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?
Climate risk studies: a shield of resilience for development projects
Human activities are the major reason for the rise in greenhouse gas emissions and changes in the global climate system, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). There is also evidence from all continents and oceans that regional climate change is affecting many natural systems. The IPCC stresses the fact that small islands and coastal nations are … [Read more...] about Climate risk studies: a shield of resilience for development projects
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!
The boom of biodiversity offsets: innovative mechanisms for maintaining healthy ecosystems
Is it possible to achieve a no net loss, or even a net gain of biodiversity while maintaining economic growth? Biodiversity offsets can help achieve such a pressing goal. This emerging conservation strategy consists of actions that compensate for significant residual impacts arising from project development after prevention, minimization, and mitigation measures have been … [Read more...] about The boom of biodiversity offsets: innovative mechanisms for maintaining healthy ecosystems
The Climate Symphony
The changing rhythm of development With the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) now set in place, it is clear that we now dance under a new development rhythm where we can no longer talk about development without considering climate change. Climate-related impacts or events have become everyday news, think about the … [Read more...] about The Climate Symphony