design thinking, new learning, carbon economy, sustainability, green cities
Sub-national governments can influence 50-80% of all climate mitigation strategies (according to UNDP). The power of the subnational governments globally was one of the themes of the Summit. It was very useful to immerse myself in a global discussion on climate change – and to hear what various regions are and are not doing. The […]
Stunning fact: Oceans are not yet on the agenda for Copenhagen (at least they weren’t on Oct 1.09). I notice quite a bit of web traffic on the need for ocean acidification to be front and centre during the Copenhagen discussions. This was a break-out session that ended the day on Thursday. Was slightly disrupted […]
Speakers from all over the world – chaired by Gavin Jennings, Minister for Environment and Climate Change for Victoria, Australia and moderated by Don Paul, the ED of the University of Southern California Energy Institute. I’d like to highlight three speakers: Roberto Formigoni, President, Lombardy Regional Administration, Italy: Talked about the importance of sub-national/regional leadership […]
The Obama administration was present in full force at the Summit. Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and principal policy advisor to President Obama emphasized the importance of research leadership – the Carbon Capture Research Initiative, China-US collaborations and also Australia-US partnerships developing on the research front. I wondered where […]
The experience of LA is still overwhelmingly one of cars, cars and more cars. On a previous trip, with Jane Bird, CEO of Canada Line leading the way, we took transit to the airport – actually it didn’t quite make it to the airport – there was a transfer to a shuttle bus from the […]
It’s all about people — how we educate them, value them and motivate them to learn, re-tool and learn again. The second session at the Chapter Two Summit was entitled: In Training for Prosperity: Education and the Real Value of BC’s Human Capital. Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of Vancity Credit Union was a superb […]