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Great Lakes Take Global Stage

Circle of Blue

The UN Water Conference, the first such event in 46 years, was billed as a marquee attraction, a chance to corral public and political attention and train it on the global challenges of too much water, too little water, and water that is too polluted. This year is the midpoint for these Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.

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BreezoMeter Joins Climate Savers Week: A Matter of Life & Breath

Breezometer

Climate Savers Week focuses on twelve prominent fields connected to global climate change and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: Manufacturing - Promote sustainable, environmentally friendly development of economic growth and employment through resilient infrastructure that fosters innovation and improves resource efficiency.

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How we Conceptualize Security will Shape our Response to Environmental Challenges

HumanNature

As a scholar of political science, this provokes compelling questions about current relationships across states, their governments, and who offers protection. Political Geography 26 (6): 639–655 Browning, C., The Future of Critical Security Studies: Ethics and The Politics OfSecurity. Guest Post by Julie Liebenguth , Ph.D.

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China’s would-be parents and their climate concerns

A Greener Life

The objects of young Chinese people’s reproductive climate concerns can be put into three main categories: degradation of future living environments; threat to physical and mental health; and indirect social, political and economic consequences. There are more built environments than natural ones.” By comparison, only 3.4%

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own. Often, measures will include a ban on government contracts.

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50 Years and Billions Spent: Achieving Universal Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Within Reach

Circle of Blue

After months of research and interviews with dozens of authorities on five continents, WASH Within Reach unravels the complexity of a global sector that now spends over $20 billion a year and is on its way to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: clean water, safe sanitation, and hygiene for everyone on Earth by 2030.

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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). Daniel Bodansky.

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