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Strategies for sustainable growth in Singapore
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources,
Republic of Singapore
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The generation contract – Norway’s strategy for sustainable
development
Kjetil Lund, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Norway
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Green growth: the way to achieve sustainable development
Young-sook Yoo, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea
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Is going green a threat to growth? Poland proves the contrary
Marcin Korolec, Minister of the Environment, Poland
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Governing sustainable development in Malaysia
Adnan A. Hezri, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia,
Wasis Ahmad Kamal, Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s
Department, Malaysia, and Pek Chuan Gan, United Nations Development
Programme, Malaysia
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Priorities in the transition towards a green economy
Kozue Hoshino, Global Environment Division, International Cooperation
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
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Moving towards healthy, sustainable economies
José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Fábio Scarano and Fábio Arjona,
Conservation International Foundation
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Energy access, efficiency and sustainability
The quest for the ultimate energy for sustainable development through
laser technology
Young-Gil Kim, PhD, President, Handong Global University, Korea
.... 180
Renewable energy as a driver for economic and sustainable growth –
the Icelandic perspective
Gudni A. Jóhannesson, Director General at Orkustofnun, the National
Energy Authority of Iceland
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Taking responsibility for people and the planet
Jana Velichkova, Director, Investments, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Bulgaria
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Sustainable cities
Innovating to develop sustainable environments on an urban scale
Steve Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Living PlanIT
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New voluntary bottom-up urban planning and forest conservation
methods in Finland
Ville Niinistö, Minister of the Environment, Finland
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Global summits as impetus for national changes
Bosiljka Vukovic, Head, Division for the Support to the National Council
for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Sustainable Development and
Tourism, Government of Montenegro
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Resilience and disaster preparedness
Mitigating vulnerability for sustainable development
Hassan Ahmad, Kyaw Swa Soe, Nursyahida Othman, Mercy Relief,
Singapore
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