Innovations
A narrative commons for all the ideas, people, technologies, behaviors, and organizations that are working to improve global sustainability.
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Investing 2.0: Assessing True Sustainability
Bill Baue, Cary Krosinsky, Mark McElroy 05/13/13
We need to develop investment strategies explicitly tied to objective, science-based planetary boundaries and local ecological thresholds.
It's High Time for an International Environmental Court
Murray Carroll
ICE Coalition
04/24/13
Subject matter expertise. Compulsory jurisdiction. Standing for non-state actors. Precise and enforceable language. It's time to consider a court for the environment.
Innovation in Development Finance
Jomo K. S.
Project Syndicate
04/19/13
Over the last six years, roughly $6 billion has been allotted to innovative sources of development financing, and some recent proposals promise to raise far more.
Eric Zencey 03/26/13
Only through a composite metric of progress and happiness can governments measure and deliver what matters most: sustainable well-being.
Rocco Nuri, Neha Bhat 03/21/13
The UN refugee agency is adopting an innovation-centered approach in pursuit of better services, products, and outcomes for displaced populations.
John Haffner, Ma Jun 02/11/13
Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun walks the line between transparency and activism in his quest to clean China's air, land, and water.
Winning Round 1 in the Battle Over Chinese Air Pollution
Ma Jun
chinadialogue
01/30/13
There is a road map for bluer skies in China: first monitoring and publication of air-quality data, then useful public health warnings, and finally targeting emissions at the source.
Bill Gates
Project Syndicate
01/17/13
Digital empowerment is a long and ongoing process, says Bill Gates, but he remains optimistic that technological innovation will improve the lives of the poorest people.
Exchange Rates Innovated: The Global Currency Union
Michael Olson
Global Currency Union
01/08/13
Danish innovator Jesper Toft has developed a new exchange rate mechanism that enables currencies to relate in a more stable manner, free from political influence.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Project Syndicate
01/04/13
Accountability has roots in ancient ethics, says Nassim Taleb: an eye for an eye. The essence of this simple risk-management rule deserves a revival in 2013.
Jamaica's Electricity Mix in 2030
Worldwatch Institute 01/04/13
Jamaica is currently at a crossroads, where the policies adopted today can create a sustainable future in 2030 with the right tariffs, infrastructure, and financial incentives.
Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani 12/11/12
With technical assistance from a local NGO, poor farmers in Maharashtra have been able to supplement their seasonal income by cultivating organic jasmine buds.
Policy Innovation for Technology Diffusion of Japanese Renewables
Aki Suwa,
Joni Jupesta
United Nations University
12/06/12
Policy innovations that help to deploy renewable energy technologies are key to avoiding the Valley of Death, the gap between lab and marketplace.
Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in the New Tunisia
Ivan Pinto, Dinara Rafikova 11/21/12
With educated youth and a nation awakening to its social and political needs, the time is ripe for social entrepreneurs to flourish in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Power, Process, Purpose: Elected Members of the Security Council Can Be Effective
Alex Bellamy,
Tim Dunne
Ethics & International Affairs
11/12/12
When they are prepared to work hard and innovate, non-permanent members can leave an indelible mark on the UN Security Council, as Canada did through its activism on the Angola sanctions committee.
