Nanotech
JANUARY 12, 2022
In December 2021, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published a document entitled Risk Governance of Advanced Materials: Considerations from the joint perspective of the German Higher Federal Authorities BAuA, BfR and UBA. A material that could pose a concern regarding additional sustainability aspects.
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The team behind the blog has had engaging discussions with each of the women, discovering how their work contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Today’s World Cleanup Day event traces its roots back to 2008 when 50,000 Estonians came together to clean up 10,000 tons of waste in just five hours.
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Clean Energy Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This strategy aims for net zero emissions by around 2050 and includes shorter-term goals of cutting emissions by at least 20% and aiming for a 30% reduction by 2030, relative to 2008 levels. Early Phase-Out of Coal-Fired Power Plants (CFPP) The Taxonomy also provides a hybrid framework to phase out CFPPs at both a facility and entity level.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
The notion that nature has legal rights was not new—it had already been enshrined in the 2008 Ecuadorian and 2009 Bolivian Constitutions and has had impacts in other parts of the world (such as New Zealand and Colorado). 2) Develop a plan of action for decontamination. But, what, beyond legal description, do such statements entail?
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu .
Edouard Stenger
MAY 24, 2017
Notable examples include: The World Bank (through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) issued its first green bond in 2008 with $440 M; The African Development Bank (ADB) issued a half a billion USD green bond in October 2013.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 5, 2022
As water crises beset North America, all eyes are on the Great Lakes and the leaders, systems, and rules that govern them. lawmakers are pushing to create a new agency dedicated to sustainable development in the Great Lakes region. Two countries, eight states, five lakes — and 84 percent of the continent’s surface fresh water.
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