Coal by Thomas Bresson - COPYRIGHT © (CC BY 2.0) - FLICKR Zero carbon emissions, before the end of the century. This is what it will take to stabilize global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, the objective countries have set during the Paris Agreement. Academics and government agencies around the world agree reaching zero emissions is technically possible. … [Read more...] about Three steps to a zero carbon future
Climate change
Green Finance: The Key to Unlocking Sustainable Development
The world has, for some time now, been keenly aware of the challenges that poor environmental management poses to our common future – threatening human health, peaceful societies, and long-term economic sustainability. 2016 was the hottest year on record due to man-made climate change. Smog has increasingly blighted many cities and an estimated 18,000 … [Read more...] about Green Finance: The Key to Unlocking Sustainable Development
A Responsible and Resilient Climate-Smart Infrastructure is Possible – If We Do It Right
The need for a new era of investment in Latin American infrastructure is clear and present. Most importantly, we now have the opportunity to ensure this next round of investment is in infrastructure that is needed, wanted and sustainable – with multiple shared benefits for people and nature. But a key challenge remains. This new era for infrastructure has to avoid … [Read more...] about A Responsible and Resilient Climate-Smart Infrastructure is Possible – If We Do It Right
How mainstreaming climate change can draw finance to sustainable infrastructure?
Clean energy, lower emissions, green jobs, adaptation and resiliency can be an opportunity for sustainable growth in developing and emerging countries where climate change is a threat to sustainable economic development. To create these opportunities and mitigate climate risks, decision-makers need to integrate their climate change plans with national development … [Read more...] about How mainstreaming climate change can draw finance to sustainable infrastructure?
Why and how metropolitan governance brings together climate and SDG agendas, for the best health of all!
The air pollution we breathe -not always visible- has damaging effects on living things and the environment. Air pollution challenges and solutions are primarily urban; that’s why, to achieve the ambition of the Paris Climate Agreement and SDG agenda, we better look at cities. Local and global urban pollutions are better addressed at the metropolitan level than at the … [Read more...] about Why and how metropolitan governance brings together climate and SDG agendas, for the best health of all!