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Council for Sustainable Development (HK) - The Council for Sustainable Development is established by the Chief Executive as one of the initiatives to promote sustainability in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Policy Research Institute - The Institute is committed to harnessing its research reources to assist Hong Kong and its neighbouring governments to cope with the changes facing Hong Kong and to enhancing regional co-operation and communication.
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Hong Kong Sustainable Development Forum - The Hong Kong Sustainable Development Forum (HKSDF) was founded in September 1998, and formally registered as a society under the Societies Ordinance in Hong Kong on 28 February 2001. HKSDF is a non-profit organisation - an entirely private sector initiative. Established to respond to the ongoing absence of consensus, consultation and engagement of all stakeholders for Sustainable Development HKSDF was the first NGO in Hong Kong to focus exclusively on Sustainable Development in Hong Kong, leading the field well before Sustainable Development became a recognised concept in Hong Kong.
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Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change - The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is a forum for collaboration between pension funds and other institutional investors on issues related to climate change.
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International Business Leaders Forum - The International Business Leaders Forum is an international non-profit organisation set up in 1990 by HRH The Prince of Wales and a group of chief executives of international companies, in response to the emerging challenges of economic growth and change in the global economy
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International Center on Trade and Sustainable Development - As an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation, ICTSD engages a broad range of actors in ongoing dialogue about trade and sustainable development. With a wide network of governmental, non-governmental and inter-governmental partners, ICTSD plays a unique systemic role as a provider of original, non-partisan reporting and facilitation services at the intersection of international trade and sustainable development.
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International Centre for Economic Growth - ICEG has expanded both its mission and network to include more than 5,000 economists, central bank presidents, ministers, and former heads-of-state, in more than 300 Member Institutes in over 100 countries, as well as executives and leaders of corporations and non-governmental organizations
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
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International Energy Agency - The IEA published the Energy Technology Perspectives 2006. This publication presents alternative scenarios and strategies aimed at a clean, clever and competitive energy future, looking at the status and prospects for key energy technologies and assess their potential to make a difference by 2050. It is part of a work programme on low carbon technologies agreed with G8 heads at Gleneagles in 2005.
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The International Institute for Sustainable Development - The site is designed to be an electronic clearing-house for information on past, current and upcoming international meetings and negotiations related to environment and development policy. It provides timely information to policy makers and those interested in the environment, clean energy and sustainable development
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The International Labour Organization - The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency that formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues
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Marine Stewardship Council - The MSC is an independent, global, non-profit organisation whose role is to recognise, via a certification programme, well-managed fisheries and to harness consumer preference for seafood products bearing the MSC label of approval
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New Academy Review - This journal aims to advance knowledge and understanding of the issues, policies and actions that shape responsible and successful enterprise in the 21st century. Central to the thinking behind the Review is the notion that actions and ideas are intimately connected
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines - The OECD guidelines constitute a set of voluntary recommendations to multinational enterprises in all the major areas of business ethics, including employment and industrial relations, human rights, environment, information disclosure, combating bribery, consumer interests, science and technology, competition, and taxation. Adhering governments have committed to promote them among multinational enterprises operating in or from their territories.
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The Pew Centre - The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to bring a new approach to a complex and often controversial issue. Our approach is based on sound science, straight talk, and a belief that we can work together to protect the climate while sustaining economic growth.
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SciDev.net - SciDev.net has a dossier on biodiversity aimed at keeping users up-to-date with the latest issues and providing fresyh perspectives on why biodiversity matters to development; there are four specially commissioned policy briefs from key figures in biodiversity research, plus new opinion pieces and features. It also provides the latest news, links, definitions and details of future events
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South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) - The South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) is a network of research organisations involved in studying regional issues in South Asia.
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South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) - SANEI is a regional initiative to foster networking among economic research institutes in South Asia.
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SustainAbility - Sustainability is a strategic management consultancy and think-tank that works internationally but is based in the UK. It is dedicated to promoting the business case for sustainable development. Sustainability has research programmes and publishes a range of reports and books
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The Global Compact - The Global Compact is a direct initiative of the UN Secretary-General. Through the power of collective action, the Global Compact seeks to promote responsible corporate citizenship so that business can be part of the solution to the challenges of globalisation.
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The Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (UK) - Makes a contribution to sustainable development through research, consultancy and education provision of the highest standards
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) - The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes. The MA was launched by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in June 2001
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Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change - Released by economist Lord Stern for the discusses the effect of climate change and global warming on the world economy. Although not the first economic report on global warming, it is significant as the largest and most widely known and discussed report of its kind. Its main conclusions are that one percent of global GDP per annum is required to be invested in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change, and that failure to do so could risk global GDP being up to twenty percent lower than it otherwise might be. Stern’s report suggests that climate change threatens to be the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen, and it provides prescriptions including environmental taxes to minimize the economic and social disruptions. He states, "our actions over the coming few decades could create risks of major disruption to economic and social activity, later in this century and in the next, on a scale similar to those associated with the great wars and the economic depression of the first half of the 20th century
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The Sustainable Development Commission, UK - The Sustainable Development Commission is the UK's Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - The Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource whose stability can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.nternational framework agreement to tackle climate change
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The United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Division for Sustainable Development provides leadership and is an authoritative source of expertise within the United Nations system on sustainable development. It promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and through technical cooperation and capacity building at international, regional and national levels. The context for the Division’s work is the implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.
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UN Environment Programme - UNEP, established in 1972, is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system. UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment
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The United States – Asia Environmental Partnership - In 2005, US-AEP worked with over 300 partners supporting the efforts of 67 program initiatives in six countries, addressing the environmental challenges associated with urbanization and industrialization in Asia
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The World Economic Forum - The World Economic Forum, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is an independent organisation whose mission is to “improve the state of the world”. The Forum acts in the spirit of entrepreneurship in the global public interest to further economic growth and social progress. It serves its members and society by creating partnerships between and among business, political, intellectual and other leaders of society to define, discuss and advance key issues on the global agenda.
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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists, who together are working to develop sustainable responses to climate change through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level - not just within the research community, but also with business leaders, policy advisors, the media and the public in general.
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UN Millennium Development Goals - The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable
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WWF (HK) - WWF Hong Kong is one of Hong Kong's leading environmental charitable organisations. We have been working since 1981 to ensure a better environment for the present and future generations in Hong Kong through implementation of a wide range of focused on conservation and environmental education programmes in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
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World Business Council for Development - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 160 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars: economic growth, ecological balance and social progress.
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World Resource Institute - The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.
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World Meteorological Organisation - (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. WMO has a membership of 188Member States and Territories since 24 January 2007). It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations in 1951 for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.