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What should cities of the future look like?

Our Environment

With the effects of Climate Change an imminent threat to the world and with cities contributing to more than 60% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions (United Nations, 2021), future cities will also need to secure sustainable development. link] content/uploads/2019/09/ Climate-Emergency- Urban-Opportunity-report.pdf.

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Analysis: What’s at stake for India and South Asia at COP26?

A Greener Life

March for Climate Justice in Kolkata, India, in September 2019. The country’s pledges and carbon-reduction policies have recently been deemed ‘ highly insufficient ’ by the thinktank Climate Action Tracker, which analyses countries’ climate pledges against the global 1.5C Photo credit: Pacific Press Media Production Corp.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

Elsewhere, there are other significant commitments to fulfil: to put an end to Chile’s “ sacrifice zones ”, areas of the country impaired by chronic socio-environmental and economic problems; to create a state company to regulate the extraction and use of lithium, and to promote a new model of sustainable development.

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The EU-MERCOSUR Deal: A Litmus Test for Resolving the Growing Paradox of Development and Conservation

Vermont Law

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. During his United Nations (“UN”) Speech, Brazil President Bolsonaro made clear his government’s commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development to benefit Brazil and the world. . – President Bolsonaro at opening of the 74. solemn commitment.”

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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets

Legal Planet

Instead, it is how are we—the collective we—going to incentivize, recognize, and support large-scale investments to protect forests, reduce and avoid emissions due to land-use change, and do so in a way that supports long-term sustainable development efforts of governments and communities.

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United Nations Committee On Sustainable Energy Recognizes Pittsburgh’s Green Building Alliance; Dr. Jim Freihaut At Penn State

PA Environment Daily

GBA manages the largest 2030 District in North America-- the Pittsburgh 2030 District -- and in 2019, established Pittsburgh as the 2nd International Centre of Excellence on High Performance Building in the world. Read more here.]

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The Year in Water, 2021

Circle of Blue

1 Comment / March 2, 2021 Navajo Generating Station shut down in 2019 and is now being dismantled. Even as the global poverty rate rose for the first time in two decades and more people in developing countries were thrust into poverty, utilities proved more resilient than expected. What Happens with the Colorado River Water It Used?

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