Systems for Change - News and Comment
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By Nick Mabey
On March 20, 2013, together with China Beijing Environment Exchange (CBEEX), E3G held a workshop on “The Case for a Chinese Green Investment Bank” in Beijing, China. The meeting aimed to discuss recent European experiences on “green finance” and the lessons for China, and identify areas for further co-development opportunities on green investment and climate finance.
The co-organizer,
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By Nick Mabey
Why low-carbon business has been virtually silent in the political debate
With economic logic on their side, businesses must actively advocate a low-carbon, green pathway to economic recovery
• Nick Mabey will be speaking at GSBQ on 13 June on how business creates change.
Walking into Westminister tube station, members of parliament currently find themselves surrounded by a phalanx of
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By Tom Burke
There is almost certainly a good case to be made for simplifying the planning system by reducing the large volume of planning guidance issued by central government. But the government has not even tried to make it. Instead it has made an argument so clearly implausible that even the Daily Telegraph has seen fit to take up arms against it.
The planning system, we are told, is a major obstacle
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By Chris Littlecott
Nick Mabey gave a presentation on ‘Practical Sustainable Development: the challenge of long term strategy in day to day government’ at a Wilton Park conference over the weekend.
The conference “Sustainable Development: Managing the transition experience of emerging markets and the UK” brought together individuals from partner countries involved in the UK’s ongoing Sustainable Development
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By Chris Littlecott
E3G’s Nick Mabey has been participating in the 30th Anniversary of the Technology and Policy Program at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology. His presentation to fellow alumni is
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