Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Guest blog from the climate champions. First published here.  As net zero commitments proliferate, the refined criteria outline the minimum standard for initiatives of businesses, investors, cities, regions and universities for robust and credible net zero commitments. The UN-supported Race to Zero campaign – the largest alliance of non-state actors committing to achieving net zero emissions before 2050 – has published its first annual review of its criteria, including  refined criteria  and an  interpretation guide As net zero commitments proliferate, the refined criteria outline the minimum standard for initiatives of businesses, investors, cities, regions and universities for robust and credible net zero commitments Critical clarifications and additions in this iteration include a stronger emphasis on the need for clear interim targets, a focus on immediate action, and enhanced specificity around the  language  related to residual emissions, sources and credits The process was chair

  2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice     Dear , We are writing to remind you that the deadline for abstract submissions is quickly approaching! All abstract submissions - including ones related to the   new research award  on sanitation workers - are due Monday, May 3rd. Learn more about how to submit a successful abstract here. The Water Institute at UNC and the Initiative for Sanitation Workers will give an award related to sanitation workers for the following categories:  1. Best original research

  You can find my interview Meesha Brown of PCI Media on climate change and also new technologies and how to communicate. PCI Media (@pcimedia) • Instagram photos and videos

 

 Earth Day and Maurice Strong The first-off-the-line “Earth Swatch” watch, designed by climate activist and sustainable development pioneer Maurice Strong for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, with the theme “In Our Hands,”  The watch was given to Mr. Strong’s widow, Hanne Strong, by the wife of Swatch founder Nicolas Hayek. Ms. Strong, in turn, is donating the watch for the “cyber auction.” This Earth Swatch will be given an eternal digital life with certified ownership and authenticity.  And here is the link to the NFT auction Comments at the launch by Felix Dodds I always thought that Maurice Strong was a unique individual someone who cared deeply about people and particularly those who were more vulnerable than others but in his life he gained such a unique perspective having worked as a Canadian oil and businessman, setting up and on the boards of NGOs, establishing the becoming the first Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and the UN Under Secretary General o

To deliver the Paris Agreement and achieve global net zero the whole financial system needs to transition its activities by 2050 at the latest. Mark Carney, the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance – in partnership with the UK COP26 Presidency and the UN Race to Zero campaign – are launching a coordinating alliance that brings together existing and new net zero finance initiatives into one sector-wide strategic forum: The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). At this ‘US Climate Action Week’ event on the 21st of April, political and finance leaders discussed how this new alliance will act as the global net zero strategic coordination mechanism for the whole financial sector.  Ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, its goal is to broaden, deepen and raise the ambition of the financial sector to achieve the Paris Agreement. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said: “Uniting the world’s banks and financial institutions behind the global transition to net zer

I have the pleasure to be a co-editor of one of the Frontier Research journals for 2022 which will be for the Climate and Sustainability Research in Coastal Cities Journa l .  We C atalina Spataru, Pierluigi Siano and I would love to have your submissions. Abstracts by 12th July full manuscripts by 12th of  November   About this Research Topic Submit your abstract   Submit your manuscript   Participate Approximately 40% of the world’s population live and work in coastal areas and according to forecasts, this could increase to 70% within the next 50 years. Currently, 15 megacities (cities with a population greater than 10 million inhabitants) are located on the coast. Coastal cities are facing increasing problems due to rising global temperatures and higher risks from increasingly costly flooding as sea levels rise. For most coastal cities, the current defenses against storm surges and flooding will not be enough to prepare for the rising sea levels accompanying climate change. A new b