 2008
Chinese central bank and WWF outline greener banking roadmap
Chinese commercial banks should establish environmental reporting, assessment, management, and risk evaluation systems to promote sustainable development in China, according to a new report today from WWF and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s financial and monetary regulatory agency.
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22 Sep 2008
Sustainable investing can pay off for sovereign wealth funds
Sovereign wealth funds could and should focus more attention on the investment risks as well as opportunities of the carbon-constrained economies of the future, an Innovest report commissioned by WWF-Norway has found.
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09 Sep 2008
Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World
A transition to sustainability is urgent, but is it possible? This book calls on the environmental movement to play a decisive role in planning and inspiring a transition to a world that sustains abundant and diverse life, human and otherwise, and does so humanely. » Read more

21 Aug 2008
Flow plan for less talk and more action as climate change hits rivers
Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start doing it, WWF told the World Water Week symposium in Stockholm today.
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