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Check-out carbon
July 15th, Carbon reduction.
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Carbon labelling is often touted as a way of enabling consumers to shop sustainably. But is trialling carbon labels just a PR exercise or can communicating the climate change impacts of everyday products to consumers genuinely drive consumer behaviour for the better?
Making the voluntary carbon markets work for the poor
July 15th, Carbon reduction.Carbon offset/neutrality.
The voluntary carbon market has come under scrutiny as it has mushroomed to $258 million in 2007, and its ability to reduce emissions and effect significant change in corporate behaviour is strongly debated. In this debate, the potential for the voluntary carbon market to deliver positive benefits, particularly for people in poorer countries, has been largely overlooked. Our report brings this area into focus.
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Sustainable urban extensions in seven steps
April 24th, Planning.
With the Government's targets to build three million new homes by 2050, towns and cities are under incredible pressure to expand. But by not doing this sustainably, they risk overstretching their infrastructure, losing all sense of community and ultimately becoming places where people don’t want to live. We have developed the Sustainability Framework for Urban Extensions for the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), which is designed to support the South West in delivering truly sustainable urban extensions where people and businesses can flourish within environmental limits.
Ahead of the agenda seminars
Supported by Tesco, Forum for the Future is running a series of 'Ahead of the agenda' seminars during 2008 and 2009. These seminars examine emerging trends in sustainability that are likely to be crucial to the retail sector in coming years.
Overland Heaven: low-carbon journeys made easy
April 3rd, Planning.Retail.Transport & travel.
In a sustainable future we will need to have a genuine choice about the way we travel, with realistic and desirable low carbon alternatives to flying.
Forum for the Future's project Overland Heaven aims to make it easier to get to desirable places in a more low-carbon way.
Connected - ICT and sustainable development
April 3rd, Planning.Retail.Transport & travel.Information technology.
Connected, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, confirms that the ICT industry has a compelling role to play in delivering a low carbon, sustainable future. To do this, the authors say, the ICT sector must move from a model based on ever increasing consumption of natural resources to a service-led future that is more efficient and less reliant on hard-wired solutions.
Tourism 2023: vision, scenarios and strategy for a sustainable UK outbound travel and tourism industry
April 3rd, Planning.Retail.Transport & travel.Information technology.Transport & travel.
Forum for the Future’s Tourism 2023 project will enable key players in the UK outbound tourism industry to profit from a sustainable future and engage their critics on the front foot. The project will create a vision for the future of outbound tourism, which will enable the travel industry to know what it’s aiming for in terms of sustainability and develop strategies accordingly. The future scenarios will ensure that these strategies are fit for purpose in different possible futures. The work will also set out a clear route map for the industry, and government, to take towards a successful and sustainable future.
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