The macroeconomic report identifies opportunities for New Zealand to enhance economic prosperity while improving environmental quality by embracing green growth. It finds that New Zealand can benefit from global green growth through exporting green goods/services and importing technologies. The report identifies 21 opportunities across frameworks and sectors, including improving innovation and energy efficiency, supporting New Zealand's clean green brand, and improving various sectors such as agriculture, forestry and transport. Realizing these opportunities will require coordinated action from both industry and government.
New base energy news issue 948 dated 14 november 2016Khaled Al Awadi
Greetings,
Attached FYI (NewBase 14 November 2016 ) , from Hawk Energy Services Dubai . Daily energy news covering the MENA area and related worldwide energy news. In today’s issue you will find news about:-
• UAE: State of the Green Energy Economy Report 2017 launched
• UAE: Region’s first self-cooling eco-home unveiled
• Saudi Calls for OPEC Output Cuts as Iran Pumps More Oil
• Uganda: Tullow, Total’s Uganda Oil Exports Face Delays on Infrastructure
• Oil Prices steady on OPEC output record, U.S. rig count
• Oil Analyst Who Foresaw Crash Sees OPEC Uniting in Self-Interest
• Arabian Gulf’s fragmented gas market needs a regional hub
• Companies drilling black gold go a little green
we would appreciate your actions to send to all interested parties that you may wish. Also note that if you or your organization wish to include your own article or advert in our circulations, please send it to :- khdmohd@hotmail.com or khdmohd@hawkenergy.net
Best Regards.
Khaled Al Awadi
Energy Consultant & NewBase Chairman - Senior Chief Editor
MS & BS Mechanical Engineering (HON), USA
Emarat member since 1990
ASME meme since 1995
Hawk Energy since 2010
The Green New Deal is designed to convert the grey economy into an “environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible” sustainable economy. Yet, the Green New Deal has not been so welcomed due to its “unrealistic” socio-economic program and it is left to be seen whether its realization will be achieved.
This document summarizes a climate strategy event hosted by the McGuinness Institute in New Zealand. The event featured several speakers who discussed topics like infrastructure, governance, culture, and nature in the context of exploring a climate strategy for New Zealand. The goal was to have a national conversation to help ensure New Zealand can withstand climate change risks, meet international commitments, transition to a low-carbon economy, and remain a just society. Upcoming related events were also announced.
Green Investment, Innovation and Productivity Vol. 2/2014Farhan Helmy
The document discusses Indonesia's climate change agenda and leadership under the newly elected President Joko Widodo. It outlines Indonesia's commitments and progress made under previous President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, including adopting a National Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-41% by 2020. The new president Joko Widodo has also expressed commitment to climate change issues in his agenda, with plans to preserve forests and rehabilitate degraded land, important for carbon storage and addressing climate change impacts. As the impacts of climate change affect Indonesia seriously, stakeholders hope the new leadership will continue prioritizing climate change mitigation and sustainable development.
This document discusses a proposal for a "Global Green New Deal" (GGND) in response to the current economic crisis and long-term sustainability challenges. The GGND would invest 1% of global GDP over 2 years to stimulate the economy and transition to a greener future. It proposes targeting fiscal stimulus at green infrastructure, reforming policies to reduce subsidies and incentivize sustainability, and coordinating internationally on trade, technology and carbon markets. The objectives are reviving economies, creating jobs, promoting sustainable growth, and reducing carbon dependency and environmental degradation.
This document provides a progress report from Clean Economy Solutions (CES) summarizing its work from 2008-2014 to advance regional clean economy development. Some key points:
- CES was established in 2008 to promote economic growth through climate solutions at the regional level by bringing together businesses, investors, and civic leaders.
- CES initially focused on piloting its approach through the Greenprint Initiative in 5 metro regions and has since expanded nationally.
- CES convenes leadership events to discuss barriers and opportunities for clean economy growth.
- Working with regions has shown that localized, strategic approaches leveraging existing assets are most effective for clean economy development.
- Going forward, CES aims to establish a national financial intermedi
This document summarizes key points from a presentation about ensuring organizational survival through sustainability. In 3 sentences: Global population and resource demands are increasing dramatically, putting pressure on the planet and challenging businesses. To survive long-term, companies must build an integrated sustainability strategy, take responsibility for social and environmental impacts, and innovate new business models. The presentation argues that project managers will play an important role in enabling organizations to successfully transform their operations and ensure sustainability.
New base energy news issue 948 dated 14 november 2016Khaled Al Awadi
Greetings,
Attached FYI (NewBase 14 November 2016 ) , from Hawk Energy Services Dubai . Daily energy news covering the MENA area and related worldwide energy news. In today’s issue you will find news about:-
• UAE: State of the Green Energy Economy Report 2017 launched
• UAE: Region’s first self-cooling eco-home unveiled
• Saudi Calls for OPEC Output Cuts as Iran Pumps More Oil
• Uganda: Tullow, Total’s Uganda Oil Exports Face Delays on Infrastructure
• Oil Prices steady on OPEC output record, U.S. rig count
• Oil Analyst Who Foresaw Crash Sees OPEC Uniting in Self-Interest
• Arabian Gulf’s fragmented gas market needs a regional hub
• Companies drilling black gold go a little green
we would appreciate your actions to send to all interested parties that you may wish. Also note that if you or your organization wish to include your own article or advert in our circulations, please send it to :- khdmohd@hotmail.com or khdmohd@hawkenergy.net
Best Regards.
Khaled Al Awadi
Energy Consultant & NewBase Chairman - Senior Chief Editor
MS & BS Mechanical Engineering (HON), USA
Emarat member since 1990
ASME meme since 1995
Hawk Energy since 2010
The Green New Deal is designed to convert the grey economy into an “environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible” sustainable economy. Yet, the Green New Deal has not been so welcomed due to its “unrealistic” socio-economic program and it is left to be seen whether its realization will be achieved.
This document summarizes a climate strategy event hosted by the McGuinness Institute in New Zealand. The event featured several speakers who discussed topics like infrastructure, governance, culture, and nature in the context of exploring a climate strategy for New Zealand. The goal was to have a national conversation to help ensure New Zealand can withstand climate change risks, meet international commitments, transition to a low-carbon economy, and remain a just society. Upcoming related events were also announced.
Green Investment, Innovation and Productivity Vol. 2/2014Farhan Helmy
The document discusses Indonesia's climate change agenda and leadership under the newly elected President Joko Widodo. It outlines Indonesia's commitments and progress made under previous President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, including adopting a National Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-41% by 2020. The new president Joko Widodo has also expressed commitment to climate change issues in his agenda, with plans to preserve forests and rehabilitate degraded land, important for carbon storage and addressing climate change impacts. As the impacts of climate change affect Indonesia seriously, stakeholders hope the new leadership will continue prioritizing climate change mitigation and sustainable development.
This document discusses a proposal for a "Global Green New Deal" (GGND) in response to the current economic crisis and long-term sustainability challenges. The GGND would invest 1% of global GDP over 2 years to stimulate the economy and transition to a greener future. It proposes targeting fiscal stimulus at green infrastructure, reforming policies to reduce subsidies and incentivize sustainability, and coordinating internationally on trade, technology and carbon markets. The objectives are reviving economies, creating jobs, promoting sustainable growth, and reducing carbon dependency and environmental degradation.
This document provides a progress report from Clean Economy Solutions (CES) summarizing its work from 2008-2014 to advance regional clean economy development. Some key points:
- CES was established in 2008 to promote economic growth through climate solutions at the regional level by bringing together businesses, investors, and civic leaders.
- CES initially focused on piloting its approach through the Greenprint Initiative in 5 metro regions and has since expanded nationally.
- CES convenes leadership events to discuss barriers and opportunities for clean economy growth.
- Working with regions has shown that localized, strategic approaches leveraging existing assets are most effective for clean economy development.
- Going forward, CES aims to establish a national financial intermedi
This document summarizes key points from a presentation about ensuring organizational survival through sustainability. In 3 sentences: Global population and resource demands are increasing dramatically, putting pressure on the planet and challenging businesses. To survive long-term, companies must build an integrated sustainability strategy, take responsibility for social and environmental impacts, and innovate new business models. The presentation argues that project managers will play an important role in enabling organizations to successfully transform their operations and ensure sustainability.
The St. Louis Greenprint 2012 is an action plan developed by regional business, civic, and institutional leaders to grow the St. Louis green economy. It outlines long-term objectives and near-term initiatives with concrete action steps. The objectives aim to develop the region's sustainable technologies cluster and increase adoption of sustainable practices among regional companies and institutions. The Greenprint represents the first steps in an ongoing process to make St. Louis a leader in sustainable businesses, products, services, and workforce development.
