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Climate & Environment, Climate Change, Euro & Finance, Sustainability |
The UN expects the world temperature to rise of about 2.7°C, well above the target maximum of 1.5°C to 2°C agreed upon in Paris. Even if countries manage to match this ambition with results, people in many parts of the globe still face a future of more frequent flooding, drought and storms. Urban population growth… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Climate Change, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainable Dev. |
A very difficult question?
May 15, 2018
I have two grandchildren, aged 5 and 8. I have no idea how long I will be around for them, but I do know I want to provide them with some security. How do I choose an investment that will be solid and profitable in 30 to 50 years from now? I consulted three specialists.… » read more
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Climate & Environment, English, Euro & Finance, Leadership and sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable Dev. |
Decentralization, Crowdsourcing and Trust – The Fundamental Shift Towards The New Crowd Economy
March 2, 2018
CSW standard banner (2) Decentralization is at the heart of the disruption we have seen brought about by new companies utilizing mass, personal connectivity in many business and industry sectors to let us transact directly with each other rather. Decentralization does not mean it is a perfect system, actually it means restructuring existing organizational… » read more
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Crowdsourcing supports innovation
January 9, 2017
Can crowdsourcing and collaboration offer new solutions where older, traditional ways of doing business have failed to deliver? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’. As digital technology has grown, so too has the number of tools that can be used for collaboration and business development. Encouragingly, this growth has carried over to organizations with social… » read more
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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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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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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 |
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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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. , Climate negotiation, Eco Cities, Leadership, Sustainability and Leadership |
