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World Governments Recommit to 2030 Goals to Save Humanity

Scientific American

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger

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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals

Circle of Blue

Part pep rally, part trade show, part performance review, the UN Water Conference is pitched by its co-hosts, the governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan, as an opportunity for the world to recommit to ambitious goals of safely managed water and sanitation for all people and ecosystems. Will the water conference change the course?

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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The company aims to make all its blades fully recyclable by 2030. All wind energy stakeholders, including states, the federal government, companies, suppliers, and consumers, can fuel the responsible, sustainable development of a circular wind energy industry. Increase recyclable blade research and development.

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We can not let a “war on words” between governments spill into a war on workers

Enviromental Defense

This time, Alberta came out guns blazing against the term ‘just transition’ after the Federal government announced progress on its just transition strategy for workers affected by the transition to the low-carbon economy. billion deal with the government to keep coal in the ground. There is a real risk of an unjust transition.

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Do We Really Need New Technology to Fight Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Overly focusing on technological innovation will miss the basic changes needed to drive the clean energy transition at scale and at pace today, including required breakthroughs on collaboration, collective action, communication, governance, and business model reforms. to 80 percent of electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2030.

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50 Years and Billions Spent: Achieving Universal Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Within Reach

Circle of Blue

After months of research and interviews with dozens of authorities on five continents, WASH Within Reach unravels the complexity of a global sector that now spends over $20 billion a year and is on its way to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: clean water, safe sanitation, and hygiene for everyone on Earth by 2030.

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Indonesia’s pipeline of coal plants undermines pledge to only build renewables

A Greener Life

Despite green rhetoric from the government, the situation is not likely to improve soon. That’s because, of the 41 gigawatts (GW) of new generation capacity expected to come online in the country by 2030, 14-16GW is due to come from coal. We as citizens have the right to express concern because the government and banks are ignorant.”.