5 Years of Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI): A Conversation with Mishal Thadani How did you become involved in CELI? In 2015 I was looking...
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits
There’s a “forgotten solution” for achieving major economic, development and climate gains—transforming the way the world feeds itself and manages its land.
At this week’s UN General Assembly, members of the Food and Land Use Coalition will meet with heads of state and CEOs to raise the profile of this issue and encourage greater action. They have new research to support their case. The food and land use chapter of the New Climate Economy’s Global Opportunities Report sets out how decisive action on food and land use is at the heart of the inclusive growth story of the 21st century. The report finds that more sustainable food and land use business models could be worth up to $2.3 trillion, and that they’re critical to delivering a more climate-secure and resilient world.
Janine Finnell Honored at 2018 Maryland Clean Energy Summit with Special Recognition Award
Leaders in Energy Executive Director Janine Finnell, Honored at 2018 Maryland Clean Energy Summit with Special Recognition Award Janine Finnell, Executive Director, Leaders in Energy...
8 Reasons Why You Should Use A Zero Waste Shop
By LIAM JONES What is a zero waste shop? With the recent BBC documentary ‘Drowning in Plastic’ shining a light on the growing sea pollution problem,...
The Time for Business to Act is Now
On the 25th September 2015 in New York a document entitled Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was endorsed by the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly. The Agenda set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets covering a range of issues facing humanity including action on ending poverty, combating hunger, universally improving health and education, making our cities more sustainable, tackling climate change and protecting our oceans and forests.
Unlike the Millennium Development Goals that came before them, the ambition and universality of the SGDs meant that every country on the planet, developed or developing, stands to benefit. Delivering on the goals we we’re assured by the authors of the agenda would create a fairer world, one where reduced poverty, improved health and better education would create greater wealth that would be more evenly distributed.
Buy It For Life: Best Products That Last Forever
By KEN HYDEN We’ve all heard someone claim that products just aren’t made like they used to be made, but have you ever given this idea...
Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes
With Hurricane Florence making landfall in the Carolinas, Super Typhoon Mangkhut headed for the Philippines, and Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria fresh in our minds, many are asking what role climate change is playing in these disasters.
Scientists have known for years that global warming can exacerbate storms. But our understanding of the connection between hurricanes and climate change has evolved significantly in just the past year.
International perspectives and best practices from “Community Choice Energy” in providing financing for energy efficiency upgrades at the local level
By SILVIA ZINETTI The past two weeks I was busy traveling around Europe. By coincidence and good fortune, I was in Brussels for the EU Sustainable...
Similarities between the Italian Hera Group and the Community Choice Energy programs in California
In the past three articles, I analyzed several aspects of the Hera Group, its strong dedication to sustainable development, and how the company is advancing energy efficiency in industry. There is one more thing I would like to mention and in particular Hera’s organizational structure and some common features with the Community Choice Energy (CCE) programs in California, also known as Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). For this purpose, I will explore data from Marin Clean Energy (MCE), which I introduced in previous articles as the subject of my research.
12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean
Air pollution can threaten the health and well-being of entire communities. Perhaps no one knows this better than villagers from Quinteros and Puchuncaví, Chile.
The two towns have been dealing with air pollution from nearby industrial parks since the 1970s. High levels of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter have damaged crops and sickened children, elderly people and animals. While the government has prepared a decontamination plan, there have already been at least two more air pollution episodes just this year that affected local schools and communities.
Check Yourself: An Plastic-Free Checklist
By ELIZABETH SHEARER At Green Action Centre, we know being green isn’t always easy. That’s why we wanted to give you a simple 5-point checklist to...
Delivering Energy Efficiency in Industry: How the Hera Group turned an obligation into an innovative and successful business strategy
Hera committed to energy efficiency more than ten years ago, and from what started merely as an obligation turned out to be one of the most successful and innovative approaches of the group.