Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In light of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, the Science Panel for the Amazon gathered to cover the state of the Amazon since the launch of their landmark Amazon Assessment Report at COP26, what is at stake with the loss of the Amazon, and solutions that can catalyze sustainable development.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Following COP26, a total of 64 countries, covering more than 89 percent of global emissions, have pledged or are legislated to achieve net zero in the coming decades. Rapid technological developments and supply chain optimisation have collectively halved the cost of solar, while wind costs have also fallen by almost one-third.

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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2024

The ISSB was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage. Because seaweed farming is a new industry in western nations, existing regulatory frameworks do not facilitate its development.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

With 67 days to go until COP26, CCAG is urging global leaders to shift emphasis towards net negative emissions targets as the only viable way to ensure greenhouse gas levels can return to pre-industrial levels, in line with the Paris Agreement. This means there is little to no room for manoeuvre, with only a 50% chance of holding the 1.5°C

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The report was launched at COP26 in Glasgow in November during the day dedicated to Cities, Regions and the Built Environment. What was WSP’s role in helping WorldGBC present the business case for green buildings? Throughout the report we stressed that we’re not just talking about the state-of-the-art city development.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In case there were any doubts about the business relevance of this issue, three developments over the past six months have put these to rest: Development 1: Deforestation rises to a top climate priority. The most recent UN climate conference, COP26, highlighted the role of forests and agriculture in ways we have not seen before.

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3BL Media

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), established at COP26 to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures for capital markets, has launched a consultation on its first two proposed standards. We’re seeing signs of movement in this direction.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

ILI Group recently committed to the San Jose Declaration that was agreed by the World Hydro Congress in 2021 and presented at COP26. Intelligent Land Investments Group is a development company focused on energy storage in Great Britain, and especially Scotland.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 18, 2022

In 2021, we developed a centralized and collaborative process for identifying, evaluating, and selecting stakeholder engagement partnerships and memberships based on criteria such as commercial interest, geographic footprint, policy positions, reputation, and opportunities for engagement. Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA).

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2024

Due to be finalised and presented at the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia, the framework focuses on five pillars needed to underpin national plans for the nature-positive transition. Ahead of COP26, the FAIRR Initiative noted how few NDCs from Group of 20 countries even mentioned emissions reductions from food and agriculture.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Many nations and organizations pledged funds to support developing countries in their climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. The agreement will include drafting a post-2025 finance target, in order to replace the $100 billion previously pledged by developed countries to finance mitigation and adaptation actions in developing countries.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

DNV’s fifth annual Energy Transition Outlook comes two months before COP26 , the climate summit of world leaders, in Glasgow. Efficiency gains will flatten energy demand over the next 30 years and present the greatest opportunity for companies and governments. C above pre-industrial levels. . C by the end of the century.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Nature Map has been prepared by teams from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) Rio, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), with the support of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

However, in the necessary drive towards a net-zero-carbon future, the present-day impacts of both insufficient and excess water—droughts and floods more frequent and severe due to climate change—on communities are at risk of being side-lined. Water is the new net-zero challenge.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. Also at COP26, Sunak proposed launching the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to develop a ‘gold standard’ for private sector climate transition plans, which WWF-UK was asked to join.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The report highlights four main policy levers to unlock the full potential of the restoration economy: Implementing global carbon markets: COP26 presents a huge opportunity to create effective carbon markets and help unlock the restoration economy. flood prevention) and local planning decisions.

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3BL Media

JUNE 23, 2022

Frances Way, Executive Director of the Climate Champions team for COP26, discussed the challenges and opportunities involved in this commitment with a panel of member company CEOs. “At Data was also a launchpad for the I-Talks in the Presentation Theatre, concise introductions to emerging technology and insights led by insider experts.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On the occasion of Youth4Climate, the Pre-COP26 initiative that took place in 28-30 September 2021 in Milan, Italy; SDSN Mexico was humbled to host a meeting regarding climate change for young activists in partnership with The Embassy of Italy in Mexico and The Association of Italian Researchers in Mexico (ARIM).

