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The Bread for the World Institute “Hunger 2010: A Just and Sustainable Recovery” Report has been released, and identifies the need to reduce poverty and hunger as a key to long-term recovery and leadership. The report identifies the current U.S. economic crisis as an opportunity for change… > more 
Ninth Annual Dare to Dream Conference held on November 17th in New York City showed of a wide variety of student presentations on Human Rights. > more 
SAP have invested in a Internet of Services community, launched at the announced at the EU Future Internet Assembly, being held in Stockholm, Sweden right now. Where SAP goes, corporations follow… > more 
Boeing has started construction on a second final assembly site for the long-awaited 787 Dreamliner airplane in Charleston, South Carolina. The 787, like the Airbus A380, is a significant aeronautic innovation. > more 
Whilst some of the conclusions of this article are UK-centric, in general, credit card companies are facing trying times and an underlying paradigm shift. Opening the way for new innovations in finance… > more 
A multi-lateral initiative directed by the River Blindness Program of The Carter Center to reduce river blindness in the Americas has delivered improved lives in the six endemic countries of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela. > more
Smart Grids are fast become the buzzword – and a source of rivers of green gold in funding – as cities de-carbonize the electricity grid, and create efficiencies through monitoring and adjusting the supply. CURRENT Grid is one of the smart grid leaders, and was highly ranked in this VentureBeat contest. > more 
A new initiative in the Silicon Valley, centred around Santa Clara University, is creating a forum for the leading minds in ethical financial innovation, responsible risk management, and behavioral finance. A key feature examined in the new initiative, will be a much-needed alignment of incentives, for those participating in financial markets. > more 
What is the real reson transport isn’t improved in Victoria, Australia? And how should we align politicians incentives to make sure it is done faster? > more
China and South America will be forming closer banking and trade ties, backing the importance of the South American region in innovation economics. > more
December 8, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Manhattan the Financial Times, will host “Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges,” a strategic conference focusing on Ukraine’s economic outlook, evolving business environment, key investment opportunities, and the challenges that need to be overcome to reach Ukraine’s potential. > more 
Brooklyn art galleries have put together an exciting program this weekend in New York City, some transport logistics and branding improvements could be made in our view, but an interesting re-branding exercise. > more
There may be some surprises in the Transparency International’s 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a measure of domestic, public sector corruption. Whilst war zones are among the worst, kick-backs, crony capitalism and nepotism means some Western countries fare less well than you might think. It seems institutions and process matter. Read more… > more 
The Cleantech Open, is the world’s largest business competition created to find, fund and foster startup clean technology companies, and awards were announced for the annual Sustainability Award in San Francisco. Innovator Hydro-Volts of Seattle won, read on for more regional winners… > more |
      
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New Orleans: Levee Lessons from Katrina
The lessons New Orleans learnt, and must learn, from Hurricane Katrina are important to all low-lying coastal cities in the time of climate change. This is a book review by local Sandy Rosenthal, Executive Director of New Orleans non-profit Levees.org, of Craig E. Colton’s book,”Perilous Place, Power Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana” – a comparative study of the cities responses. > more