Oxford PGD Dissertation 2012 Final VersionWilson Ang
This document provides a literature review on green growth in East Asian economies. It discusses the region's commitment to economic growth and the limitations of this growth model, including population pressures, resource constraints, and reduced export demands. The green movement has influenced countries in East Asia, though commitment to sustainability is a more recent phenomenon. Key initiatives included ASEAN environmental cooperation beginning in the 1970s and increased civil society lobbying leading some countries to pursue green growth nationally. The document examines green growth definitions and will use case studies of China, South Korea, and Singapore to analyze understanding and adoption of green growth in the region.
Gps3004 lecture1: Sustainable Development and the Public SectorGregory Borne
This document provides an overview of a lecture on sustainable development and the public sector. It begins with learning outcomes and an outline of topics to be covered, including the background, political evolution, perspectives on sustainable development, and applying a systems approach. It then covers the evolution of sustainable development from the 1960s to present day. Key milestones and reports are summarized such as the Brundtland report and Rio+20. The UK context is also briefly discussed, focusing on factors impacting public sector organizations from 2012-2015 such as austerity measures and the sustainability agenda.
International Institute for Learning strategic adviser on sustainability Greg Balestrero takes us through the challenges of businesses in the future and the methods and strategies to overcome them.
The financial industry has historically
played a number of fundamental roles in
shaping the modern world.
The activities of the industry supported the development of
the free market, economic expansion, improving the quality of
life, personal and national security, and enabled individuals and
organizations to save and invest. Fulfilling these functions requires
the financial sector to constantly take care of its reputation
and trust in the financial system and respond to the changing
expectations of an increasing number of stakeholders. Today,
the industry is at a key point in its evolution. In the face of climate
change and the consequent changes in investment preferences,
stakeholders expect financial institutions to contribute to a
fairer and more sustainable world and to create a new face of
the financial services sector in which profit and social impact can
coexist.
Why now? The pandemic has reinforced the need to build
a sense of purpose, strengthen confidence in banks,
and help address global issues the economy faces, such
as transformation in the face of climate change. The
accumulation in the public debate of issues such as prosperity,
development, social responsibility, justice, conflict, security, ecology
and sustainable development has created a turning point in
history. To continue to grow, the financial services industry needs
to take care of making profits in tune with multiple stakeholders,
keeping consumers at the center of everything they do. And these
consumers are more concerned than ever about climate change
and expect real action from business.
More: https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/zarzadzania-procesami-i-strategiczne/articles/sustainable-finance-magazine/sustainable-finance-magazine-wydanie-pierwsze.html
POWERING GROWTH FOR THE GLOBAL GREEN ECONOMY
As world leaders struggle to negotiate a new global climate deal, businesses across the globe are already addressing climate change together with many other urgent environmental issues, turning crises into opportunity through green leadership and innovation.
Companies are transforming the way they operate by developing new products and services to solve the world’s environmental challenges and reduce greenhouse emissions. Powering growth for a global green economy. But there’s still much to be done.
B4E, the Business for Environment Global Summit, is the leading international conference for dialogue and business-driven action for the environment. The 4th annual summit will be held in Seoul, South Korea, in April 2010. CEOs and senior executives from some of the world’s largest multinational corporations will join leaders from governments, international agencies and NGOs to discuss resource and energy efficiency, green growth strategies, clean tech innovations and partnerships.
Over three days of presentations, seminars and debate, B4E 2010 will galvanize the international business community into further action, highlighting the vital role that companies can play and inspiring them to become low carbon leaders.
Dr.BozesanOnIntegralventuresITCConference2013AQAL Capital
This document summarizes Dr. Mariana Bozesan's presentation on integral venture investing. The presentation discusses:
1) The global context of ongoing financial, social and environmental crises driven by exponential growth, including issues like climate change, inequality, and economic instability.
2) Current developments toward more sustainable finance, such as impact investing and measures of social/environmental factors.
3) The need for an integral investing model that considers people, planet and profit, with the goals of long-term sustainability and inclusion.
Towards a green economy in the Mediterranean. Assessment of National Green Ec...Luisa Nenci
Existing strategies that are publicly available and accessible and the opinions and perceptions of key Green Economy and Sustainability practitioners were the basis of the assessment. In a nutshell, the main outcome of the study is that the large majority of Mediterranean countries have out-dated or incomplete national GE/SD strategies. Often they are vague, not giving clear definitions or indicators. Only five countries (France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia) can claim to have good, up-to-date and detailed strategies with clear indicators, or – in the case of Italy – supporting legislation in place. Seven countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Egypt, Slovenia and Spain) have outdated GE/SD strategies or none at all. The rest of the Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Palestine and Turkey) are somewhere in between these two groups of countries.
Green Investment Magazine Volume 1/2013Farhan Helmy
The document discusses sustainable landscape management in Indonesia. It summarizes presentations from a focus group discussion on the topic. One speaker discussed a project in Jambi that engaged stakeholders in sustainable forest management through activities like patrolling against illegal logging. Another discussed applying REDD+ programs in Sulawesi to reduce deforestation from agricultural activities. A third discussed an expedition that encountered various environmental issues across West Java, like deforestation, pollution, and waste. The group discussed the need for better sustainable landscape management in Indonesia and ideas to address challenges.
Nations have agreed to policies and targets through climate summits to cope with climate impacts, but there are gaps in adaptation efforts. Recent studies show gaps in funding, technology, and knowledge for adaptation. Developing economies will face greater impacts even if emissions are stabilized. Bridging these adaptation gaps requires urgently scaling up efforts, as costs are estimated at $70-100 billion annually for developing countries alone. Technological and knowledge gaps also need addressing through research and sharing between developed and developing nations. A global framework is needed to distribute adaptation challenges and goals equitably across regions.
This document summarizes waste projections and greenhouse gas emissions for the Waterfront Auckland area from 2013 to 2030 under different scenarios. It finds that by 2030, business as usual would lead to over 20,000 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste per year and greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to over 38,000 passenger vehicles. Achieving sustainability goals could reduce waste by 97% and associated emissions. It also provides examples of current waste generation and diversion rates at the ASB building in the area.
The document discusses introducing a medical sustainability scorecard to assess the environmental impacts of medical products and inform purchasing decisions. It outlines what environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) is and why a sustainable supply chain is important for health, costs, and regulations. Current EPP efforts at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are described, and the proposed scorecard aims to standardize environmental questions for suppliers. Implementation would involve Novation assisting with data collection and sharing results transparently. Pilot projects have shown cost savings and waste reductions from more sustainable products and packaging.
Concept note: Env Laboratory infrastructure-ppp min of envcanopyg
This document proposes a public-private partnership to develop an environmental analytical laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria. There is currently a lack of infrastructure and technical capacity for environmental monitoring and analysis in Nigeria. A PPP model could harness private sector expertise to establish a laboratory that would help regulatory agencies and industries comply with environmental standards. The proposed laboratory would analyze samples from key economic sectors and provide data to inform policymaking and sustainable development. The partnership aims to increase Nigeria's capacity for environmental management and compliance through training and locally-provided laboratory services.
Concept note env laboratory infrastructure-ppp min of envcanopyg
This document proposes a public-private partnership to develop an environmental analytical laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria. There is currently a lack of laboratory infrastructure and technical capacity for environmental monitoring in Nigeria. A PPP model could harness private sector expertise to establish a laboratory that would help regulatory agencies and industries comply with environmental standards. The proposed laboratory would analyze samples from key economic sectors and provide data to inform policymaking and sustainable development. The partnership aims to increase Nigeria's capacity for environmental management through testing, research, and training local workforces.
This document contains personal and professional information about Alexis González Macas. It summarizes his education history including obtaining master's degrees in petroleum engineering from IFP in France and UPM in Spain. It also outlines his professional experience working in various engineering and management roles for oil companies like Baker Hughes and Hughes Christensen over the past 14 years, most recently as Technical Manager for Baker Hughes Ecuador.
This document provides an overview of MediaTek Labs and their LinkIt ONE development platform. Some key points:
- MediaTek Labs is a free global program that supports developers with hardware development kits (HDKs), software development kits (SDKs), and cloud services.
- The LinkIt ONE HDK is based on MediaTek's Aster system-on-chip and includes WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and other connectivity. The LinkIt ONE SDK extends the Arduino IDE.
- The SDK provides APIs for interacting with LinkIt ONE features like SMS, GPS, audio playback and cloud services. Example code is shown for uploading sensor data to the MediaTek Cloud Sandbox.
This document discusses several issues related to climate change and its impacts. It notes that 2015 and 2016 broke records for the hottest years, and that climate change poses risks to national security. It provides examples of climate impacts like drought in California, cyclones in Fiji, and king tides in Auckland. The document then discusses New Zealand's opportunities in areas like biodiversity, agriculture technology, bioproducts, renewable energy, and moving to a smart, sustainable economy and cities.
