Global Solution Networks Blog
Recent articles and research reports
Deep Decarbonization Needs Deep Collaboration—post #3
Third in a series on deep collaboration strategies for deep decarbonization
in support of UN Sustainable Development Goal #13.
Are Cities the New Countries?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a new report, “The Trends Shaping Education,” that says that cities can learn from one another in ways that are impossible at the national level.
GSN Founder, Don Tapscott, honored with Order of Canada
GSN Founder and Executive Director, and Trent University chancellor Don Tapscott received his Order of Canada from Governor General David Johnston at a ceremony last Friday morning at Rideau Hall in Ottawa
Transportation in the City of the Future—Leaving Cars Behind
At the same time that teens are starting to forego the once-quintessential ticket to adulthood, American cites and urban areas are growing faster than the country as a whole. Millennials are driving trends toward alternative transportation strategies with their technological dexterity and their economically constrained lifestyle.
Deep Decarbonization Needs Deep Collaboration—post #2
The second in a series on deep collaboration strategies for deep decarbonization in support of UN Sustainable Development Goal #13.
Time is Running Out to Save the World’s Cities
C40 Cities, the GSN focused on the issues of climate change in the urban context, has developed a report in partnership with Arup Consulting that coincides with the COP21 meetings.
First votes cast by Saudi women and 20 Women Elected in Saudi Arabia
Recent elections were historic not only for the suffrage of the women voters, but because women were also running for positions in the government. 978 women registered as candidates for the first time in Saudi history, along with 5,938 men.
GSNs at Work—News Deeply Launches ARCTIC DEEPLY Focused News Website
The new single-topic news platform will detail the ramifications of climate change in the circumpolar Arctic.
African Countries Launch AFR100 to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Land
AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative), is a pan-African, country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares (386 thousand square miles) of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030.
Ten Cities Win C40 Cities Sustainable Development Awards
City leaders across the world are working on projects to adapt to changes being brought on by climate change. The C40 Cities Awards recognize the successes and attempts to scale best practices to urban areas around the world.
Resilient Cities Take The 10% Pledge at COP21
The COP 21 meeting in Paris was the occasion for 21 city representatives from around the world to pledge to commit $5.2 billion dollars to developing resilience strategies, projects and initiatives for their cities.
Orange the World
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.
Citizens’ Climate Marches Around the World
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 something even more dramatic and meaningful.
Canada and DOT launch Digital Livelihoods: Youth and the Future of Work at Scale
Canada is contributing $15.3 million over four years (2015-2019) to improve the lives and futures of young people in Africa. The Digital Livelihoods project will help young women and men develop job and entrepreneurial skills, including in the use of technology.
NEXT-GENERATION STANDARDS SYSTEMS FUNDAMENTAL TO ACHIEVING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
Implementing climate solutions to achieve the deep decarbonization by 2050 needs to be supported with a standards system that will be more efficient and scalable, more easily integrate with established business systems and more resilient to political factors.
STAR TALK—Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Clinton discuss climate change
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Clinton discuss the current perception of climate change versus the way the vast majority of scientists view it in this STAR TALK October, 2015.
Run Like a Buffalo… Run for Your Life.
Run For Your life is a 4,000 kilometer run to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, it will continue around the clock for about 21 days, from the Arctic to Paris.
Climate Change Could Push 100 Million More into Poverty by 2030
A new report from the World Bank, Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty, shows that, unchecked, the effects of climate change could push 100 million or more people into poverty in the next fifteen years.