Rio De Janeiro
This week’s Rio+20 Summit must propel Australia into a better model of city planning through building new opportunities for green jobs. As the government’s lax commitment to various solar power schemes shows, Australia is not giving the issue of green jobs the attention it deserves.
The United Nations estimates the number of green jobs worldwide will increase to over 18 million by 2030. This is heartening news.
It means that every year 750,000 new green jobs will be created if distributed equally. Of these, 59 per cent will be within biofuel and related industries, and 31 per cent from solar power generation.
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A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.
The city of Rio de Janeiro was founded on this day in 1565 and is now the third most visited city in the world.
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Excuse me Reg, Regan was much more famous for being ‘the Gipper’. Read more »
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@AnthonyG Why do people buy made in China Home Brand tinned food at Coles for 10c a tin cheaper than Aussie made and produced tinned food? Make Green Energy a viable affordable alternative and people will take it up in droves. Not going to happen when its a more expensive… Read more »
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