Towards Sustainable Economies global news

2011
The New Story of Stuff: Can We Consume Less? 28 Nov e360.yale.edu, 28 Nov 2011 
Austria: Call for an EU-wide Unconditional Basic Income. European Citizens’ Initiative to Be Launched, November 8 binews.org, November 8, 2011 
Iran's economic reforms usher in a de facto Citizen's Income, (no date found) citizensincome.org, (no date found), Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 1, 2011 
2010
*Global Climate Network launches drive for low-carbon economy in South Africa, 27 January ippr, 27 January 2010 
2009
*Mongolia to introduce national basic income, December 3 Liberal Conspiracy, December 3, 2009 
*Japan and South Korea launch Green New Deals, January 9 United Nations Environment Programme, January 9 South Korea's 36 projects include the creation of green transport networks, the provision of two million energy-saving 'green homes' and the clean-up of the country's four main rivers. 
2008
*Reducing consumption key to a sustainable future, November 11 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, November 11 Based on then ground-breaking modelling, the forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book; The Limits to Growth, are still ‘on-track’ according to new CSIRO research. 
*Green Jobs Initiative report generally optimistic, but says too few green jobs are being created for the most vulnerable: the 1.3 billion working poor (43 per cent of the global workforce) in the world with earnings too low to lift them and their dependants above the poverty threshold of US$2 per person, per day, or for the estimated 500 million youth who will be seeking work over the next 10 years, September 24 United Nations Environment Programme, September 24 
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