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By Ed Matthew and Tom Burke
Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minster, announced today legislation to set up the Green Investment Bank and “full, independent borrowing powers” to borrow from the capital markets.
The decision was strongly welcomed by Transform UK, the alliance of business, investors and charities who founded the campaign for the Green Investment Bank two years ago and who have been calling for legislation
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By E3G
His presence will strengthen the diplomatic and foreign policy dimension of E3G’s work and provide a distinctively German (non-Anglo Saxon) view to E3G thinking
. Martin’s background places him well for this role given his placement in the German Foreign Ministry where, among other issues he led EU negotiations on the establishment of the Human Rights Commission at the UN. In addition,
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By Ed Matthew
Transform UK, An E3G programme area, has launched its website: http://www.transformuk.org . Transform UK, set up in 2009, is an alliance that campaigns to accelerate investment into the low carbon economy.
Transform UK identifies and delivers transformational solutions to help build climate, energy and economic security. The coalition includes a broad range of stakeholders representing civil
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By Admin
To mark E3G’s continued growth and development, E3G is pleased to announce new roles for Martin Rands and Shane Tomlinson.
Martin Rands joined E3G at its inception as a Finance Director and a Board member. Martin has been appointed as E3G’s first Chief Operating Officer (COO), expanding his role to explicitly take responsibility for the delivery and management of E3G’s internal
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By Matthew Findlay
A leaked internal UN assessment of pledges and voluntary commitments made so far by developed and developing countries is distracting from the critical issues being debated in Copenhagen, said Nick Mabey, Chief Executive of E3G.
The report claims that countries must close a gap of between 1.9 Gt and 4.2 Gt in their 2020 emissions in order to achieve a CO2 concentration level consistent with
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By Nick Mabey
E3G’s Director for Global Climate Change – Jennifer Morgan – has been appointed as the World Resources Institute’s next Director of its Climate and Energy Programme; succeeding Jonathan Pershing who joined the Obama Administration as Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change earlier this year.
E3G’s CEO, Nick Mabey, said,
Although we are sorry to lose someone with Jennifer’s unique
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By Claire Langley
E3G and World Resources Institute (WRI) hosted a side event at the UNFCCC Climate Change talks in Bonn, Germany on 3 June 2009 from 19:30 to 21:00.
The event, entitled Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable Institutions & Issues: matching support and actions with examples from China, featured presentations by Hilary McMahon, Senior Associate from WRI and Teng Fei from the Institute of Energy,
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By Meera Shah
Our transition from our old home in the Science Museum is now almost complete, and right now we’re busily unpacking boxes at our new office in Borough High Street.
Attached here in pdf format for download are our updated directions for visitors.
E3G Address Details
E3G Office: Visitor Directions
Visiting E3G
The new E3G office is located at 210 Borough High Street, just 20 metres from
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By E3G Editor
E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey is one of 12 experts who will provide advice on the development of a series of new eco-towns in the UK.
The panel’s role will be to recommend potential improvements to each developer for their eco-town proposals. The panel will not be responsible for assessing proposals or judging their relative merits. The Government will be responsible for assessing the
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By Chris Littlecott
Our batch of job adverts back in August resulted in a huge response - we received over 100 applicants for the researcher position alone. We’ve now completed hiring for those positions, and new staff members will be joining us shortly, starting later this week. Biographies will follow just as soon as the new arrivals are through the door.
We’re also now starting recruitment on 2 programme
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