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What today’s students think about climate change

Legal Planet

Royce Hall at UCLA following a rain event, Los Angeles, CA (Charlie Nguyen, 2008, Flickr). What makes me most optimistic are the recent technological innovations and falling costs for renewable energy generation, battery storage and alternative fuel vehicles. Instead, nations need to prioritize making major cuts in the next 10 years.

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Frontiers community engagement update – fall 2023 

Frontiers

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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FRESH, April 5, 2022: U.S. Lawmakers Propose Great Lakes Federal Agency

Circle of Blue

lawmakers are pushing to create a new agency dedicated to sustainable development in the Great Lakes region. Five water systems in the community, which have been under long-term drinking water advisories since 2008, are now being served by a new water filtration plant. ON THE HILL: U.S.

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

The Taxonomy is also important for industries that struggle with technological limitations in achieving a 1.5°C–aligned For example, maritime vessels typically struggle to meet existing “green” thresholds as zero or low-carbon fuels are still in their early stages of development. incompatible with a 1.5°C–aligned

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Nobel Prize winners inspire young minds in new scientific articles for kids 

Frontiers

It provides reliable and up-to-date information on various topics in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Molecular Flashlights that Light Up Science , written by Martin Chalfie , awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008. billion times, reflecting the power of research that is open for all. 

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The Infamous Failure of the Eco-Patent Commons and the Quiet Success of the WIPO Green Project: What We Can Learn About Disseminating Green Tech to Developing Countries

Vermont Law

As the global climate crisis worsens, the need to encourage sustainable growth in the developing world has never been greater. Much of the technology for this sustainable development already exists, but is covered by exclusive patent rights. However, the Commons benefited all users of the patented technology.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

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). The Global Pact could change this.

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