Jan 24, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship
A growing number of ambitious initiatives are giving communities the ability to adapt to and recover from the chronic and catastrophic shocks of climate change, population growth and global challenges. Our new report, “Building Resilience: Network Solutions for...
Jan 23, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship
Stern brings the authority of a respected economist to an audience that tends to be more concerned with the short-term issues of quarterly results than the long-term issues of climate change. Importantly for these attendees, he made the point that tackling climate...
Jan 22, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship, Uncategorized
One of the more ambitious ideas knocking around Davos this week comes from former US Vice President Al Gore, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the Global Commission on Economy and Climate. The $90 trillion proposal is based on anticipated infrastructure...
Jan 22, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship, Uncategorized
A Global Solution Advocacy Network, Action/2015 http://www.action2015.org/ —a movement made up of over 1,000 organizations, coalitions and partnerships from over 50 countries around the world that want to see concrete action and ambitious agreements to tackle the root...
Jan 21, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship
Gina McCarthy, administrator of the US EPA, will emphasize that climate change is a fundamental economic decision in her address at the World Economic Forum. http://tinyurl.com/kvowqr6 as new studies are released on effects of temperature increases on economic...
Jan 19, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship
We have already crossed four “planetary boundaries,” including carbon dioxide levels and extinction rates, deforestation and the flow of nitrogen and phosphorous into the oceans, according to a new paper published in “Science Magazine” by 18 researchers trying to...