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Six Countries and EU Reaffirm Strong Commitment to Paris Agreement, Carbon Neutrality at G7 Summit

The leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) issued a communiqué on the 2018 G7 themes: investing in growth that works for everyone; preparing for jobs of the future; advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment; working together on climate change, oceans and clean energy; and building a more peaceful and

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Energy Sustainability – RNG Coalition

   HOW SOUND POLICY DRIVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: NORTH AMERICAN CASE STUDY OF MAKING RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS FROM “WASTE”    Marcus Gillette, Director of Public Affairs, Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition)  If there is one thing we humans are universally good at, it is generating waste. With due respect given to the progress we have made toward a more

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Global Voices – IEC

  Tools for concrete outcomes    Frans Vreeswijk, General Secretary & CEO, IEC (www.iec.ch) This year’s G7 will address a number of important topics pertaining to greater equality and inclusiveness, security and sustainability. All of these will require concrete actions well beyond governance and regulation.   From understanding issues and identifying opportunities, it is a long and arduous way to delivering the solutions that will make a real difference on

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Ocean Protection – Sky Group

  SKY’S MISSION TO RESCUE THE OCEAN    Interview with Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive Officer, Sky Group Plc As the world’s oceans are drowning in plastic, with a truckload deposited into the sea every minute, Jeremy Darroch, Sky Group’s CEO, speaks with CCTNE’s Elizabeth Renski about his ocean rescue leadership and Sky’s business transformation to eliminate single-use

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Water Management – Deltares

Engineering for climate adaptation: a rethink is crucial    Jaap Kwadijk, Science Director, Deltares  I have been involved in climate change research my entire working life. But now, as a citizen of the Netherlands living in a river delta at only 20 cm (0.66ft) above sea level, I am starting to get worried for the very first time. Recent scientific publications have warned that the planet may be reacting much faster and more

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Green Chemistry – Braskem

  RENEWABLE AND ADVANCED MATERIALS AS A POWERFUL TOOL TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE   Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Global R&D Manager of Innovation of Renewable Technologies, Braskem We have always lived in a world full of uncertainties and concerns, however, current global interconnectivity also implies higher systemic risks linked to our failure to mitigate

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