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Humanizing Cities: Halfway Between Rio and 2050

Humanizing Cities: Halfway Between Rio and 2050

As I reflect on my time at the watershed Rio Earth Summit — which birthed both citizen influence over UN talks and the famous UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) — and on today’s COP26, three things

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Humanizing Cities: We Need Gen Z to Lead on Climate Now

Humanizing Cities: We Need Gen Z to Lead on Climate Now

In this month-long climate purgatory between a Climate/UN Week energized by a new ‘code red for humanity’ COP report and COP26 — where the real work must begin — it struck me that women, young people, and mayors

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Innovation Emerges in Unlikely Quarters at Climate Week Today

Innovation Emerges in Unlikely Quarters at Climate Week Today

When it comes to cutting carbon, today’s Climate Week talks showed that creativity can come from unlikely places. Take South Africa’s Western Cape. Along with its stunning scenery come cataclysmic climate impacts, owing to the

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Equity, Inclusiveness, and Solidarity Are on the Agenda As Africa Speaks Up

Equity, Inclusiveness, and Solidarity Are on the Agenda As Africa Speaks Up

Equity and inclusiveness took center stage on day two of UN Week. African voices called for more just, inclusive, and equitable policies in health, climate, and wellbeing across the globe. Among the day’s many Climate Week sessions

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Climate Solutions and Innovations Lead the Way at Climate Week

Climate Solutions and Innovations Lead the Way at Climate Week

Women and young people were vocal and visible at today’s Climate Week sessions, particularly those on renewable energy and agriculture. Noteworthy among today’s many meetings was The Urban Energy Transition: Powering Green and Just Cities for

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Climate Week Opens With Commitments and Innovative Alliances

Climate Week Opens With Commitments and Innovative Alliances

“I get hope from watching a moment become a movement,” said Van R. Johnson, II, mayor of Savannah, Georgia, one of a group of U.S. mayors and governors participating in a Breakthrough Climate Policies discussion on the first day

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UN Week Kicks Off with New Urgency

UN Week Kicks Off with New Urgency

As UN Week begins, conferences around the globe sounded an urgent call to reverse the global regression that has accompanied the current pandemic. Focusing on the needs of the developing world and the global climate,

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Climate Week Speakers Say Investment Needs to Be Aligned with Nature

Climate Week Speakers Say Investment Needs to Be Aligned with Nature

When the rubber meets the road, nature-based climate solutions are difficult to justify to investors without adequate metrics. That was the consensus of the speakers who participated in the Green Horizon Perspectives virtual event, “The

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Will the EU Green Deal Help or Hinder Africa’s Own Green Development?

Will the EU Green Deal Help or Hinder Africa’s Own Green Development?

This is the question with which a group of experts from across the continent grappled today at a panel discussion organised by Brookings Global and the UN University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA). Fatima Denton, Director at UNU-INRA

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Newest Government Role: Chief Heat Officer

Newest Government Role: Chief Heat Officer

Fancy a job in a hot seat? They don’t come much hotter than the new positions just created in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Athens, Greece. The role of chief heat officer has emerged as part

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