Cities — Global
After nearly a century of believing that engineering solutions could conquer nature to make cities productive and efficient centers of socio-economic development, some urban planners now realize that nature is something to design with, not against. But how do we invite nature back in when cities have been built to keep nature out?
Environment — Global
Human activity is destroying life on Earth on an unprecedented scale. We must urgently and radically re-evaluate nature in our economic thinking and actions, or risk our own species’ survival
Climate — Global
All IPCC models to stay within the 1.5ºC limit call for net negative CO2
emissions. Fortunately, the technologies we require can be found in nature
Climate — Global
Action-oriented maps and data are critical to tackling the biodiversity and climate crises
Climate — Global
We can’t trust companies to prevent climate catastrophe. We need new, tough, global standards to stop unscrupulous operators putting profit over the environment
Climate
Leaders across government, civil society, and the private sector must support the rapid, exponential growth of low and zero-emissions technologies if the world is to achieve the Paris goals
Climate — Pacific and South-eastern Asia
Southeast Asia is a center of both economic and emissions growth. Its efforts to decarbonize will have a huge impact on both regional and global progress on climate action
The experience of COVID has fundamentally changed our understanding of country risks. These lessons need to shape and drive COP26
Leaders must take bold climate policy action and mobilize sustainability skill-building in young people to catalyze urgent change for the planet
While companies have embraced the aims of the SDGs, embedding them into their business operations is another matter entirely. The optional nature of the SDGs is one key challenge, but the greatest hurdle is understanding how to apply SDG indicators to day-to-day business operations
