Circle of Blue
MARCH 20, 2023
The political dimension is a huge part of the solution to the water crisis,” said Federico Properzi, chief technical adviser of UN-Water. Reducing carbon emissions would relieve the mounting pressure of weather extremes. One is rather obscure: the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development.
Frontiers
APRIL 24, 2023
Keeping with the topic of climate change, one part of the inequality is evident and it’s the discussion about carbon debt. There’s one estimate that says that 80% of the carbon emissions between 1850 and 2011 (more than one and a half centuries) were caused by rich countries who made up 14% of the global population.
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A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated. Effectively, SCC indicates what price society should be willing to pay now to avoid the future damage of today’s carbon emissions.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 2, 2022
A year ago, GFANZ said all its members “must align” their portfolios to the UN’s Race to Zero “stringent criteria” aimed at halving global emissions by 2030 and bringing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Scientists say such targets would help keep the average global temperature increase under 1.5
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 10, 2019
developed themselves and consolidated their democracies. There can be no political freedom without there also being economic freedom. During his United Nations (“UN”) Speech, Brazil President Bolsonaro made clear his government’s commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development to benefit Brazil and the world.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Elsewhere, there are other significant commitments to fulfil: to put an end to Chile’s “ sacrifice zones ”, areas of the country impaired by chronic socio-environmental and economic problems; to create a state company to regulate the extraction and use of lithium, and to promote a new model of sustainable development.
A Greener Life
JUNE 28, 2023
In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. Emerging industries uneven The “sustainability fever” triggered by policy and market drivers has made the employment market more complicated. in 2015 to 13.3%
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