This document contains a collection of quotes related to health, fitness, diet, and exercise. It includes sayings about taking care of one's health, making fitness a priority, choosing healthy foods, and finding enjoyable ways to stay active. The final quote is about it never being too late to make revisions to improve one's situation.
The St. Louis Greenprint 2012 is an action plan developed by regional business, civic, and institutional leaders to grow the St. Louis green economy. It outlines long-term objectives and near-term initiatives with concrete action steps. The objectives aim to develop the region's sustainable technologies cluster and increase adoption of sustainable practices among regional companies and institutions. The Greenprint represents the first steps in an ongoing process to make St. Louis a leader in sustainable businesses, products, services, and workforce development.
Oxford PGD Dissertation 2012 Final VersionWilson Ang
This document provides a literature review on green growth in East Asian economies. It discusses the region's commitment to economic growth and the limitations of this growth model, including population pressures, resource constraints, and reduced export demands. The green movement has influenced countries in East Asia, though commitment to sustainability is a more recent phenomenon. Key initiatives included ASEAN environmental cooperation beginning in the 1970s and increased civil society lobbying leading some countries to pursue green growth nationally. The document examines green growth definitions and will use case studies of China, South Korea, and Singapore to analyze understanding and adoption of green growth in the region.
Gps3004 lecture1: Sustainable Development and the Public SectorGregory Borne
This document provides an overview of a lecture on sustainable development and the public sector. It begins with learning outcomes and an outline of topics to be covered, including the background, political evolution, perspectives on sustainable development, and applying a systems approach. It then covers the evolution of sustainable development from the 1960s to present day. Key milestones and reports are summarized such as the Brundtland report and Rio+20. The UK context is also briefly discussed, focusing on factors impacting public sector organizations from 2012-2015 such as austerity measures and the sustainability agenda.
International Institute for Learning strategic adviser on sustainability Greg Balestrero takes us through the challenges of businesses in the future and the methods and strategies to overcome them.
The financial industry has historically
played a number of fundamental roles in
shaping the modern world.
The activities of the industry supported the development of
the free market, economic expansion, improving the quality of
life, personal and national security, and enabled individuals and
organizations to save and invest. Fulfilling these functions requires
the financial sector to constantly take care of its reputation
and trust in the financial system and respond to the changing
expectations of an increasing number of stakeholders. Today,
the industry is at a key point in its evolution. In the face of climate
change and the consequent changes in investment preferences,
stakeholders expect financial institutions to contribute to a
fairer and more sustainable world and to create a new face of
the financial services sector in which profit and social impact can
coexist.
Why now? The pandemic has reinforced the need to build
a sense of purpose, strengthen confidence in banks,
and help address global issues the economy faces, such
as transformation in the face of climate change. The
accumulation in the public debate of issues such as prosperity,
development, social responsibility, justice, conflict, security, ecology
and sustainable development has created a turning point in
history. To continue to grow, the financial services industry needs
to take care of making profits in tune with multiple stakeholders,
keeping consumers at the center of everything they do. And these
consumers are more concerned than ever about climate change
and expect real action from business.
More: https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/zarzadzania-procesami-i-strategiczne/articles/sustainable-finance-magazine/sustainable-finance-magazine-wydanie-pierwsze.html
POWERING GROWTH FOR THE GLOBAL GREEN ECONOMY
As world leaders struggle to negotiate a new global climate deal, businesses across the globe are already addressing climate change together with many other urgent environmental issues, turning crises into opportunity through green leadership and innovation.
Companies are transforming the way they operate by developing new products and services to solve the world’s environmental challenges and reduce greenhouse emissions. Powering growth for a global green economy. But there’s still much to be done.
B4E, the Business for Environment Global Summit, is the leading international conference for dialogue and business-driven action for the environment. The 4th annual summit will be held in Seoul, South Korea, in April 2010. CEOs and senior executives from some of the world’s largest multinational corporations will join leaders from governments, international agencies and NGOs to discuss resource and energy efficiency, green growth strategies, clean tech innovations and partnerships.
Over three days of presentations, seminars and debate, B4E 2010 will galvanize the international business community into further action, highlighting the vital role that companies can play and inspiring them to become low carbon leaders.
Dr.BozesanOnIntegralventuresITCConference2013AQAL Capital
This document summarizes Dr. Mariana Bozesan's presentation on integral venture investing. The presentation discusses:
1) The global context of ongoing financial, social and environmental crises driven by exponential growth, including issues like climate change, inequality, and economic instability.
2) Current developments toward more sustainable finance, such as impact investing and measures of social/environmental factors.
3) The need for an integral investing model that considers people, planet and profit, with the goals of long-term sustainability and inclusion.
Towards a green economy in the Mediterranean. Assessment of National Green Ec...Luisa Nenci
Existing strategies that are publicly available and accessible and the opinions and perceptions of key Green Economy and Sustainability practitioners were the basis of the assessment. In a nutshell, the main outcome of the study is that the large majority of Mediterranean countries have out-dated or incomplete national GE/SD strategies. Often they are vague, not giving clear definitions or indicators. Only five countries (France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia) can claim to have good, up-to-date and detailed strategies with clear indicators, or – in the case of Italy – supporting legislation in place. Seven countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Egypt, Slovenia and Spain) have outdated GE/SD strategies or none at all. The rest of the Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Palestine and Turkey) are somewhere in between these two groups of countries.
Green Investment Magazine Volume 1/2013Farhan Helmy
The document discusses sustainable landscape management in Indonesia. It summarizes presentations from a focus group discussion on the topic. One speaker discussed a project in Jambi that engaged stakeholders in sustainable forest management through activities like patrolling against illegal logging. Another discussed applying REDD+ programs in Sulawesi to reduce deforestation from agricultural activities. A third discussed an expedition that encountered various environmental issues across West Java, like deforestation, pollution, and waste. The group discussed the need for better sustainable landscape management in Indonesia and ideas to address challenges.
Nations have agreed to policies and targets through climate summits to cope with climate impacts, but there are gaps in adaptation efforts. Recent studies show gaps in funding, technology, and knowledge for adaptation. Developing economies will face greater impacts even if emissions are stabilized. Bridging these adaptation gaps requires urgently scaling up efforts, as costs are estimated at $70-100 billion annually for developing countries alone. Technological and knowledge gaps also need addressing through research and sharing between developed and developing nations. A global framework is needed to distribute adaptation challenges and goals equitably across regions.
This document summarizes waste projections and greenhouse gas emissions for the Waterfront Auckland area from 2013 to 2030 under different scenarios. It finds that by 2030, business as usual would lead to over 20,000 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste per year and greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to over 38,000 passenger vehicles. Achieving sustainability goals could reduce waste by 97% and associated emissions. It also provides examples of current waste generation and diversion rates at the ASB building in the area.
The document discusses introducing a medical sustainability scorecard to assess the environmental impacts of medical products and inform purchasing decisions. It outlines what environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) is and why a sustainable supply chain is important for health, costs, and regulations. Current EPP efforts at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are described, and the proposed scorecard aims to standardize environmental questions for suppliers. Implementation would involve Novation assisting with data collection and sharing results transparently. Pilot projects have shown cost savings and waste reductions from more sustainable products and packaging.
Concept note: Env Laboratory infrastructure-ppp min of envcanopyg
This document proposes a public-private partnership to develop an environmental analytical laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria. There is currently a lack of infrastructure and technical capacity for environmental monitoring and analysis in Nigeria. A PPP model could harness private sector expertise to establish a laboratory that would help regulatory agencies and industries comply with environmental standards. The proposed laboratory would analyze samples from key economic sectors and provide data to inform policymaking and sustainable development. The partnership aims to increase Nigeria's capacity for environmental management and compliance through training and locally-provided laboratory services.
Concept note env laboratory infrastructure-ppp min of envcanopyg
This document proposes a public-private partnership to develop an environmental analytical laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria. There is currently a lack of laboratory infrastructure and technical capacity for environmental monitoring in Nigeria. A PPP model could harness private sector expertise to establish a laboratory that would help regulatory agencies and industries comply with environmental standards. The proposed laboratory would analyze samples from key economic sectors and provide data to inform policymaking and sustainable development. The partnership aims to increase Nigeria's capacity for environmental management through testing, research, and training local workforces.
This document contains personal and professional information about Alexis González Macas. It summarizes his education history including obtaining master's degrees in petroleum engineering from IFP in France and UPM in Spain. It also outlines his professional experience working in various engineering and management roles for oil companies like Baker Hughes and Hughes Christensen over the past 14 years, most recently as Technical Manager for Baker Hughes Ecuador.
This document provides an overview of MediaTek Labs and their LinkIt ONE development platform. Some key points:
- MediaTek Labs is a free global program that supports developers with hardware development kits (HDKs), software development kits (SDKs), and cloud services.
