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World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) News
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Vision 2050 lays a pathway to sustainable living within planet
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today launched the Vision 2050 report, a study that lays out a pathway leading to a global population of some 9 billion people living well, within the resource limits of the planet by ...
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Building sector must change to meet global energy targets, new study finds
New modeling by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 - essential to meeting global climate change targets - but this will require immediate action to ...
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Why isn`t more being done to slash energy use in buildings?
Buildings are responsible for at least 40% of energy use in most countries. This figure is rising fast as construction booms, especially in countries such as China and India. Knowledge and technology exist today to slash the energy buildings use, ...
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Energy-efficiency-in-buildings project shares knowledge to support carbon challenge
`To win the race against global warming` is the vision of Carbon Challenge, a campaign that unites the ambitious goals of competing in the world`s leading sailing events - the Volvo Ocean Race and the America`s Cup - with the objective of becoming ...
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WBCSD joins industry partnership to address energy poverty
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has signed an agreement with the World Economic Forum to join the Energy Poverty Action (EPA) network alliance during the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos. The alliance aims at pooling ...
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Energy efficiency in buildings: business realities and opportunities
This study highlights opportunities to promote green building know-how and technologies as the WBCSD pushes for zero net energy construction worldwide through its Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) project. Zero net energy buildings will reduce ...
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Investing in a Low-Carbon Energy Future in the Developing World
The need to address climate change while facilitating continued economic growth and social progress is one of the key challenges facing world leaders today. Future demand for energy is rising substantially, particularly in rapidly emerging economies ...
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Biofuels: the Once and Future Energy Source?
Biofuels such as wood and straw are the energy sources of our remote ancestors; will they become a primary fuel for our progeny? And will they be an environmental boon, limiting carbon emissions, or will they accelerate the crash of already ...
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Global Assurance Group To Advance Mandate Of The Energy Efficiency In Buildings (EEB) Project
Geneva - The EEB project, an initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), announced today the formation of the EEB Assurance Group chaired by Klaus Töpfer, former United Nations Undersecretary General and former ...