Category Archive for "International sustainable development"

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June

World environment ministers decide action on wildlife, pollution, consumption and production

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At UN Environment Assembly Convening in Nairobi: UNEA/UNEP forum means governments agree to 25 landmark resolutions to drive sustainability agenda and Paris Climate Agreement.

Sat, May 28, 2016: At UN Environment Assembly Convening in Nairobi: Governments Agree to 25 Landmark Resolutions to Drive Sustainability Agenda.

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January

World Economic Forum – the case for Integrated Reporting, a circular economy, tackling inequality and ending fossil fuel subsidies

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30 January 2015: Integrated Reporting has a role to play in the shift from short-term capital markets to sustainable capital markets. As the World Economic Forum in Davos focused on "The New Global Context" such as climate change, big data and the increasing necessity to plan for the long term, Paul Druckman, CEO, IIRC was.

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September

New Climate Economy report from leaders of 19 countries

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September 16, 2014 — A major new report released by a commission of global leaders finds that governments and businesses can improve economic growth and reduce their carbon emissions together. Rapid technological innovation and new investment in infrastructure are making it possible today to tackle climate change at the same time as improving economic performance. “The.

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July

Risky Business Report finds significant economic risks from climate change

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New York, June 24 – The American economy could face significant and widespread disruptions from climate change unless U.S. businesses and policymakers take immediate action to reduce climate risk, according to a new report released today. The report, “Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States,” summarizes findings of an independent.

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July

UN committee releases international roadmap: Deep Decarbonization report to support UN Climate Talks

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http://unsdsn.org/what-we-do/deep-decarbonization-pathways/[/caption] 8 July, 2014: A United Nations (UN) committee has released a report which will pave the way for a UN climate change summit in New York this September, in the lead up to international climate change negotiations at COP 21 in Paris, December.

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December

China roars ahead with renewables

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By John Mathews, Macquarie Graduate School of Management and Hao Tan, University of Newcastle 'China roars ahead with renewables': China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has just released some remarkable data on the addition of new electric generating capacity in 2013. China’s electric power system has been growing at a tremendous rate to keep.

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November

How rich countries dodged the climate change blame game in COP 19

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Don't miss Graham Readfearn's wrap up of COP 19 in Warsaw for The Guardian Australia. He tells how rich countries dodged the climate change blame game and how Australia has been criticised for slowing down the process of addressing climate change. The story also flags the Green Climate Fund which now has a board including one Australian,.

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November

WWF releases game changers report to help companies look ahead

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25 November 2013: Today WWF-UK publishes its green game-changers report which shows that western companies should look to the green innovation in the east in order to keep up. The new report explores global green trends with a.

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November

COP 19: UN Climate Change Conference has ended with progress on some issues

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UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

23 November 2013, Warsaw: The UN Climate Change Conference has ended on Saturday, keeping governments on a track towards a universal climate agreement in 2015 and including significant new decisions that will cut emissions from deforestation. “Warsaw has set a pathway for governments.

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November

COP 19 talks for new climate treaty, a race to the bottom

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http://www.slideshare.net/Ecofys/cop19-pledges-vs-implemented-action-where-are-we-really-heading[/caption] 20 November 2013, COP 19: Weak government action on climate change will lead to a projected 3.7 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100, around 0.6 degree C higher than the original promises they made in Copenhagen, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has said..

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