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Bonjour à toutes et à tous ! Nous sommes l'antenne UN Environment de l'association Sorbonne pour l'Organisation des Nations Unies et nous sommes très heureux•ses de vous présenter notre série intitulée « Comprendre les Migrations Environnementales ».Dans ce deuxième épisode, on traitera des migrations internes et régionales, en décortiquant des exemples précis tels que les migrations internes au Bangladesh et les migrations régionales dans le Pacifique. Nous évoquerons également le rôle des entreprises dans ces migrations.Cet épisode a été réalisé par Idaya, Mélissa et Axelle. Merci à Jeanne pour le montage, et à Alexandre pour la confection du logo. Nous vous souhaitons une bonne écoute !
Bonjour à toutes et à tous ! Nous sommes l'antenne UN Environment de l'association Sorbonne pour l'Organisation des Nations Unies et nous sommes très heureux•ses de vous présenter notre série de podcast intitulée « Comprendre les Migrations Environnementales ». Ce premier épisode est un épisode introductif, pour tenter de définir ce que sont les migrations environnementales, et vous présenter les enjeux principaux du sujet. Il a été réalisé par Idaya, Mélissa et Axelle. Merci à Jeanne pour le montage, et à Alexandre pour la confection du logo.Nous vous souhaitons une bonne écoute !
Fiona Pelham is the CEO of Positive Impact, a global nonprofit transforming the event sector towards sustainability. Fiona has fostered collaborations with several UN bodies, including UNFCCC and UN Environment, aligning event strategies with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, Fiona made a pivotal decision to close her own businesses to focus entirely on her nonprofit work, ensuring transparency and dedication to the sector's transformation. Her efforts have not gone unnoticed; she was the youngest ever female chair of an international standard for sustainability in events and has been honored with an honorary doctorate for her contributions to the event industry. Now residing in Copenhagen, Fiona is a creative force committed to sustainable practices and mentoring the next generation of leaders. Join us as we explore Fiona's journey, her achievements, and her vision for a more connected and sustainable world. Learn More: https://www.positiveimpactevents.com/
From an underachiever in environmental protection to a global leader in climate action, China's journey towards eco-friendliness over the past 75 years has been winding but steady and adamant. What triggered the transformation? What has enabled the country to emerge from smog, polluted water, and degraded land in its cities and some rural areas in just a few decades? And what goals should China prioritize to ensure sustainable development in the future?Host Tu Yun is joined by Dr. Erik Solheim, former chief of the UN Environment Program and now president of the Green Belt and Road Institute, and Dr. Dechen Tsering, Regional Director of the UN Environment in Asia and the Pacific for China's journey towards building an ecological civilization in this episode of our special series commemorating 75 years of the People's Republic of China.
The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya (20:29). China's top legislature is preparing for its annual session (01:05). Qatar and Egypt will hold talks on reaching a truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict (09:12).
Former Australian diplomats John, Helen and Dmitry share some thoughts on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the actors in the region and what may come next.About the show:Intrigue Explained is a show where three former diplomats (John Fowler, Dmitry Grozoubinski and Helen Zhang) break down the big stories in international news.The show is based on reporting from International Intrigue's free daily newsletter. Sign up to receive the world's news in a format you'll love and at a length you can digest over coffee.Show Notes:At the end of the episode, John mentions this article by Dr Kate Marvel and this report by the UN Environment program.
India, a rapidly developing nation with a population exceeding 1.3 billion, stands at the forefront of combating climate change and embracing sustainable practices. As the world grapples with environmental challenges, India has undertaken a multifaceted approach to address the complex issues related to climate change and environmental conservation. In this episode, we explore India's endeavours, encompassing government initiatives, technological innovations, and the role of businesses in driving sustainability. Join us on a journey through India's commitment to creating a greener, more resilient future in the face of global climate challenges. [00:41] - About Erik Solheim Erik is a green diplomat. He is the sixth Executive Director of the UN Environment. Erik is the Vice Chair of the China Council for international cooperation on environment and development. He is a well-known global leader in environment and development. He is also an experienced peace negotiator. He has been the Norwegian Minister of Environment and International Development from 2005 to 2012. Erik also serves on the boards of several organisations from around the world. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support
Welcome to LeanCast, hosted by Behrad Mirafshar, the founder and CEO of Bonanza Design GmbH. In this weekly podcast, Behrad invites industry experts for deep dives into their areas of expertise, discussing topics ranging from re-finding passion in business to staying curious with new technology.Joining Behrad in this episode is Johann Jenson, an ex-UN Canadian technologist with a Master's in conflict resolution. Johann's passion lies in developing elegant yet ambitious products that improve lives and the planet we inhabit. As a versatile professional, he has worked across a diverse portfolio of companies, including GoStudent, Grover, Hilti, SleepOut.com, UN Environment, and Nomad Inc.Throughout their conversation, Behrad and Johann explore a range of thought-provoking topics. They delve into the process of rekindling passion in business and finding effective ways to make people care about your product or service. They also discuss the importance of rebalancing power structures within organizations, ensuring that your product strategy remains relevant and up to date in a rapidly evolving market, and the significance of maintaining curiosity in the face of new technologies.LeanCast is the go-to podcast for those seeking insights into innovation, business strategy, and personal growth. Join Behrad Mirafshar as he uncovers the wisdom and experiences of industry experts, providing listeners with valuable lessons and inspiration to thrive in the ever-changing business landscape.Follow Johann Jenson on LinkedIn here.Join our Discord Community here.
