Oct 21, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
The newly elected Oslo city council, made up of representatives from the Labor Party, the Greens and the Socialist Left, have announced a plan to ban cars from central Oslo by 2019, the date of the next municipal elections. The plan is part of a platform focused on...
Sep 29, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Earlier this month officials and representatives from cities around the world met in Los Angeles at the US-China Climate Leaders Summit and announced an ambitious assortment of carbon emissions targets, clean energy partnership proposals and new initiative for...
Sep 24, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Cheating the Code on The Internet of Things… The Internet of Things will streamline our world, save us time, improve our health, slow climate change. It makes our cars smart, our media social and our electronics networked. Life is super-connected in the...
Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
This week the UN Sustainable Development Summit will convene at UN headquarters in New York. World leaders from 193 nations will be asked to commit to 17 Global Goals in three broad categories—end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate...
Sep 20, 2015 | Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Human Rights, Peace & Conflict, Poverty Alleviation
Richard Curtis, the film-maker known for hits like Love Actually and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his work with Comic Relief, is the founder of Project Everyone, a collaboration with the UN to give prominence to the Sustainable Development Goals. The...
Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
ACCCRN, or the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, connects people to build inclusive Urban Climate Change Resilience (UCCR). They are focused on building capacity, connecting practitioners, and providing a platform for sharing knowledge and advancing...