- The LinkIt ONE HDK is based on MediaTek's Aster system-on-chip and includes WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and other connectivity. The LinkIt ONE SDK extends the Arduino IDE.
- The SDK provides APIs for interacting with LinkIt ONE features like SMS, GPS, audio playback and cloud services. Example code is shown for uploading sensor data to the MediaTek Cloud Sandbox.
This document discusses several issues related to climate change and its impacts. It notes that 2015 and 2016 broke records for the hottest years, and that climate change poses risks to national security. It provides examples of climate impacts like drought in California, cyclones in Fiji, and king tides in Auckland. The document then discusses New Zealand's opportunities in areas like biodiversity, agriculture technology, bioproducts, renewable energy, and moving to a smart, sustainable economy and cities.
This document contains a collection of quotes related to health, fitness, diet, and exercise. It includes sayings about taking care of one's health, making fitness a priority, choosing healthy foods, and finding enjoyable ways to stay active. The final quote is about it never being too late to make revisions to improve one's situation.
MediaTek Labs Webinar: Getting Started with LinkIt ONEMediaTek Labs
This document provides an overview of the LinkIt ONE hardware development kit (HDK) and software development kit (SDK) from MediaTek Labs for developing wearable and IoT devices. The LinkIt ONE HDK features the Aster MT2502 system-on-chip and companion chips for WiFi, GPS, and more. The LinkIt ONE SDK extends the Arduino IDE with APIs for features like SMS, GPS, audio, and GPRS. It also describes MediaTek's cloud sandbox for visualizing device data and updating firmware over the air. Other discussed HDKs include the LinkIt Connect 7681 and LinkIt Assist 2502.
Introduction to the new MediaTek LinkIt™ Development Platform for RTOSMediaTek Labs
The new MediaTek LinkIt™ Development Platform for RTOS is based on ARM Cortex-M4 MCU architecture and provides leading features for the creation of connected appliances, home and office automation devices, smart gadgets, and IoT bridges. Supporting a range of chipsets (initially the MediaTek MT7687F), LinkIt for RTOS offers the convenience of a single toolset and common API implemented over a popular RTOS. With this you can achieve economies across a full range of consumer and business IoT devices. The platform consists of a Software Development Kit (SDK), Hardware Development Kits (HDKs), including modules from supply chain partners, and related technical documentation. The first release of the platform supports the MediaTek MT7687F Wi-Fi SOC which has a 192 MHz MCU, 1×1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi subsystem, integrated security engine (AES and 3DES/SHA), embedded SRAM/ROM and 2MB flash. The new platform uses FreeRTOS with open-source modules for TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, HTTP (client and server), SNTP, DHCP daemon, MQTT, XML and JSON. Development and debugging is supported by free command line tools, plus a KEIL plug-in.
Gec 2014 wall walk (uploaded to slideshare)Emily Benson
The Green Economy Coalition is the world's largest alliance of organisations committed to a green economy. Each year all our members come together to discuss our purpose, activities and objectives, and we have a look backwards to see where we have come from. This is our story so far.... Take a look.
Ranking of 40 countries (incl all G20 countries) and their national strengths and weaknesses in nurturing and scaling cleantech innovation that can solve global environmental challenges.
20190628 Powerpoint Climate Change Reporting Discussion Paper Presentation FINALMcGuinness Institute
The document discusses climate change reporting and frameworks in New Zealand. It provides an overview of the existing reporting regime, including requirements for annual reports and case studies of companies' climate reporting. It also examines challenges with the current framework, such as short-term horizons and tensions between different stakeholder interests. Finally, it proposes designing a new climate reporting framework for New Zealand to standardize and improve reporting.
This index is the first attempt to measure and compare the regulatory environments in fragile and often-densely populated areas, which are coveted by governments, conservationists and the private sector.
This report presents the results of the fourth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI 4), which rates financial centers around the world based on surveys of finance professionals.
Some key highlights:
- Ratings of green finance depth and quality increased in most centers. The average depth rating rose 2.2% and the average quality rating rose 3.8%.
- Western European centers continue to lead in both depth and quality of green finance offerings.
- Amsterdam retained the top spot for depth, while London remained #1 for quality, though with a smaller margin over #2 Amsterdam.
- Several centers rose more than five places in the rankings, including Munich, San Francisco, and Rome.
- L
The document discusses examples of green economy success stories in developing countries. It provides brief summaries of renewable energy development in China, feed-in tariffs in Kenya, and organic agriculture in Uganda. China's Renewable Energy Law has spurred major growth in wind and solar power, with wind power capacity growing over 100% annually since 2005. Kenya uses feed-in tariffs to encourage renewable energy, helping quadruple the country's geothermal power capacity. Uganda has seen organic agriculture double farmers' incomes and increase food security while protecting the environment.
Green Economy: Developing Countries Success Stories x3G9
China is promoting renewable energy through policies like feed-in tariffs to encourage a shift to low-carbon growth. Kenya adopted a feed-in tariff in 2008 requiring utilities to purchase renewable energy at a set price to stimulate investment. This policy aims to boost renewable capacity, reduce reliance on imports, create jobs, and lower costs while cutting emissions. Initial results suggest the policy could add 1300MW of renewable capacity to Kenya's energy supply and support rural development.
THE GLOBAL GREEN ECONOMY INDEX GGEI 2014 DUAL CITIZEN LLC yann le gigan
DUAL CITIZEN LLC 02 THE GLOBAL GREEN ECONOMY INDEX - 2014 This 4th edition of the GGEI is an in-depth look at how 60 countries perform in the global green economy, as well as how expert practitioners rank this performance. Like many indices, the GGEI is a communications tool, signaling to policy makers, international organizations, the private sector and citizens which countries are successfully orienting their economies toward greener growth pathways and which ones are not. Importantly, the GGEI also generates perception values, offering unique insights into how communications and information exchange can be leveraged to further advance green economic growth. First published in 2010, this new edition of the GGEI presents a revised methodology resulting from a strategic review that revealed opportunities for broader sector coverage, more focus on environmental performance and enhanced data collection and processing methods. The highlights from the 2014 Global Green Economy Index results include: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE WINNERS Germany (perception) and Sweden (performance) top the 2014 GGEI, confirming a trend observed in prior editions of strong results by Germany and the Nordic states. Besides performing well on both the economic and environmental areas of the GGEI, these nations display consistent green leadership and receive global recognition for it; Covered for the first time in this edition, Costa Rica performs extremely well, ranking third on the GGEI performance measure behind Sweden and Norway and receiving strong recognition on the perception survey, an impressive result for such a small country; Like in 2012, Copenhagen is the top green city as ranked by our survey of global experts, reinforcing the continued strength of the Danish green brand. Tracked for the first time this year, Vancouver and Singapore also rank in the top 10 of green cities.
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The document provides an analysis of New Zealand through a PESTLE analysis and SWOT analysis. It discusses New Zealand's ranking in the global competitiveness report, its political and economic factors, as well as social, technological, legal, and environmental considerations. It then analyzes New Zealand's strengths as a tourist destination with a high quality of life, but also weaknesses like its small domestic market and distance from trading partners. Opportunities in exports and threats like climate change and economic downturns are examined.
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This document summarizes the key topics and initiatives discussed in the State of Green Economy Report 2015 for Dubai. It highlights Dubai's leadership in transitioning to a green economy through strategies like the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 and the Dubai Green Economy Partnership. It also discusses Dubai's focus on developing as a smart city through initiatives under the Smart Dubai initiative. The report examines Dubai's progress in clean energy, sustainable lifestyles, green jobs and skills, environmental finance, and other pillars of a green economy. It provides an overview of contributions from leaders in Dubai and the UAE who are guiding the transition to a sustainable future.
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2. While countries like China, India, and Brazil currently place outside the top rankings, their positions are likely to rise in coming years as they address issues like pollution and resource constraints.
3. For countries to get ahead, they need
1. And we are in it.
A
race has
begun.
NOVEMBER 2012
2. It is time for
usto
get ahead
in the green race
3. 2 3
Introduction
Earth’s resources are finite.
Only the willfully delusional continue to disregard the impact
that humankind is having on our planet.
The challenge sustainable living represents to all nations,
regardlessoftheirfinancialstrength,hasseenacorresponding
increase in economic opportunities associated with meeting
that challenge. These opportunities are necessarily local:
Global collaboration is well intentioned but irrevocably linked
to each nation’s situation and aspirations.
In a country like New Zealand, where the environment plays
such a huge part in our national character, our international
prestige and the lifestyle we enjoy, we cannot wait for others
to take the lead.
It is time for us to get ahead in the green race.
Unfortunately, we’re slipping behind. In 2011, the Global Green
Economy Index conducted a rigorous assessment of 27 of the
world’s leading economies. Of the Top 10 countries surveyed
and ranked by performance, New Zealand was Number One.
