Opportunity zones could provide major boost for clean energy, sustainable development

Predictions of $200 to $300 billion investments in the nation’s 8,700+ OZones show the massive opportunity for the private sector.

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Opportunity zones could provide major boost for clean energy, sustainable development

Why NGOs top the list of those advancing sustainable development

Why do experts point to NGOs as making the greatest contribution to advancing progress on sustainable development?

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Why NGOs top the list of those advancing sustainable development

From Amsterdam to Zagreb, 3 steps to transition to a circular economy for cities

A new report on circular policies illuminates major opportunities for governments and people.

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From Amsterdam to Zagreb, 3 steps to transition to a circular economy for cities

Vien Truong: business leaders can catalyze environmental justice reform

The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: How governments, businesses and NGOs can work together toward environmental equity

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Vien Truong: business leaders can catalyze environmental justice reform

Mathy Stanislaus, circular economy fellow at WRI

Circular Economy Fellow at WRI, Mathy Stanislaus, is exploring, “what are the key levers, specifically policy levers, to accelerate the circular economy?” He’s found some key points: value retention processes (extending life and enabling second life of products) and creating and optimizing a secondary materials system (a market for using used materials in safe, healthy and effective manners). Doing so can reduce new resource extraction by 80 percent and GHG impacts by 80-90 percent. The incentives are high — and so prioritization is imperative.

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Mathy Stanislaus, circular economy fellow at WRI

IDEO’s Lauren Yarmuth on the cultural conditions for the circular economy

Lauren Yarmuth is a systems thinker — and she’s thinking in terms of how to unlock the challenges that prevent the transition to a circular economy.

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IDEO’s Lauren Yarmuth on the cultural conditions for the circular economy

Shenzhen: A city miles ahead in electrification

The Chinese city’s innovative policies provide incentives that stick for users. Here’s what we can learn.

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Shenzhen: A city miles ahead in electrification

Civic crowdfunding reduces the risk of ‘bikelash’

Want to protect cyclists as bike-sharing and dockless bicycle ventures expand? Seek community input.

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Civic crowdfunding reduces the risk of ‘bikelash’

Sustainability consultants have the perfect skill set for serving in political office

Three reasons that sustainable professionals know how to get things done.

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Sustainability consultants have the perfect skill set for serving in political office

5 deep decarbonization trends in China’s industrial sector

Electrification, carbon capture and hydrogen — oh my!

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5 deep decarbonization trends in China’s industrial sector

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