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The goal of the 4th OECD World Forum is to share results and lessons learned from work undertaken by the OECD and other organisations, as wellas to give impetus to concrete measurement programmes based on existing national and regional statistical capacities, mechanisms and tools.
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The Virgin Earth Challenge (VEC) is the $25 million Global Science and Technology Prize established by Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore in 2007. The groups on the short list given below represent the best groups in the world seen by the VEC in the correponding areas:
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Sir Richard Branson is founder of the Virgin Group that, with its around 200 companies in over 30 countries, has now expanded into leisure, travel, tourism, mobile, broadband, TV, radio, music festivals, finance and health. In February 2007, he has announced the Virgin Earth Challenge, the $25 million prize to encourage the viable technologies that will result in the net removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases. Currently, through the Virgin Green Fund Sir Richard Branson with partners are investing in renewable energy and resource efficiency. |
