Dec 31, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Climate Solutions from C40 Cities and Arup Consulting The cities of the world are facing twin challenges of climate change and rapidly growing populations. Half the world’s population is already living in urban centers and that proportion is expected to rise to...
Dec 8, 2015 | At Work, Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Knowledge Networks
The new single-topic news platform will detail the ramifications of climate change in the circumpolar Arctic. Media startup News Deeply launched its first single-topic news site Syria Deeply almost three years ago and followed it with Ebola Deeply. Both of the...
Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity
African countries launched AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative), a pan-African, country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares (386 thousand square miles) of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. The AFR100 target of 100 million hectares...
Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Knowledge Networks, Operational and Delivery Networks
C40 Cities, a GSN working on the sustainable development issues of climate change in urban centers, awarded 10 cities with the annual C40 Cities Award. The award program, launched in 2013, recognizes successes in programs that reduce emissions and improve...
Dec 1, 2015 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, News
The Fight Against Gender Violence has a Color Orange is the new hot shade when it comes to fighting violence against women and girls. Demonstrations and activities using the bright signature color have been going on around the world for several months, with the...
Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability
Marches around the World — a Silent March in Paris Organizer Avaaz.org changed the plans for the feature climate march in Paris on the fly—canceling the planned demonstrations out of concern for participants’ safety in the wake of the terrorist attacks—and got...