Sep 9, 2015 | Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Using carbon-reducing strategies like improving public transport, increasing building efficiency, and waste management in cities could produce savings of nearly US$17 trillion by 2050 according to a new report by the New Climate Economy. With actions such as...
Aug 22, 2015 | Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Late August 2005, ten years shy of the New Orleans levee system’s expected year of completion, Hurricane Katrina triggered a cascade of events that became a massive disaster across New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf Coast. Katrina didn’t actually hit the city...
Jul 29, 2015 | Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability
As social media explodes with #CeciltheLion postings, and the Internet descends on the man who killed the magnificent animal, WildCRU.org (the organization monitoring the tracking collar that recorded the movements and behaviors of the popular lion) has moved past the...
May 21, 2014 | Blog, New Research, Watchdog Networks
Revealing Problems and Issuing Calls to Action by Kathryn Semogas Contributing Writer Global Solution Networks Watchdog networks drive public debate, boost transparency and ignite movements for change. In a world where major problems are increasingly understood as...
Mar 18, 2014 | Blog, Global Standards Networks
Humanity used the resources and services of 1.51 planet Earths in 2007, up 2.5 times since 1961. This situation, known as “overshoot,” tells us that we are using up our planet faster than it can regenerate its resources. Global Footprint Network is addressing this...
