Venture capital needs for sustainable development of clean technologies

Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector

Venture Capital Investment Patterns : Implications for Regional Economic Development

This thesis investigates the role of venture capital in regional economic development and presents results from a national survey of venture capital firms concerning the existence of capital gaps in the venture capital markets. In order to explore these issues, the author lays out the theoretical underpinnings of venture capital-oriented indigenous growth strategies and assesses the relationshi...

Information and Communications Technologies for Sustainable Development Goals: State-of-the-Art, Needs and Perspectives

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly accepted the 2030 Development Agenda, which has included 92 paragraphs, and the Paragraph 91 defined 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets. The goal of this paper is to discover the correlations among SDGs and information and communications technologies (ICTs). This paper discusses the roles and opportunities th...

Ethics and Justice Needs for Sustainable Development

1. Sustainable Development, Environmentalisms, and Justice 2. The Meaning of Development 3. Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights 4. Ecological Rationality, Justice, and the Development Project 5. Women and the Challenges of Sustainable Development 5.1. Women in Development 5.2. Women and Development 5.3. Gender and Development 5.4. Women, Environment, and Development 5.5. Women, Culture, and Devel...

Clean energies for sustainable development for built environment

The move towards a de-carbonised world, driven partly by climate science and partly by the business opportunities it offers, will need the promotion of environmentally friendly alternatives, if an acceptable stabilisation level of atmospheric carbon dioxide is to be achieved. This requires the harnessing and use of natural resources that produce no air pollution or greenhouse gases and provides...