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May 11, 2012

In this issue:

> Changing the Economics of Energy

> Few Think Rio+20 Will Succeed. It Can, It Must.

> Next Generation Thinking

> Other News & Updates

Changing the Economics of Energy

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The Kyoto Protocol expires at the end of this year, drawing a line under a period characterized by the continual break down of multilateral negotiations.  In the latest GlobeScan / SustainAbility survey over 800 sustainability experts give their views on what it will take to make real, global, progress on climate change as we move into the post-Kyoto period. Notably, the tools garnering the most support – economic instruments, regulatory approaches and technology development – are those that rely on governments to change the cost of emitting greenhouse gas emissions and, consequently, change the economics of energy.

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Few Think Rio+20 Will Succeed. It Can, It Must.

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According to a GlobeScan / SustainAbility Survey a majority of opinion leaders view the Rio+20 United Nations Summit as a critical opportunity to make progress on sustainability leadership, but very few think it will succeed.

Lindsay Clinton sets out why Rio+20 matters and what we stand to gain from this fourth Summit focused on environment and development. While we remain hopeful that we will see a sense of shared vision and objectives by governments at Rio+20, in the latest of The Regeneration Project videos pioneers remind us why it so hard for governments to show the courage we need to make collective progress on sustainability.

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Please note: The webinar on why Rio+20 matters to your business has been rescheduled and is now on Wednesday, June 6th at 4.00pm (BST) / 11.00am (EST).

Next Generation Thinking

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For our 25th anniversary we asked our stakeholders, in 25 words or less, to tell us how they would motivate and inspire the next generation of children to think and act differently to catalyze the sustainable change we need. The winning entry was from a teacher in India, who wrote from the perspective of her class - many have lived in multiple countries and have a unique view on the world - here is what she said:

Talk to us, not down to us. Listen, don’t lecture.
Give us experiences, not fiction.
Connect with us. Build our trust.
Make. It. Real.

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Other News & Updates

> On GreenBiz Mohameed Al-Shawaf on why city mayors are a sustainability director’s new best friends

> On the blog SustainAbility co-founder John Elkington on the story of SustainAbility