How does it feel to be in the barbecue capital of China? Is China's high-speed rail really fast and comfortable? How much do young Chinese care about green development? These are the questions that have brought a former excutive director of the UN Environment programme on a month long visit to China. Eric Solheim had visited China before and is known to be a friend of the country in his native Europe, despite much political pressure. Now after a few years of Covid disruptions, he is among the first in the queue to revisit the country. What has he discovered this time?
Following an extensive career focusing on environment and development in government and international organizations, Erik Solheim was Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme between May 2016 and November 2018. 00:33- About Erik Solheim and his journey. Erik Solheim is a Norwegian diplomat and former politician. He served in the Norwegian government from 2005 to 2012 as Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment, and as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme from 2016 to 2018. Mr Solheim is a member of the Green Party. Solheim was formerly a politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV); he led its youth branch, the Socialist Youth, from 1977 to 1981, was party secretary from 1981 to 1985, and served as a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1989 to 2001. Born in Oslo, Solheim attended high school at Oslo Cathedral School, after serving conscription for the Norwegian Air Force in Bodø (1974–75), and graduated from the University of Oslo in 1980 after studying history, sociology & political science. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support
On today's episode, we will be discussing the intersection of space science, climate change and policy. How can space technology and geospatial data improve our ability to tackle the daunting environmental challenges we see before us? And what does a positive and integrated Earth-Space future look like? We'll cover all of this and more.On today's show we are joined by Dr. Raha Hakimdavar.Dr. Hakimdavar is the Director of Space Sciences at Ball Aerospace, where she develops civil space business strategy and leads engagements with the government and broader space sciences community. Previously, Dr. Hakimdavar served as a hydrologist and acting national program lead in remote sensing and geospatial analysis research at the USDA Forest Service, where she developed innovative approaches to manage forest and aquatic resources in the United States and internationally. She led research on the integration of space data into the UN Sustainable Development Goals and developed a whole of government framework for a global hydrology model to assess water risk during her Presidential Management Fellowship appointment at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Hakimdavar has consulted for UN Environment and the World Bank in the Caribbean and Latin America, notably helping to establish the first remote hydro-meteorological network for disaster risk reduction, agroforestry, and hydropower development in the South Department of Haiti. She is also an adjunct professor in water and climate science at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.Dr. Hakimdavar earned a B.S. in civil engineering from California State Polytechnic University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering with an emphasis on hydrology from Columbia University. She was a Fulbright Scholar in the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and was awarded the KLM Airlines Sustainability and Innovation award for her work and research on hydro-ecology. We also want to extend a big thank you to our sponsors this year for supporting our show!Learn more about our Gold Sponsor Multiverse Media, an integrated media company focusing on space exploration, science, and technology, and check out the Cislunar Market Opportunities report produced by NewSpace Global, a Multiverse Media property, for a snapshot and user guide to the players and opportunities ahead for the cislunar economy. To get your own copy please go to cislunar.report and use coupon code citizen10 for 10% off a single user license. Learn more about our Silver Sponsor the Colorado School of Mines Space Resources Program, a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary program that offers Certificate, Master of Science, and Ph.D. degrees for professionals around the world interested in the emerging field of extraterrestrial resources here.Support the showSubscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social media!Instagram: @thecelestialcitizenTwitter: @celestialcitznLinkedIn: Celestial CitizenYouTube: @thecelestialcitizen
