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Putting a Price on Nature
Written by Lourdes Gomez
Biological diversity and healthy eco-systems are what support our planet and our rapidly growing human population, the loss of which would be disastrous on so many levels. Could the financialisation of nature be a way out of this dilemma?
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The “Green Life Value” as a new way to put a price on nature
Written by Aown Kaz
In our modern world the financialization of nature is already done whether we like it or not. For instance the price of a tree is determined by its timber. Only a quarter of the actual use of a tree is through its timber though. Therefore in establishing the economics […]
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Global Economic Symposium 2013: Future Challenges’ Video Report
Written by Mario Wiedemann
Hundreds of scientists, CEOs, representatives from NGOs and many more came to Kiel at the beginning of October 2013 to attend the annual Global Economic Symposium (GES). After last year’s journey to Rio de Janeiro the GES came back to its base in the capital of Germany’s northernmost state, Schleswig-Holstein. […]
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Sustainability in the World of Business: Interview with Aart de Geus at the Global Economic Symposium 2013
Written by Future Challenges team
Aart de Geus – chairman of Bertelsmann Stiftung – gave an interview to Future Challenges at the 2013 edition of the Global Economic Symposium (GES), held in the north German town of Kiel. Prior to his current position, Aart de Geus was Dutch Minister for Social Affairs and Employment and more […]
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From Pakistan to Germany — For a Better Tomorrow
Written by Shahzeb Younis
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. While growing up in a tiny underdeveloped village in Pakistan, where even the availability of electricity was a blessing, I had seen the best and the worst of life at a very young age. The people around […]
