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CSCP brings together low-carbon city initiatives in China
On April 15, 2013 thirty leading low-carbon city development experts and international representatives convened in Beijing to exchange perspectives on the future of China's urbanisation megatrend. The CSCP and Tsinghua moderators helped this leading group lay a foundation for future collaboration efforts. Read more
Share a ticket to the Sharing Economy Conference 2013
We care for share - After the world's largest fair for IT and telecommunication, CeBIT, chose the theme 'Shareconomy' for this year's fair, everybody knows and seems to love collaborative consumption. On May 13th the Sharing Economy Conference 2013 in Berlin once again puts it in the very centre of the event. Read more
Wuppertal mayor visits CSCP at the Hannover Fair
„In 2050 I will be 95!“ – Peter Jung, mayor of the city of Wuppertal, was impressed by the Vision 2050 approach of the CSCP when visiting the stand at the Industrial Green Tec in Hall 6 of the Hannover fair. Read more
Collaboration on a new basis
In 2012 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) started to revise the legal and administrative basis of its worldwide network of Collaborating Centres in order to cater for evolving needs and nature of the collaboration. In doing so the previous Memorandum of Understanding between UNEP and the Wuppertal Institute which relates to the “UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption & Production ... Read more
Sharing Economy as a New Business Strategy
How to increase value by sharing products? This was the core question of two sessions at the World Business Dialogue on March 14, 2013 in Cologne. Participants from business and university discussed the concept, the success factors, and barriers of a sharing economy at a global level. Read more
