Jun 17, 2015 | Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship
The fossil fuel industry is actively and aggressively lobbying national governments and funding international meetings in an effort to interfere with the development of climate policy. Delegates from industry groups are being given preferential access to delegates at...
Jun 5, 2015 | Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security
A new report by the Environmental Defense Fund, “The Potential for Global Fish Recovery,” shows that effective management of global fisheries doesn’t require a reduction in fishing per se, and, in fact, can result in both more food resources and...
May 17, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Operational and Delivery Networks
Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel prize in 2009 in part for her observation that communities can solve the “crisis of the commons,” the problems caused by some people taking a “free ride” on the benefits of common resources at the expense of the...
Mar 27, 2015 | Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security, Platforms
Networks are a growing topic of discussion for what I’ll characterize as Risk 2.0 global challenges. Climate change is such a challenge, and has been a focus of early work by Global Solution Networks (see, for example, Addressing the Climate Crisis with Networks of...
Mar 16, 2015 | Advocacy Networks, Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing
In adventures he chronicles on his Facebook page, Existe Água em SP (“There is Water in SP”), the river hunter Adriano Sampaio is a tireless urban expeditionist, walking the city in search of lost rivers and springs, and posting a steady stream of videos to his page....
Feb 25, 2015 | Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Platforms
The latest findings from a report on the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network underline the need for enhancing the capacity for facilitated learning in developing resilient cities. Most effective projects strengthen collaboration and networks, open access...