However, the same index in 2012 shows New Zealand slipping
to 6th. Similarly, the most recent Yale Environmental Index
(2012) Environmental Performance ranked New Zealand at
14th. In 2006, we were ranked number one.
Over the last 24 months, Pure Advantage has dedicated
significant resources towards understanding the rapidly
growingglobalgreeneconomyandidentifyingtheopportunities
for New Zealand to foster sustainable economic growth and
create skilled jobs, at the same time as conserving our natural
resources and improving environmental performance,
otherwise referred to as ‘green growth.’
Today we release a major report: Green Growth: Opportunities
for New Zealand, a macroeconomic review conducted by Vivid
Economics in London in conjunction with the University of
Auckland Business School. This report is the first of its kind
in New Zealand, an exhaustive, objective economic argument
for embracing green growth. It is not driven by environmental
idealism or fear of climate change; it is an accumulation of
impartial economic data.
It demonstrates that not only can New Zealand rescue itself
from environmental decline, but that there is also significant
economic benefit in doing so.
However what we need is leadership. Pure Advantage was
formed in the belief the private sector has an important role to
play in creating a greener, wealthier New Zealand.
What we do
nextwill dictate
whether
we
continue
to be on the pace
or be left behind.
4. What is
Pure Advantage?
Over the past two years we’ve undertaken a research
programme to identify the global green growth situation
and help to identify New Zealand’s best opportunities for
green growth.
Our campaign has been charitably funded by our trustees so
there are no corporate mandates or shadowy Government
funding. Just successful Kiwis interested in seeing a lot
more successful Kiwis.
Underpinning our goal has been the need for robust economic
research showing the scale of the challenge and why all New
Zealanders must reach for the exciting opportunities arising
from green growth. Green Growth: Opportunities for New
Zealand is the culmination of this pursuit.
Pure Advantage is a not-for-profit organisation formed in
the belief that by embracing green growth, New Zealand
can realise a greener, wealthier future. In coming to terms
with the fact that economic growth and environmental
sustainability are not necessarily mutually exclusive, we
can arrest both our relative economic decline and our
continued environmental degradation.
Green growth
represents a huge
opportunity for
all Kiwis
to prosper.
5. Whois behind
Pure Advantage?
The brainchild of Phillip Mills, Pure Advantage was
formed by a group of successful New Zealanders who
want a greener, wealthier future for New Zealand.
Our trustees:
Our founding trustees also included the late Lloyd
Morrison and Sir Paul Callaghan. The Pure Advantage
secretariat is managed by Rob Morrison (Chairman),
Duncan Stewart (Chief Executive) and Hannah Wills
(Project Manager).
• Sir George Fistonich
• Rob Fyfe
• Chris Liddell
• Phillip Mills
• Jeremy Moon
• Rob Morrison
• Sir Stephen Tindall
• Geoff Ross
• Justine Smyth
• Mark Solomon
• Joan Withers
4 5
6. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Stage 1
Understanding and
defining green growth
for New Zealand1
How is Pure Advantage
progressing green growth in
New Zealand and what are the
main outputs?
7. 6 7
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Stage 2
We are
here
Stage 3
Build the green growth
business case and recruit
corporate leaders2 Defining green growth
strategy and delivering
change3
Pure Advantage strongly believes in the role that robust
commercial imperatives will play in incentivizing private
sector investment in green growth in New Zealand.
Therefore our programme over the past two years has
focused on doing the research and intellectual ’heavy
lifting’ in order to isolate New Zealand’s best green growth
opportunities. Now we are in a position to communicate
these to New Zealand.
Our first piece of research — New Zealand’s Position in the
Green Race, released in June 2012 — focused on highlighting
New Zealand’s current dire economic and environmental
performance. In doing so, it also sought to look to positive
overseas examples of countries embracing green growth to
get ahead economically and environmentally. New Zealand’s
Position in the Green Race focused attention on how, when
given the right policy incentives, the private sector has
a large and very important role to play in driving green
growth. What’s ultimately needed is long-term bi partisan
commitment to green growth policy. This gives long-term
certainty to industry.
Expanding upon earlier work, Green Growth: Opportunities
for New Zealand has been designed to bring more specificity
and economic rigor to our earlier work. Having identified
the significant economic opportunities available to New
Zealand in New Zealand’s Position in the Green Race, the
macroeconomic research has identified the green growth
opportunities that align with New Zealand’s competitive and
comparative advantages.
8. What is the Pure Advantage Macroeconomic
Review and why does it matter?
Pure Advantage commissioned internationally respected
economists, Vivid Economics in London and the University
of Auckland Business School to undertake a macroeconomic
review of New Zealand. It identifies opportunities to
enhance New Zealand’s economic prosperity while raising
environmental quality that might otherwise be missed
through lack of action, leadership or understanding. We
asked that three core elements be addressed the report:
Produce an analytical framework for
assessing and communicating the basic
tenets of the green economy, including
a set of metrics for assessing New
Zealand’s ‘green growth’ performance
and a high level review of existing
evidence on the overall scale of global
green growth opportunities;
Prepare a sectoral assessment of
New Zealand’s current green growth
competitiveness by assessing the
greenness and competitiveness of the
New Zealand economy;
Examine the scale of future green growth
opportunities for New Zealand by looking
at the future growth potential of key
sectors and their future significance
to the New Zealand economy. Note that
this will not include projections of
the likely strategies of New Zealand’s
competitors in these sectors.
1)
2)
3)
We didn’t ask that the report look at detailed policy objectives or
to develop commercial strategy. That is the next layer of detail,
which is only possible to achieve once industry is prepared to
examine the opportunities.
This report is significant because it is the first of its kind
for New Zealand – a robust attempt to marry the key
economic advantages New Zealand enjoys with areas of
our environmental performance that need improvement. It
shows that we can have the best of both worlds – but it takes
leadership by our big businesses and politicians, significant
investment and policy change to speed up the process. It’s also
important because other nations are doing the same thing at
a time when New Zealand seems to be ignoring the market
signals. Many countries are gearing up to take advantage of the
opportunities global green growth provides, and at the same
time addressing their environmental deficiencies.
9. Reviews the possible size and
composition of global green growth
opportunities in the power, transport,
building and agriculture sectors, and
‘drills down’ into the details of what these
global opportunities mean for New
Zealand through sectoral case studies.
Uses market data to identify New Zealand’s comparative
advantage, and creates a portrait of New Zealand’s
economy – showing the sectoral mix of activities and the
importance of trade in generating wealth.
Assesses the green credentials of
key industry sectors, relative to their
international rivals in New Zealand’s principal
export sectors.
Identifies broad drivers of value in green
performance, using in-depth studies of
the environmental performance of
selected sectors within New Zealand.
Provides a working definition, and a set
of metrics relating to that definition.
Explains how green performance can
contribute to individual wellbeing –
directly, and through the market economy.
THE PURE ADVANTAGE
MACROECONOMIC REVIEW
8 9
10.
11. 10 11
What are the main
features of the
Macroeconomic
Report?
The Report investigates the possible opportunities for
New Zealand that could arise from a global shift to green
growth, and identifies 21 valuable, feasible actions that
New Zealand could take to help realise these opportunities.
The report focuses on six important sectors across the
trade-focused and domestic economy. The analysis reveals
green growth opportunities in each sector that have both
‘direct’ environmental benefits as well as important ‘co-
benefits’ such as higher productivity, lower energy bills
and fewer health risks. While performance across sectors
is diverse, a common theme is the potential for enhancing
environmental outcomes while achieving other benefits.
For example, improving the energy efficiency of New Zealand
homes would reduce health risks for the young, infirm
and elderly.
12. 1. Holistic measurement
A green economy requires a system of measurement,
which attributes value to both natural and economic capital.
There are a number of ‘green growth’ definitions and the
similarities between them are strong. This Report follows
these sources and adopts a definition of a green growth
as ‘growth that maintains or improves wellbeing while
staying within ecological constraints’. This definition does
not mean that green growth initiatives have to raise short-
run economic growth to be desirable. Some initiatives act
over the longer term to maintain the stocks of important
natural capital that humans depend on for survival, so that
increases in living standards can continue into the future.
2. Exporting and investing in
green assets and technology
New Zealand could benefit from global green growth in two
main ways: by exporting to nations investing in green goods
and services; and by importing both new technologies and
ideas to build capability and create efficiencies at home.
While the focus is often on the first of these opportunity
sets, opportunities in the second set are also extremely
important for national wellbeing. Importing technology
and ideas helps enhance New Zealand’s existing domestic
economy, for example in non-traded sectors such as
commercial and residential building efficiency. It can also
have spillover benefits for exports if they protect or enhance
New Zealand’s reputation as a nation with high standards of
overall environmental quality (that is, New Zealand’s ‘green
brand’) and this influences demand for New Zealand’s goods
and services.
Main features
For New Zealand to be successful internationally, we need
to be successful domestically. This won’t happen by chance.