Satya S. Tripathi is a global sustainability leader and a changemaker. He is now the Secretary General of GASP, the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet. In the episode, we discuss how the Global Alliance catalyzes virtuous partnerships of governments, international organizations, entrepreneurs, earth champions, and global investors to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. We discuss innovative and regenerative projects that are changing lives and enabling regeneration at a large scale. And stay tuned for his five tips for a sustainable planet! GASP - https://gasp.world/ Bio - Satya S. Tripathi is Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet. A development economist, lawyer and changemaker with over 40 years of varied experience, Mr. Tripathi is the Chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences - the world's largest academic institution dedicated exclusively to indigenous people and cultures. He is also a Senior Distinguished Fellow on Innovative Finance at the World Agroforestry Centre. He has served with the UN for more than two decades in key positions across the planet and was most recently the UN Assistant Secretary-General, Head of New York Office at UN Environment and Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group. His other strategic engagements with the UN include: Head of Human Rights Investigations for the UN in post-war Bosnia (UNMIBH); Chair of the Committees on Laws, Treaties and Administrative matters for the UN-mediated Cyprus unification talks in 2004; UN Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias where he facilitated international cooperation and funding of over US$ 7 billion for post-tsunami recovery efforts in support of the government and affected populations; and Executive Head of UNORCID, a UN System Office established by the UN Secretary General in 2011 to facilitate the implementation of a US$ 1 Billion REDD+ partnership between Indonesia, Norway and other stakeholders. Mr. Tripathi was instrumental in establishing the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility (TLFF) in Indonesia in 2016 and the Sustainable India Finance Facility (SIFF) in 2017 to leverage 'private finance for public good' at mega-scale to achieve transformative social and environmental impact for millions of people in developing countries. He previously served on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Forests.
We discuss with Erik Solheim, a global leader, the expectations for COP27, the role of international organizations in the current climate crisis, and the innovative solutions Erik is fostering. We discuss the role of new emerging actors, especially India and China, and the need for collaboration in the spirit of Indian scriptures. The Whole world is a family, “If we allow people to split us and create confrontation, everything is so much more difficult.” Erik Solheim is a well-known global leader on environment and development and an experienced peace negotiator. He served as Norwegian minister of Environment and International Development from 2005-2012. During that period, he initiated the global program for the conservation of rainforests. He brought through game-changing National legislation - among them the Biodiversity Act and legislation to protect Oslo city forests. He brought Norwegian development assistance to 1%, the highest in the world. He led the peace efforts in Sri Lanka from 1999-2009 as the main negotiator of the peace process and played a vital role in peace efforts in Nepal, Myanmar and Sudan. Erik was the Executive Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (the main body of world donors) from 2012-2016, Executive Director of UN Environment, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2016 to 2018. Currently, he is senior adviser at the World Resources Institute and President of the Belt and Road Green Development Institute in Beijing.
"In eight years' time, I'd like to see the video games industry being the greenest industry in the world and that the players that play games are coming to it, not just to escape, but to give back as well." The wider creative industries are increasingly looking to games for inspiration. After all, it's probably fair to say that gaming is now bigger than the Beatles – so why wouldn't the world of music and film be looking to video games for a steer on how to engage their audiences? In the first episode of the Playable Futures Podcast, games journalist Will Freeman – a regular GamesIndustry.biz contributor – speaks to the UN Environment's Chief of Education, Youth & Advocacy, Sam Barratt, about the United Nation's Playing for the Planet Alliance, and why the UN sees games as part of its mission's future. In this wide-ranging chat, Sam reflects on how the gaming sector can use its influence to shift the world from where we are to where it needs to be. As a medium that inspires and engages like no other, he discusses how games could encourage audiences to act and make a real difference. The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews, and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GamesIndustry.biz, UKIE and Diva.
