Tesla Motors 148
The Economics of Ecosystems and
Biodiversity (TEEB) 13, 36
The Limits to Growth 40–41
theories of change 80–84
The Social Technologies Network (STN)
105
thin-film solar technologies 147
tourism 33
Transition Town initiatives 114–115,
127–128
turbines see wind energy
two-degree limits for global climate change
27–28, 34
UK Companies Act 2006 Regulations
79
uncertainty, science 43, 50–52
UN Conference on Environment and
Development 121
UNEP see United Nations Environment
Programme
UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) 28–29
UN Food and Agricultural Organization’s
Committee on Food Security (CFS)
123–124
United Kingdom (UK): energy politics 89,
91–94; institutional context 97–98
United Nations collaborative initiative on
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
and forest Degradation (UN-REDD)
13, 36
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) 11–14, 36
United States (US): AARP 90; AEIC
139; capitalism 78–79; entrepreneurial
state 143–144; science 45, 47,
50–51
UN-REDD see United Nations
collaborative initiative on Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and forest
Degradation
urban sustainability, mobilization 127–128,
129
Vensys Energiesysteme GmbH 146
venture capital (VC) 143, 147, 150, 156,
157
vertically integrated models 94
Vietnam 174
Ward, B. 121
wastelands 35
water contamination 60–61
‘waves of creative destruction’ 77–78
WBCSD see World Business Council for
Sustainable Development
West Africa, planetary boundaries 32
Western Europe: fast-tracking 180;
mobilization 122
WHO see World Health Organization
wiki websites and blogs 128
wind energy 94–96, 145–147, 148–149,
176
World Bank: globalization 76–77; Green
Climate Fund 18; High Level Dialogues
36; landscape approach 35; Sustainable
Development in a Dynamic Economy
12
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD) 36
World Health Organization (WHO) 41, 45
World Social Forum 120–121
World Trade Organization (WTO) 48
zero carbon energy 64
‘zeronauts’ 10–11
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