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3 March 2021

The benefits of a circular economy for effective climate action and society

Janez Potočnik, Julia Okatz
"The only chance of reaching the 2030 and 2050 global climate goals is to deploy all possible measures possible to defy the business-as-usual scenario. This is where natural resources management, and the circular economy, as an important instrument, comes into play," said Janez Potocnik, Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel, and Julia Okatz, Associate at SYSTEMIQ.
1 March 2021

Building the Open Source Urban Green Economy: Collaboration Goes Beyond Sharing Best Practices

Robert C. Brears, Val De Oliveira
Technological change is a crucial aspect for achieving the green economy and fostering green growth, with open source software promoting collaboration in urban centres to solve climate change and resource scarcity challenges.
18 February 2021

Tackling food waste with digital innovation

Yaxuan Chen, Ana Gabriela Fernández Vergara
Efforts are being made globally to tackle food waste, but more needs to be done to ensure that the market is in tune to environmental impacts. Digital solutions can help open doors for food market transformation and drive sustainability.
5 February 2021
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Education for Action: How adapting our learning can tip the climate scales in 2021

Colm Hastings

The start of a New Year is often a time for reflection and recalibration. This winter, as we leave behind perhaps the most difficult year in recent human history, this reflection takes on an even greater meaning.

4 February 2021
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3 lessons from India for achieving clean and accessible energy

Dhruba Purkayastha, Labanya Prakash Jena
Globally, 789 million people lack access to electricity and 2.8 billion clean cooking. A recent study by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) reveals that much of this gap, despite a decade of progress, is because money is not flowing where it is needed most.
1 February 2021

A green accounting system to better value nature

Prof. Wang Jinnan
Current national economic accounting systems do not reflect the resource and environmental costs of economic growth, nor the contribution of ecosystems to the economic growth. But using the ‘Gross Economic-Ecological Product’ instead of traditional GDP does.
26 January 2021

A new way of living...for the people and the planet!

Gloria Ordóñez Valenzuela

COVID-19 and its challenges have arrived to slow down our daily rhythm, restructuring life as we knew it, leaving millions of people confined inside their homes, impacting, and drastically changing our lifestyles.

21 January 2021

Scaling the Great Green Wall?

Lauren Kelly, Joy Butcher, Mees van der Werf
The project to plant trees across the Sahel known as the Great Green Wall, a large belt of trees that stretches across twelve states of the Sahel, has achieved many of its envisioned technical and environmental goals. However, there is much to be discussed for a successful implementation of the initiative.
21 January 2021
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A vaccine for COVID-19, but what about one against climate change?

Najib Saab
While there is hope that vaccines will help bring an end to the pandemic, there is still no magic fix for the fight against climate change. But a new president in the White House and the US pledging to recommit to the Paris Agreement offers some optimism for 2021.
20 January 2021
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What Does the Biden Administration Mean for Global Climate Action?

Edward B. Barbier
Joe Biden has made global action on climate change a top priority. Is his climate policy agenda feasible, and will it be effective in achieving its objectives?

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