Jan 6, 2018 | Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability
Hurricanes, and wildfires are more frequent, more devastating, or both. In 2017, high-category hurricanes battered the US and wind-whipped fires scorched the West. Deviating from normal tracks, hurricanes even traversed the North Atlantic to create disaster conditions...
Dec 15, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability
Coral reefs are remarkable, bright colored, teeming with biodiversity and supporting a complex ecosystem. But they can live only in narrow ranges of temperature, making them particularly vulnerable to the variations in ocean temperatures that are being caused by...
Nov 2, 2016 | Advocacy Networks, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Policy Networks
Hidden in the chaos of the US presidential vote are climate change issues, and public utility legislation, that have potentially long-reaching implications. National Geographic has released several new documentary pieces that demonstrate that they have held their...
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...
Nov 23, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Platforms
Implementing climate solutions that intend to achieve the deep decarbonization of the global economy by 2050 needs to be supported with a next-generation standards system that applies the tools of the new “digital economy.” The new systems will be more efficient and...
Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Environment & Sustainability
100 Resilient Cities (100RC), and the 100 Resilient Cities Challenge are pioneering programs created by the Rockefeller Foundation with the goal of helping cities around the world develop resilience to the physical, social, and economic challenges that are a growing...