Our clean, green brand gives us a competitive head start –
but our brand will only get us so far. We need to walk the
talk. The better we are at walking in New Zealand, the greater
our chance of running internationally.
2050
export
import
$200 billion
trillion
1.2
in the year
(WBCSD 2010; Hawksworth 2010)
13. 12 13
6. Realising the opportunities
Realising these opportunities will generally require action from
both industry and government, however there can be early
steps that businesses and industries can take unilaterally.
As many New Zealand businesses are adept at surveying
global and local markets for opportunities, it is unlikely to be
simply a lack of awareness of opportunities that holds
New Zealand back from capitalising on global green growth.
4. Export opportunities
Not all large global opportunities in the green economy
translate into large export opportunities for New Zealand.
Export opportunities for New Zealand from global green
growth are most likely where expanding demand as a result
of ambitious national environmental policy or other changes
matches an area in which New Zealand has comparative
advantage. This report looks into the sectoral detail of
projections for the future global green economy to identify
where export opportunities for New Zealand might lie. It
identifies opportunities for New Zealand by comparing the
key technologies likely to be part of the future green economy
with New Zealand’s trade patterns and innovative ability. No
country can specialise in everything, and New Zealand is no
exception, so only some of the opportunities from a shift to
global green growth will be opportunities for New Zealand.
5. Green growth
opportunities
The potential green growth export opportunities for New
Zealand include sustainable agricultural products and
services, geothermal energy, biotechnology, and forestry
including second-generation biofuels. In the domestic
economy, opportunities include improvements in building,
transport, energy efficiency and electricity grid technology.
3. Global economic opportunities
The economic opportunities from a global shift to green
growth are potentially very large: In 2009, an Innovas report
commissioned by the UK Government estimated the global
low carbon and environmental goods and services market
to be worth $6tper annum. PWC’s estimates for the World
Business Council for Sustainable Development suggest the
‘broad order of magnitude’ of annual sustainability-related
investment opportunities in natural resource sectors in 2050,
estimating opportunities in food and agriculture and forestry
of $1.2t per year and $200b per year, respectively.
14. Given different impacts and lead times it has been useful to
provide an indication of the highest priority opportunities.
The detailed calculations necessary to estimate the expected
net benefits for each of these opportunities and create a
quantitative ranking are beyond the scope of this report.
However, preliminary expert judgment of the opportunities
against the criteria of potential impact and lead times
suggests that the following specific actions may be among
the highest priority: improving water allocation, considering
government-industry smart grid demonstration projects,
improving the average share of R&D in GDP, improving the
energy efficiency of land transport and enhancing the quality
of national environmental accounts.
The opportunities have all been judged
to be valuable and feasible, however
some should be implemented earlier,
either because they have a larger
expected impact or a longer time
between implementation and results.
17. 16 17
Innovation
Energy efficiency
Opportunity:
Build on recent reviews of innovation in New Zealand by
setting a pathway to achieve the OECD average share of
R&D in GDP and setting out the government’s vision and
policies for green innovation.
Actions:
As part of the government’s forthcoming innovation
plan, include a plan for meeting Recommendation 18 of
the Powering Innovation review on raising public R&D
as a proportion of the OECD average within ten years,
and using this public spending to leverage a significant
increase in private sector R&D. Green innovation could
be a focus of any overall plan.
Rationale:
A great deal has been written about
innovation in New Zealand over the
past decade, and two recent reviews
(OECD 2007; Raine, Teicher, and Reilly
2011) provide an understanding of
the strengths and weaknesses of
current policy and a range of detailed
recommendations for improving
performance. The government’s
plan to develop a ‘unified, cross-
government innovation plan based on
the OECD’s model of innovation policy’
(Ministry of Science and Innovation
2012) is a positive step and the plan
could draw on the recommendations
from these recent reviews.
1:
Opportunity:
Investigate further implementation of the IEA’s priority
energy efficiency policies to improve New Zealand’s
overall performance in energy efficiency.
Actions:
Review each of the IEA’s 25 recommended energy
efficiency policies which New Zealand has not yet
implemented, prioritising the IEA’s recommended
cross-sectoral measures to support private sector
investment. More specific opportunities in the areas of
transport and buildings are discussed below.
Rationale:
Well designed energy efficiency
policies achieve low-cost emissions
reductions, deliver financial savings
and improve energy security. In a
review of each IEA member country’s
performance, the IEA noted that,
despite the strength in New Zealand’s
performance there were several
areas for improvement, particularly
in buildings, transport and cross-
sectoral policies to support private
sector investment in energy efficiency.
2:
The Report identifies 21 key opportunities for New Zealand across
two broad domains; five opportunities to improve the ‘frameworks’
on which sound green growth strategies rest, and 16 sector-
specific opportunities. The opportunities cover both export-
oriented and domestic opportunities for New Zealand from a shift
to global green growth.
18. Support the clean
green brand
Opportunity:
Investigate the value of an update of research on the
economic value of New Zealand’s clean, green brand
and how this brand could be used to improve New
Zealand export performance, particularly in Asia.
Actions:
A government or non-government organisation
should conduct or commission a short scoping study
investigating the case for updating the Ministry for the
Environment’s 2001 work on the value of New Zealand’s
clean green image, and on opportunities for leveraging
the brand further in growing markets such as Asia. The
full update of the 2001 study would be conditional on the
scoping study finding that an update would be valuable.
Rationale:
There is near-universal recognition
that New Zealand’s clean, green
brand is valuable, however the last
detailed attempt to estimate the
value of the brand is now more than
a decade old. Given the importance
of this brand to New Zealand it would
seem worth updating this research
and investigating how brand value
has changed over time. Research
could also illuminate whether there
are cost-effective opportunities
for leveraging this brand further,
particularly in fast-growing Asian
markets.
3:
Opportunity:
Business and government leaders can play a proactive
international role in defending New Zealand’s clean green
brand and improving performance and policies where there
is a mismatch between perceptions and reality.
Actions:
Within the set of welfare-improving environmental
policies, prioritise policy improvements in areas where
the gap between actual policy and that expected by key
international stakeholders is large and commercially
important. An example might be the overall level of
New Zealand’s 2020 emissions reduction targets.
Rationale:
New Zealand’s clean green image
may be important for service and
merchandise experts. In some cases,
international perceptions may be less
favourable than actual performance,
for example, New Zealand’s emissions
on a per capita basis are high when
measured gross and lower on a net
basis. In other cases, perceptions of
under-performance could be accurate
and damage the brand.
4:
Opportunity:
Learn more about New Zealand’s potential opportunities
from global green growth by applying methods used by
World Bank researchers.
Actions:
A government or non-government organisation could
conduct or commission an analysis of New Zealand’s
green growth opportunities and the policy implications
of these results.
Rationale:
Some of New Zealand’s strongest
potential capabilities in green products
are likely to be in products which
use technologies and skills similar
to those associated with products in
which New Zealand is internationally
competitive. In a recent World Bank
research paper, Dutz and Sharma
estimate the share of ‘green’ and ‘close
to green’ exports by region, identifying
‘close to green’ exports by looking at
the similarity or ‘proximity’ between
products. Similar analysis for New
Zealand could provide detailed insights
on how New Zealand’s comparative
advantage in green products could
evolve, and could inform detailed policy
recommendations.
5:
21. 20 21
Electricity
Buildings
Opportunity:
Investigate the installation of smart grid and demand-
response technology in New Zealand which could
improve the efficiency of the power generation system,
the integration of distributed generation and intermittent
renewables, and the overall system reliability.
Actions:
Industry and government to design a roadmap on the
installation of a smart grid in New Zealand, drawing on
the IEA’s technology roadmap for smart grids and its near-
term actions for business and government. In particular,
consider government-industry demonstration projects
such as the ‘Smart Grid, Smart City’ project in Australia,
which would gather information about the benefits and
costs of smart grid technologies in a New Zealand context.
Rationale:
Smart grids open up the possibility
for further managing increased
renewable energy generation and the
increased uptake of electric vehicles
(EVs), making New Zealand a world
leader in low-carbon transport and
electricity generation.
6:
Opportunity:
Complement New Zealand’s innovation policy with a
framework for low-carbon energy innovation based on
the IEA’s best practice framework.
Actions:
Industry and government to review the national energy
innovation system to assess consistency with the IEA’s
best practice framework for energy innovation.
Rationale:
While geothermal technology
appears to have broadly adequate
funding and support, other
technologies in which New Zealand
may develop a comparative advantage,
such as wave energy, may need a
considered R&D and innovation
strategy.
7:
Opportunity:
Improve energy efficiency in both new and existing
residential and commercial buildings.