Press Conference by Mr. Petteri Taalas (WMO), on the launch of the WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet - carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO).Addressing journalists in New York today (26 Oct), on the WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, WMO's Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said “we have again broken new records. So, we haven't seen any improvement in a real atmosphere so far.”WMO's Greenhouse Gas Bulletin reported the biggest year-on-year jump in methane concentrations in 2021 since systematic measurements began nearly 40 years ago. The reason for this exceptional increase is not clear but seems to be a result of both biological and human-induced processes. The increase in carbon dioxide levels from 2020 to 2021 was larger than the average annual growth rate over the last decade. Measurements from WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch network stations show that these levels continues to rise in 2022 over the whole globe.Between 1990 and 2021, the warming effect on our climate (known as radiative forcing) by long-lived greenhouse gases rose by nearly 50 percent, with carbon dioxide accounting for about 80 percent of this increase. Carbon dioxide concentrations in 2021 were 415.7 parts per million (ppm), methane at 1908 parts per billion (ppb), and nitrous oxide at 334.5 ppb. These values constitute, respectively, 149 percent, 262 percent, and 124 percent of pre-industrial levels before human activities started disrupting the natural equilibrium of these gases in the atmosphere., WMO UN Climate Change conference, COP27, in Egypt from 7-18 November.Asked about the COP27, Taalas said, “It is important to get the whole G20 family on board because that group is responsible for 80 percent of global emissions.” The years from 2015 to 2021 were the seven warmest on record. The WMO reports seek to galvanize COP27 negotiators into more ambitious action decision-makers to achieve the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. The average global temperature is now more than 1.1°C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial average. Given the need to strengthen the greenhouse gas information basis for decisions on climate mitigation efforts, WMO is working with the broader greenhouse gas community to develop a framework for sustained, internationally coordinated global greenhouse gas monitoring, including observing network design and international exchange and use of the resulting observations. It will engage with the broader scientific and international community, particularly regarding land surface and ocean observation and modeling. WMO measures atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases – what remains in the atmosphere after gases are absorbed by sinks like the ocean and biosphere. This is not the same as emissions. A separate and complementary Emissions Gap Report by UN Environment will be released on 27 October.The Emissions Gap report assesses the latest scientific studies on current and estimated future greenhouse gas emissions. This difference between “where we are likely to be and where we need to be” is known as the emissions gap. As long as emissions continue, global temperature will continue to rise.Atmospheric carbon dioxide reached 149 percent of the pre-industrial level in 2021, primarily because of emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels and cement production. Global emissions have rebounded since the COVID-related lockdowns in 2020. Of the total emissions from human activities during the 2011–2020 period, about 48 percent accumulated in the atmosphere, 26 percent in the ocean, and 29 percent on land. There is concern that the ability of land ecosystems and oceans to act as “sinks” may become less effective in the future, thus reducing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide and act as a buffer against larger temperature increase. In some parts of the world, the transition of land sink into CO2 source is already happening. Given the long life of CO2, the temperature level already observed will persist for decades even if emissions are rapidly reduced to net zero.Informal comments to the media by Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, on the maintenance of international peace and security.
Světová média v průběhu srpna informovala o pětisetletém suchu, které zasáhlo Evropu. V Itálii měří rekordně nízké průtoky na Pádu, ve Francii na řece Loira, Británie má nově historický teplotní rekord 40.3°C. V Česku jsme hasili největší požár v historii země a ve zbytku Evropy shořela plocha o velikosti jedné pětiny Belgie. Jak tohle výjimečně horké léto hodnotí bývalý šéf environmentálního programu OSN Svein Tveitdal, ptal jsem se v Podhoubí.
Světová média v průběhu srpna informovala o pětisetletém suchu, které zasáhlo Evropu. V Itálii měří rekordně nízké průtoky na Pádu, ve Francii na řece Loira, Británie má nově historický teplotní rekord 40.3°C. V Česku jsme hasili největší požár v historii země a ve zbytku Evropy shořela plocha o velikosti jedné pětiny Belgie. Jak tohle výjimečně horké léto hodnotí bývalý šéf environmentálního programu OSN Svein Tveitdal, ptal jsem se v Podhoubí.Všechny díly podcastu Podhoubí můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.
Climate change is a serious threat and the costs of not tackling the challenge accordingly will increase over time. According to NASA, 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record, with the planet warming by 1.1°C above the average from the start of the industrial revolution. Greater frequency and severity of climate hazards can create more disruptions in global supply chains — interrupting production, raising costs and prices, and hurting corporate revenues. Climate change and the environment appear to be the primary drivers of investment decisions by individuals considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. They are, however, just one of the three areas that ESG concentrates on. Social and governance factors are still not treated seriously enough. One of the reasons is that they are less measurable than environmental impact, according to Professor Bolesław Rok, an expert on sustainability management, the circular economy, values-driven transformation, and sustainable entrepreneurship. In the first episode of the Emerging Europe Talks Sustainable Impact series, Andrew Wrobel speaks with Professor Rok, one of the founders of the Climate Leadership platform for business, powered by UN Environment, the head of Sustainability Transition at Koźminski University in Warsaw and the director of the Positive Entrepreneurship Research Lab. They discuss the development of ESG in the emerging Europe region, the challenges that hinder sustainable growth and the factors that need to be improved to accelerate sustainability and awareness between both individuals and corporations in the region.
