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From BlackRock to General Motors to Wal-Mart, the members of Trump’s business council are all in on renewables. If Donald Trump asked the executives sitting on his business advisory council for advice about energy policy, what kind of answer would he get? Judging by the billions of dollars those executives are pouring
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5th annual Plenary session of the IPBES, Bonn, Germany Global body on biodiversity science-policy to address synergies with climate change Efforts to stem global temperature rise may have negative impacts on biodiversity Protecting biodiversity can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation UN Climate secretariat commits to even closer collaboration
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The current explosion in technological innovations has been hailed as the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). When compared with previous industrial revolutions, the Fourth is disrupting almost every industry in every country, with the breadth and depth of these changes heralding the transformation of entire systems of production, management, and governance. Making
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#Art4Climate Presents Siobhán McDonald’s Unique Work Creativity can’t wait. And Siobán McDonald couldn’t wait either to successfully obtain her master degree in Visual Arts Practice from the Institute of Art and Design in Dublin before exhibition halls were filled with her art.An Irish painter, Siobhán Mc Donald received numerous awards. However, something changed
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Goal of limiting rise in average global temperatures to below 2C may not prevent ice-free Arctic, scientists warn "A polar bear drinks Arctic water in Svalbard, Norway. The animals’ habitat is threatened by climate change. Photograph: Barcroft" Arctic sea ice could vanish in summers this century even if governments achieve a core
Read MoreArctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern, those are the names of Earth’s oceans, which together create the largest biome that covers 71 percent of the whole surface of this planet. Sadly enough, this fantastically vast kingdom with its inhabitants have been sentenced to negative ecological disruptions caused by human society
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The Commonwealth and the leading United Nations climate organisation have committed to work closely together to implement the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, met with Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at Marlborough House in London
Read MoreNew baseline-setting report for corporate climate action will track progress against Paris climate goals in future editions, and finds companies already gaining competitive advantage from reducing their emissions; Business is gearing up to go low-carbon with 85% of companies already having emissions reduction targets in place; But these targets are lacking long-term
Read MoreMayors of the world’s major cities have called for national governments and international financial institutions to help finance low-carbon and sustainable projects. These reforms are crucial for implementing the New Urban Agenda and meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The C40 Cities Call for Action on
Read MoreA gigantic overhaul of the world’s buildings, public transport and energy infrastructure costing trillions of dollars is required if dangerous climate change is to be avoided, according to a major new report. The study by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, which is co-chaired by prominent climate economist Lord
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