Actions:
Drawing on a wealth of best practice material from
overseas, government might evaluate measures for
improving the energy efficiency of the current and
new building stock. The review could cover financing
mechanisms for reducing the barriers to residential
energy efficiency retrofits, and the costs and benefits of
national energy saving schemes such as those in the UK
andCaliforniaandtheschemecurrentlybeinginvestigated
by the Australian Government.
Rationale:
There are considerable financial,
health and wellbeing benefits from
improving the energy efficiency of
New Zealand’s existing and future
building stock. Barriers to realising
these improvements depend on the
building type (residential or
commercial) and tenure type
(owner-occupied or rented).8:
22. Transport
Opportunity:
Improve energy efficiency and security by implementing
cost-effective mandatory light vehicle CO2 emissions
standards.
Actions:
Introduce mandatory light vehicle emissions standards
for new vehicles with a goal of matching or exceeding any
Australian standard, should one be introduced. Investigate
efficient mechanisms for improving the emissions
performance of imported used vehicles which make up a
large share of vehicle imports.
Rationale:
New Zealand is one of the few
developed countries without
mandatory vehicle emissions
standards, and analysis from
organisations such as the IEA
demonstrates that feasible
improvements in emissions provide
consumers with net financial benefits
while reducing transport emissions.
Australia is currently consulting on the
introduction of a mandatory standard
and, given the history of common
energy performance standards
across the two countries, this is an
opportunity for New Zealand to reflect
the level of ambition in Australia.
9:
Opportunity:
Make sure New Zealand is prepared for an eventual
increase in the deployment of electric vehicles.
Actions:
Electricity suppliers, business, government and
consumer organisations could prepare for increasing EV
penetration, including codes and standards for charging,
metering arrangements, integration with smart grids,
recharging infrastructure, and so on, drawing on the near-
term actions for EVs in the IEA’s technology roadmap.
Rationale:
Given New Zealand’s low emissions
intensity of electricity, EVs could
eventually play an important part in
reducing emissions from transport.
The costs for vehicles would be
expected to fall as deployment of the
technology increases globally, and
New Zealand can prepare to take
advantage of this by ensuring that the
grid and other systems necessary for
smooth adoption of EVs are in place as
the technology matures.
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passenger transport
low-carbon power
buildings
$2.3
$0.4
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Opportunity:
Increase public transport investment and usage and
facilitate switching to more active transport modes
such as walking and cycling.
Actions:
Implement the recommendations to improve public
transport outlined by the New Zealand Transport Agency in
2008. These include land use changes; direct and efficient
pricing; infrastructure investment; and educational
campaigns to encourage behavioural changes.
Rationale:
New Zealand land transport relies
heavily on the private car, —much
more so than nearly every other
OECD country. The result is an
inefficient and emissions-intensive
transport system in which commuters
are vulnerable to increases in real
oil prices.
11:
Opportunity:
Consider developing large-scale second-generation
biofuel production in New Zealand.
Actions:
Industry and government to continue assessing the
expected net benefits of developing large-scale second-
generation biofuels in New Zealand, and develop a
strategy for large production if net benefits are expected.
This strategy could include support for R&D; pilot plants,
commercialisation of the technology; and large-scale
afforestation.
Rationale:
Large-scalesecond-generationbiofuel
productioncould,ifsuccessfuland
cost-effective,improvegreenhouse
gasemissionswhilereducingoil
importsandimprovingNewZealand’s
energysecurity.
12:
Low-carbon energy investment in US$t
(Vivid Economics based on IEA 2010)
2050
24.
25. 24 25
Agriculture
Opportunity:
Improve the allocation of water in New Zealand to ensure
that it goes to its most valuable uses, taking the needs of
the environment into account, and improve water quality
and resource efficiency by increasing the efficiency of
fertiliser use.
Actions:
Build on and implement recommendations of recent
policyreviewsinNewZealand;enabletransferabilityand
pricing of water; facilitate and expand programmes to
increasetheefficiencyofwateruse;investinappropriate
infrastructure for water transfer and storage;
design cooperative programmes and incentives or land
owners and managers to develop farming methods
that economise on fertiliser use; and contribute to
improved nutrient management that is compatible with
community preferences.
Rationale:
NewZealandhasabundantwaterbut
experienceslocalareasofshortage
andconsequentenvironmental
damage.FertiliseruseinNewZealand
agricultureappearstobeparticularly
intensive,withdocumentedadverse
impactsonwaterqualityinsomeareas.
13:
Opportunity:
Develop information technology and communication
systems to help farmers economise on inputs.
Actions:
Buildonexistinginitiativesbybringingtogetherfarmers,
industry groups and research providers, namely crown
research institutes, universities and technology firms.
Rationale:
Adoptingagreengrowthframework
wouldresultinmoresustainableand
efficientagriculturalproduction,
movingNewZealandupthevaluechain.
NewZealandhasahistoryofbeinga
worldleaderinpastoralagriculture.
Withprecisionagriculture,automated
informationsystemsandmachine-to-
machinecommunications,thereisan
opportunitytodevelopproductsforthe
domesticmarketandexport.
14:
Opportunity:
Continue to improve emissions per yield from livestock
and dairy cattle.
Actions:
Continue support for research into reducing
greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and the
commercialisation of associated technologies and
practices. In particular, consider prioritising low-carbon
agriculture when increasing public R&D expenditure
(opportunity 1).
Rationale:
NewZealandhasastrongprogramme
ofR&Dinreducingemissionsfrom
agriculture,andfutureinnovations
andtheirdeploymentwillbeimportant
inmaintainingorimprovingNew
Zealand’srelativeperformancein
agriculturalemissions.
15:
26. Fisheries
Opportunity:
Develop the full economic potential of fisheries in the
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) within the context of
sustainable harvest levels.
Actions:
Explore aspects of the quota management system,
including quota holdings, and public policy as it relates
to the sector, to see if any limit the long-term economic
potential of stocks in the EEZ.
Rationale:
New Zealand has a world-leading
fisheries management regime.
Economic growth will follow from
sustainable utilisation of stocks.
16:
Opportunity:
Realise opportunities from a sustainable expansion of
the aquaculture industry.
Actions:
Improve the efficiency of aquaculture regulations in ways
that are consistent with growth while giving due attention
to community concerns. Foster cooperative relationships
between industry and research providers.
Rationale:
The opportunity for economic growth
in aquaculture may be considerable.
Development over the years has been
sporadic and controversial.
17:
Opportunity:
Develop advanced information systems for harvesting
and processing wild stocks and reducing adverse
impacts on the marine environment.
Actions:
Continue and enhance cooperative research programmes
involving seafood industry groups, research providers,
and technology firms.
Rationale:
Fishing has an opportunity to innovate
using precision harvesting and
processing methods.
18:
Opportunity:
Reduce unit costs and greenhouse gas emissions by
improving fuel efficiency in fishing.
Actions:
Improve coordination between industry groups, crown
research institutes and universities with the aim of
advancing innovation to raise value added in fishing.
Rationale:
Thefishingindustrywillrequirea
combinationofmeasurestoaddvalue
totheharvestandreduceinputcosts.
Theuseofsmarttechnologytooptimise
fuelconsumptionandinformation
systemstooptimiseharvesteffortwith
respecttostocksareexamplesofhow
theindustrycanreducebothitsenergy
footprintandcosts.
19:
28. Tourism
Forestry
Opportunity:
Identify public investments in New Zealand’s natural
capital, including New Zealand’s biodiversity, which
supports sustainable private sector tourist investment.
Actions:
Government to work with industry to develop a register
of the assets that are or could become important
to tourism and their condition and performance,
and identify how these compare to New Zealand’s
rival tourist destinations. A review could also identify
assets suitable for environmentally sustainable tourist
development which lack supporting infrastructure, and
consult on its provision.
Rationale:
Tourism is an important contributor
to New Zealand’s income. Primary
attractions are the environmental and
cultural assets. The environmental
goods are public goods and so belong
to and are managed by the state.
20:
Opportunity:
Create a smart, productive sustainable forestry sector
and realise its potential.
Actions:
Industry and government to develop a roadmap for the
development of a forestry-sector-led bio-economy. The
roadmap could include proposals to develop a forestry
cluster which encourages industry cooperation and
promotes innovation along the lines of that in Finland.
Rationale:
OneofthekeychallengestheNew
Zealandforestryindustryfacesisto
increaseinvestmentinprocessing
toyieldhighervalueproducts.Lack
ofinvestmentinrecentyearsmeans
thatanincreasingproportionofthe
harvestisbeingshippeddirectly
asunprocessed,low-valuelogs.
Technologicaldevelopmentshave
thepotentialtoenhancetheindustry
fromoneoftraditionalwoodproducts
toonewitharangeofsupplementary
liquidandsolidbiofuels,bio-plastics
andbio-chemicals.Demandforthese
productsislikelytoincreaseandNew
Zealandmighttakeadvantageofthese
opportunities.