Kibera- the biggest informal settlement in Kenya and possibly in the African continent. According to UN-Habitat, Kibera has the highest settlement density of any settlement in Kenya estimated at 250,000 people. Today, we speak to Stephen Oduor, the founder Kibera Plastic initiative - a youth-led community-based organization ridding the slum of plastic waste. The informal settlement has generally a poor system of solid waste management. With waste mainly dumped in open areas, Oduor says Ngong River has long been a leading dumping site for the locals. Kibera plastic initiative cleans Ngong river monthly, collecting plastic waste and selling it to recycling companies in Nairobi. The Youth-led organization also supplies the slum dwellers with litter bags while educating the children on environmental protection. What are the impacts realized? Then we head to the Seychelles island, located along the Western Indian Ocean, and home to about 115 islands. Seychelles banned plastic bags, cutlery and take away boxes in 2017. Axelle Bodwell, the SIDS Youth AIMS Hub- SYAH Seychelles, tells the Africa Climate Podcast the youth group efforts leading to the ban, and managing plastics already existing in the country before he ban. We also speak about last month's UN Environment historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024.
Art Prodigy Sheilah Sheldone interacts with H.E. Erik Solheim sir, 6th Executive General of United Nations Environment Programme at the Global Child Prodigy Awards 2021 website launch ceremony. Sheilah Sheldone Charles is 11-year old Kenyan Artist. She is a great painter, a model, a poet, a singer, a budding actress, and a designer. She is also the winner of the Global Child Prodigy Awards 2020 in the category of 'Artist'. For More details: Website: https://www.gcpawards.com/ Follow us on : Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkHIzGHYq2o_wu7ELIYMoA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GCPAwards Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcpawards Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gcpawards Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gcpawards
The United Nations Environment Assembly, in a little-noticed move passed a historic resolution in early March to pave the way for a legally binding international treaty ending plastic pollution.
Tiny particles in the air reduce visibility. Also, cause the air to appear hazy when levels are elevated. Often referred to as PM2.5, the particles can travel deeply into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs. Exposure to fine particles can cause runny nose, shortness of breath, sneezing, eye, nose, throat, and lung irritation, as well as coughing. In today's episode, I host Sean Khan, the Global Environment Monitoring System Program Manager at the UN Environment, Owen Ombima, Safaricom Environment Manager, and Lawrence Mwangi, the Nairobi City County Deputy Director of Environment. The Nairobi City County has partnered with Kenya's leading mobile network provider, Safaricom, and the UN Environment to monitor and measure air pollution levels in the city. the partnership has been live-streaming the color-coded data on digital billboards to raise awareness among the city dwellers on the quality of the air they breathe daily. Green or UN Blue means the air is good. Red, brown, purple, or even orange means polluted air.
Cities in Africa are fast-growing. Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to have 13 megacities by 2100. A 2021 UN Environment report on Air Pollution and Development in Africa shows that outdoor air pollution was responsible for an estimated nearly 400,000 deaths across Africa in 2019. Economically, countries like Ethiopia, Ghana, and Rwanda annually are recurring losses in the economical production of between 0.08 and 0.3 per cent of gross domestic product. Sucking in dirty is the leading cause of sick and unproductive workers. In 2019 Ethiopia lost approximately $2.71 billion, Ghana $1.38 billion in Ghana, and Rwanda $308 million in output due to air pollution-related premature death. In today's episode with Dr Alice Kaudia, the former Environment Secretary at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Kenya, we discuss interlinkages between development and air pollution. Government policies, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are not translating into actions at the village level despite the high health losses and the way forward.
