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Applications Now Open for WorldGBC CEO Position

Wed, 10th Dec 2014

The World Green Building Council is searching for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead our global network of 100 green building councils

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Croatia GBC Partnership Spotlights GBPro Trainers

Wed, 10th Dec 2014

The Croatia GBC has formed a partnership with Zagrebačka banka (Unicredit) to shine a light on GBPro Trainers, offering insight into their experience, knowledge and the current state of the green building arena.

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MENA GBCs Meet to Collaborate and Share Initiatives

Mon, 8th Dec 2014

On 28 October, nine of the fifteen councils in the MENA region met at the Dead Sea, Jordan. The meeting was hosted by Jordan GBC and was organised in conjunction with the Eco-Cities of the Mediterranean 2014 Forum & Expo. Representatives from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the UAE attended the full day meeting, which kicked-off with a roundup of GBC presentations, followed by capacity building sessions and a discussion on network-wide collaboration

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TMG-C40 Report on Urban Efficiency Available

Thu, 4th Dec 2014

A new report from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and C40 is now available

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Climate Action Programme: Report with UNEP/WorldGBC

Sun, 30th Nov 2014

The next Climate Action Report will be launched at the Sustainable Innovation Forum on 9th December at the Westin Hotel and Convention Center, Lima, Peru. The report includes an article by Jane Henley on Global Partnerships, Global Solutions

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Tokyo and C40 Highlight City Actions on Building Energy Efficiency

Thu, 27th Nov 2014

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and C40 have published a new report, Urban Efficiency: A Global Survey of Building Energy Efficiency Policies in Cities

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Global Partnerships, Global Solutions

Wed, 26th Nov 2014

In a new article for Climate Action, our CEO Jane Henley discusses the need for global solutions to the environmental challenges we are facing

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President Ivo Josipović to Sponsor Croatia GBC Conference

Wed, 26th Nov 2014

Croatian President Ivo Josipović recently received a delegation of the Croatia Green Building Council who informed him of the preparations for the first summit on green building which President Josipović will sponsor. They also discussed the possibility of organizing a conference on the fight against climate change at the highest international level in Croatia next year

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USGBC Acknowledges WorldGBC Partners at UNEP Champions of the Earth Event

Thu, 20th Nov 2014

Washington, D.C. (Nov. 20, 2014): This week, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) was honored as a winner of the United Nation’s top environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award. In accepting the award in the category of entrepreneurial vision, USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi acknowledged the role of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and its 100+ member councils in driving the global green building movement that the award recognized

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Sustainable Innovation Forum Announces Influential Speaker Lineup

Wed, 19th Nov 2014

The UNEP and Climate Action’s Sustainable Innovation Forum will be held on 9 December in Peru, alongside the COP20 negotiations in Lima.

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SCI Speaker Series: 100 Resilient Cities

Wed, 12th Nov 2014

We invite our GBCs and their members to join us for an online webinar presentation by Byrna Lipper of the Rockefeller Foundation, on Monday 15 December 2014, 4 pm EST

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