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 5, 2023

On Wednesday, 31 May, the Global Schools Program (GSP) held a breakout session at the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)-Net 2030: Learning Webinar on ESD Pedagogy. During the presentation, there was a key discussion on ESD pedagogies. The playbook includes elements of multi-sensory engagement for online and physical learning.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. The sense of optimism at COP26 turned out to be short lived. “We Beast from the east.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 18, 2022

The event focused on approaches to accelerate the rule of law and scale sustainable development solutions in the world's largest tropical biome and for the people who live there. Our initiative is to create education resources for sustainable development that are free, openly licensed, easily accessed and can be repurposed.

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3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Last year marked a global shift in corporations adopting low-carbon and net-zero pledges as experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference , COP26, declared that the climate crisis is at a critical inflection point. SOURCE: Antea Group. C commitment and 7,126 companies have joined the Race to Zero.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Garraway notes that COP26 had a notable success on the climate mitigation front, with a strong focus on increasing ambition over the course of two years, despite the postponement caused by the pandemic.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As delegates head home, these are the key lessons that business leaders can take from Cop26. While some saw Cop26 as a story of opposing voices inside and outside, I believe that the street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been. Nature came to Cop26 like never before. The number of companies setting 1.5°C-aligned

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

At the closing of COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, one of the headline questions centered on how countries would address the need for finance to address loss and damage , those impacts from climate change that are so severe communities are simply unable to adapt to them.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 30, 2021

Moreover, the package comes at a crucial time with a few months to go before the world heads into a new round of climate diplomacy at COP26 in Glasgow. One of the key points of debate at COP26 will revolve around the role of carbon removal by natural sinks in the calculation of ‘net’ carbon emissions. tCO₂ per capita in 2000 to 1.81

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The ASEAN Green Future project is a collaboration between the Sustainable Development Solutions Network , ClimateWorks Australia , the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development at Sunway University , and five national research groups from across Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, and Thailand).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Hydroliner will go on to visit a number of companies working on hydrogen-related solutions on its journey to COP26, as pressure to produce hydrogen fuelled appliances increases, in an effort to achieve net zero by 2050. Work has also started on the development of a single deck version that looks set to be on the market soon.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The shortlist was defined using a four-quadrant model criteria, developed by Futur/io and scientific partner the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society at Imperial College Business School, and supported by knowledge partners Denominator, specialized in human-centric data, Rainforest Partnership, focused on biodiversity and ClimateGPT by Erasmus.ai

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It certainly led to frantic discussions well into Tuesday night, with a final text issued early Wednesday morning, adopted with haste at the closing plenary – to the frustration of the Alliance of Small Island States – and presented to the world as the ‘UAE Consensus’.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . Ahead of COP26, more than 750 businesses, employing 10 million people globally and with US$2.7 The COP26 outcome highlights the importance of countries doing everything possible to stay within the 1.5 °C C alive, just.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 18, 2023

WORK PERIOD: July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023 (possibility to renew) TITLE THIS POSITION REPORTS TO: Emma Torres, VP Americas, SDSN BACKGROUND The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has been operating since 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. Prepare presentations for high-level meetings (e.g.

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 29, 2022

As I walked the show floor, spoke with our customers and partners and listened to the powerful words of Cisco’s Senior Vice President and Global Innovation Officer, Guy Diedrich, during his mainstage presentation , one topic in particular resonated with me. Sustainability. . As an industry, healthcare accounts for 4.4–4.6% 2 The U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Industry must learn from sectors like oil and gas and develop a collaborative framework that can make explicit the expected future requirements of the offshore wind sector. The Scottish and UK Governments must also help prime early investment to build world-class port facilities. “I

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) plans to deliver a statement in a public-facing panel-setting to present engineering solutions for the energy transition. Join SDSN's Aline Mosnier, as she presents Chapter 6 of the report: "Transforming food systems".

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