Kaj Embren – Page 2 – Views on Sustainability

Cities finance and Climate targets – all emissions are local

November 1, 2016

At the beginning of October, an environmental landmark passed with little fuss: The last of the world’s 55 biggest greenhouse gases emitters ratified the historic Paris Agreement. The news generated fewer headlines than the initial deal. It also generated fewer headlines than April’s joint ratification statement by the US and China. But it was arguably… » read more

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Without the EU, Britain will have less say in the world… and its climate

June 19, 2016

A few weeks ago, Swedish journalist Göran Rosenberg made a welcome appearance on the radio program Good Morning World. Speaking on the European Union and UK’s membership, he said: “A very human reaction to external threats, real and imagined, is to secure a place somewhere, behind a border of any kind, where the threat can… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Climate Change, English, Uncategorized

, Climate change, CSR, Eco Cities, Leadership, Paris Climate Agreement, Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Development

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Mind the gap: Can the cooperative movement deliver sustainable cities?

May 11, 2016

My belief that Bilbao is a stronghold of sustainable city developments is growing immeasurably. Why? Because after visiting for a week of creative dialogue between 800 participants from 200 cities, I found myself inspired by the city’s culture of social change. Further out from Bilbao (which recently hosted a series of events entitled New Pathways… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Climate Change, English, EU Priorities 2020

, Cooperatives, Leadership, Paris Climate Agreement, SDG Goal, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Development, Values

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An agreement was reached at the Paris Summit – but now we need the financial markets to help deliver it

March 29, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e_P_8dP6EQ Now that 195 nations have promised to signed up to the Paris climate agreement, the hard work begins. The signatories have all committed to ramping up their fight against climate change, but what happens next will prove crucial. The new five-year national plans to reduce global warming will provide the roadmap for action. Continuing… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Climate Change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, English, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Political Governence, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable Dev.

, Business, Climate change, Climate negotiation, cop21, Eco Cities, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, Leadership, Renewable Energy, Rio+20, Sustainability and Leadership

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Failure to reach UN climate change agreement could be “very dangerous,” warn influential city mayors

November 18, 2015

Twenty city mayors from five Nordic countries have joined forces in urging world governments to reach meaningful agreements at the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. In an op-ed published in the magazine Cities Today, the influential group warns that any repeat of disputes which hampered previous summits would prove “very dangerous, since the… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Climate Change, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Sustainable Dev.

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Nordic Mayors and cities: on the road to Paris and beyond

August 21, 2015

In the last days of June, 20 Nordic mayors, nine representatives from Nordic cities, and 45 experts in urban development and climate change (from as far afield as the US, Africa and India) converged in Gotland, Sweden. They joined together for a special event at Almedalen Week – a series of talks and seminars geared… » read more

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Climate Change, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Political Governence

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Can city mayors lead the way on sustainable development?

May 15, 2015

On a recent trip to San Francisco and Austin, Texas, I found myself accompanied by two potential agents of change – Benjamin Barber’s book If Mayors Ruled the World and a newly appointed Swedish city mayor, Niklas Nordström. The former has the power to inspire and empower local politicians who wish to take on… » read more

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Climate Change, Leadership and sustainability, Political Governence, Sustainability, Uncategorized

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Energy independence for Ukraine?

December 22, 2014

Issues of energy efficiency and sustainable energy production may have featured less prominently in the recent unrest, but they may present the greatest long-term opportunity for Kiev to seize control of its own fortunes. European investment can also play a crucial role in encouraging energy (and thus political) independence, for the country. In Ukraine´s third… » read more

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Energy Efficiency, Leadership and sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Dev.

, Eco Cities, Energy Efficiency, Fossil fuel, Leadership, Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainable Development, Ukraine

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Mayors network listed – will Mayors take the lead on a climate deal?

October 19, 2014

National governments have proven that they do not have what is required to meet the global challenges of climate change and the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. The shortcomings of the COP meeting since Copenhagen acts as testament to this. With the burden of recession and austerity, short-sighted national governments have thus far shown… » read more

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Climate Change, Leadership and sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainable Dev., Uncategorized

, Climate negotiation, Eco Cities, Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainable Cities

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Political leadership in a new era

May 13, 2014

IPCC. Drought. Storms. CO2 levels of 400 ppm. In 2014, climate change and sustainability moved from being distinct environmental concerns to becoming systematic welfare issues. Agricultural production was effected by both droughts and floods in many areas around the world. We have also seen war and conflictemerge in the wake of climate change and the… » read more

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Leadership and sustainability, Political Governence, Sustainability, Sustainable Dev.

, Climate change, CSR, Environment, Leadership, Sustainability and Leadership, Sustainable Development

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