21:
20.4$
4.7$
Value of total forestry exports in US$b, 2009/2011
(FOA 2012 / Statistics New Zealand 2011)
29. 28 29
We’ve been working on a formula for green growth for nearly
two years. During that time, we’ve looked at a lot of options
for transforming New Zealand’s future and we’ve shortlisted
what we believe are the biggest opportunities to come
out of our earlier research as well as the macroeconomic
report – these are our “advantages” in the green race. The
Advantages were chosen based on some important criteria:
• Their ability to deliver the ‘double dividend’ of economic
growth and improve New Zealand’s environmental
performance.
• They are not dependent on immediate government support
and/or policy change for success. While we envision
government policy eventually becoming part of New
Zealand’s green growth solution, we’ve chosen initiatives
that can be started without government support. In the
longer term we will need bi partisan political support in
order to accelerate progress.
• They are not being successfully or sufficiently addressed
by other agencies or entities.
Howdo we
prioritise these
opportunities
?
• They are not interdependent on the success of other green
growth initiatives.
• They are consistent with global green economy trends
and New Zealand’s unique economic and environmental
profile.
• All are bold, and practically implementable having met a
‘reality check’ test.
• All have focused commercial benefits to those bold
enough to take the lead, but diffuse environmental
benefits that all Kiwis can enjoy.
These opportunities will work as the engines that will
deliver New Zealand a clean green future while at the same
time making our nation more prosperous, less dependent
on foreign energy, healthier and we think a lot happier too.
They directly leverage the things we already do very well as
a nation but also directly address the issues at which we
don’t do so well.
32. If every New Zealand home was upgraded to be more energy and thermally efficient,
this would provide a significant economic boost, provide semi-skilled employment, local
manufacturing opportunities and material health benefits. Let alone more than $800m in
energy savings.
1. Home Advantage:
9
0
9
0
3
4
International market
worth by 2020
New Zealand’s world-leading geothermal design and build
expertise means that a super-charged industry wide export
strategy will get us ahead in an international market that’s
set to be worth $40b by 2020. We’re perfectly placed to
capture the boom: many of New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours
in the Ring of Fire are looking to exploit their geothermal
opportunities in the face of international climate change and
economic pressures. Being a world-leader in geothermal
energy will help us to further enhance our clean and green
international image.
2. Geothermal Advantage:
50 1000
of global geothermal power
is engineered using expertise
from New Zealand
25%
over
(URS 2011)
Household energy use
15%
29%
31%
25%
ELECTRONICS &
REFRIGERATION
SPACE
HEATING
WATER
HEATING
COOKING
& LIGHTING
(Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority 2007)
SAVINGS IN NEW ZEALAND
DOMESTIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT
33. 32 33
Agriculture is worth $30b per annum to the New Zealand
economy, generates 25% of our export revenue and it’s
where we have our biggest trade advantage. The future
of farming will belong to those nations who own and
adopt water efficient, energy efficient, low-carbon and
low resource intensity input technologies and practices.
New Zealand is performing well now, and with an integrated
strategy to ramp up investment and commercialisation of
sustainable and efficient agricultural R&D, we’ll make sure
we stay ahead. We’ll also be able to more efficiently use our
water and land resources while becoming an export leader
by helping other countries to become more sustainable
farmers. Most importantly, it’ll help New Zealand preserve
the pure natural environment we cherish.
3. Agricultural Advantage:
By developing critical waste-to-energy infrastructure, biomass thermal plants and other
locally sourced energy alternatives, New Zealand will make massive efficiency gains. By
embracing sustainable and efficient industrial processes, we’ll be able to use our potential
waste-to-energy advantage to get ahead both environmentally and economically. Increasing
energy independence will reduce our carbon emissions, avoid waste to landfills, and limit the
exposureoftoxicitytotheenvironment.We’llalsobeabletoavoidoilandcoalpathdependency,
provide skilled employment and create high value exportable IP and manufactured products.
4. Waste-to-energy Advantage:
Average number of peak cows
milked per labour unit
83
1991
2010
140
(Jiang 2011)
$101
2050
nuclear
solar
hydro
billion
biomass
plants
geo-
thermal$90
wind
$96
$13
$34
$20
$381
$27
CCS
Projected additional investment each year in low-carbon power
(Jiang 2011)
34. New Zealand can build upon its natural forestry advantage to
create real and sustainable energy security. New Zealand’s
annual bill for imported oil is $5.3b. By bringing key industry
players together and utilising our huge forestry stocks,
we can set the building blocks for a drop-in domestically
produced biofuel. It will be the first step towards energy
independence and a stable liquid energy supply, decreasing
the shocks associated with a volatile and expensive
international oil market. By leading the way, New Zealand
will create technology and expertise that’s exportable and
contributes towards a highly skilled employment sector. It’s
also one of the fastest ways to reduce our carbon emissions
while also creating high-value exports in bio-products and
engineered timber.
5. Biofuel Advantage:
By implementing demand response and communication technologies throughout the grid, we’ll be able to make the
most of our renewable energy resources and lay the foundations for electric vehicles and other smart energy technologies.
The potential savings are huge: by acting now, we’ll save $3.6b by 2030. The first step is a nationwide industry-wide
demand response strategy to build our domestic energy savings as well as create a highly skilled tech industry. In addition,
by making the most efficient use of our renewable energy sources, we’ll benefit from reduced carbon emissions.
6. Smart Grid Advantage:
Global potential for products
from forest biomass
42% 81%
current
demand
for petrol
and diesel
USING ONLY
L-GRADE WOOD
USING ALL WOOD
INCLUDING S-GRADE
million
tonnes
500CO2
Benefits of increased afforestation
from 0.8 to 4.9 million ha by 2040
potential sequestered carbon
projected biofuel supply
(Hall 2009)1500
1000
500
BIO-ENERGY, BIO-CHEMICALS
FIBRE COMPOSITES
CONVENTIONAL FOREST
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
(US$bn)
2015 2020 2030
(FP Innovations, 2010)
35. 34 35
Our cherished biodiversity is an international environmental advantage. It not only underpins our clean green credentials
but also supports our $20b tourism industry. What we need is an integrated nationwide biodiversity strategy that delivers
more revenue and resources to our marine and terrestrial conservation efforts. The long term environmental benefits are
clear, but by implementing a nationwide multi-stakeholder strategy, we can also become a hub for international conservation
education, pharmaceutical R&D and eco-tourism, all based around conserving our marine and terrestrial biodiversity.
7. Biodiversity Advantage:
2.55
0.28
3.32
4.5
RESPONSE PROVISION
DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY
TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
GENERATION CAPACITY
Cost savings in:
2050
2030
1.61
1.44
0.25
0.28
$10.65
billion
$3.58
billion
Estimated benefits of flexible demand
4
5
3
2
1
0
NewZealand
Singapore
Australia
HongKongSAR
Malaysia
Korea,Rep.
Japan
Thailand
China
Taiwan,China
Indonesia
India
Brunei
Azerbaijan
SriLanka
Vietnam
Tourism & Travel competitiveness score
(Meridian 2012)
(Vivid Economics based on WEF Tourism and Travel Competitiveness Index 2011)
36. While we can’t change the absence of policy imperatives
from central government, we have selected our Advantages
to make sure that they focus on industry coordination and in
the creation of robust commercial business plans.
Each initiative will form around a cluster whereby individuals
from the private sector, associations and other stakeholder
groups will work towards developing a sectoral strategy to
create a high value green growth industry. We call these
individuals our ‘corporate leaders’, and they will be the first
to realise the commercial benefits of our Advantages in the
Green Race.
The clusters vary in complexity – some are relatively
straightforward to undertake, while others require
considerable scoping, consultation, problem solving, detailed
commercial strategy and assessment. In all cases we are
simply asking our corporate leaders to commit to leading an
attempt to develop a detailed green growth business case,
not necessarily implement it. Based on the macroeconomic
research, we believe that each detailed business case, once
prepared, will provide justification to proceed.
Corporate Leaders will also formulate detailed governmental
policy directives specific to each opportunity.
How do we activate
these Advantages?
Many people will look at these initiatives and ask; ‘if
the commercial imperatives are so clear, why hasn’t
private industry already embraced these initiatives?’ Our
research has shown that there are three key barriers that
inhibit progression:
1. A lack of industry coordination or a need for
previously unassociated industries to work together;
2. An absence of cohesive long term green growth
policy from central government.
3. The need for robust and detailed business case
analysis to clearly define the commercial incentives.
37. When?
NowWe are building our
corporate leader clusters
right now and expect to
announce the first groups
in the next few months.
How
do I get involved?
Visit us at www.pureadvantage.org
and get in touch.
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38.
39. There is an international
‘green race’ being run.
Every country in the world
is taking part.
It is as inevitable
as it is unstoppable.
And New Zealand is well placed.
What we do next will dictate
whether we continue to be on
the pace – or be left behind.