'Fashion has to reflect who you are' Pharrell Williams.Despite its fun reputation, the fashion industry isn't a trifling part of the climate change equation. The UN Environment programme estimates that it is responsible for 8-10% of global carbon emissions – more than international flights and maritime shipping combined. But it's not just a case of carbon - the industry is a systemic offender that impacts people, place and planet with its exploitative working practices, fossil fuel-based synthetics, land degradation, water waste, destructive microfibres and textile landfills.Many consumers have duly moved from 'fast' to 'slow' fashion purchases, and plenty of manufacturers have reviewed their materials, factories, supply chains, and installed textile recycling bins in store. The 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment was signed by 86 companies, representing 12.5% of the global fashion market. But how much progress have we actually made, and how much is greenwashing?Despite its eco-marketing spiel and the good intentions of consumers, most vegan leather is made from petroleum-based plastics, and very few fashion houses are actually encouraging us to buy less of their products. An organic cotton or recycled plastic t-shirt may just be a balm for our conscience if it is then being added to the 70kg of textiles each British consumer throws away annually.What is the next stage of evolution in fashion thinking? How can piecemeal change make way for holistic approaches?The RSA's recent Regenerative Futures report argues that a paradigmatic change is needed in order to transform the industries and practices that are harming people, place and planet. As we approach crisis point on so many fronts, we need a total mindset change in how we approach the materials that clothe us - one that focuses on circularity, replenishment, community, and how we interact with each other and the earth's finite resources.Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9x #JointheRegeneration Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU See RSA Events behind the scenes: https://instagram.com/rsa_events/
Africa is the continent most vulnerable to climate extremes. The IPCC six assessment report (AR6) confirms the continent warms faster than the global average over both land and oceans. From experiencing the hottest weather in Egypt this August that has occurred in the last 50 years to cyclones and heavy rains that resulted in higher-than-normal vegetation growth providing ideal conditions for desert locusts in the horn of Africa. Unfortunately, Mariam Allam, the Adviser to the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) on Adaptation and a member of the UNFCCC Adaptation Committee, told the Africa Climate Conversations Podcast that Adaptation that has consistently lagged is being undermined at Glasgow. UN Environment's latest Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions promises for 2030 put the world on track for a temperature rise this century of at least 2.7°C. Mariam says even a 1.5°C warming will have tremendous impacts on people, ecosystems, economies. Why is Adaptation critical? Why is it being undermined? What's Africa's plan on ensuring that the continent is protected by the end of the 26th UN Climate summit - COP26?
Fires, floods, and droughts. Climate change is already happening but so far humans have been slow to react. Will the UN Climate Conference (COP26) produce lasting change or just more hot air? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks with Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program. Plus, a look at what's driving the United Kingdom's fuel shortage. Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published.
Fires, floods, and droughts. Climate change is already happening but so far humans have been slow to react. Will the UN Climate Conference (COP26) produce lasting change or just more hot air? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks with Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program. Plus, a look at what's driving the United Kingdom's fuel shortage.
Jeśli podoba Ci się ten wywiad, to polub go proszę! Mam także dla Ciebie kilka informacji organizacyjnych, z których być może skorzystasz: 1) Zapraszam Cię do dołączenia do naszej grupy na Facebooku Kariera Marzeń – następny wywiad może być z Tobą! (link do dołączenia do Grupy - https://www.facebook.com/groups/karieramarzen )2) Ten wywiad możesz także obejrzeć na moim kanale YouTube jako wersję video live wywiad – link do kanału https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tOvODB9pEdADBNv2QxsSw3) Jeśli chcesz poznać moją książkę „Zbuduj karierę swoich marzeń” to zapraszam na stronę www.kariera.marzen.aimhigh.pl4) Zachęcam do odwiedzenia mojego bloga o rozwoju osobistym www.justbeyourmentor.com5) Jeśli szukasz mentora lub coacha – możesz umówić się bezpłatnie na sesję diagnostyczną, na której dowiesz się czy coaching lub mentoring to jest to czego szukasz i potrzebujesz https://justbeyourmentor.com/coaching-i-mentoring/6) Szukasz ciekawych kursów online lub ebooków – odwiedź sklep www.aimhigh.pl/sklep lub platformę szkoleniową https://szkolenia.aimhigh.plKolejny piątek i kolejny wspaniały gość w moim programie „My life my rules”. Tym razem będziemy rozmawiać o karierze z Joanną Pydo. Kim jest Asia? Joanna Pydo, Ekspert w dziedzinie Relacji Inwestorskich i ESG, Praktyk z 15-letnim doświadczeniem w strategiach relacji inwestorskich i strategiach komunikacji ESG (perspektywa uczestników rynku kapitałowego) Posiada doświadczenie w pracy z wielojęzyczną i wielokulturową kadrą zarządzającą, inwestorami instytucjonalnymi w Europie, Stanach Zjednoczonych i na Bliskim Wschodzie. Pracuje dla firm polskich, międzynarodowych grup kapitałowych i spółek Skarbu Państwa z branż energetycznej, wydobycia, przemysłu drzewnego, ICT, usług medycznych, nieruchomości. Była zaangażowana w liczne transakcje IPO, emisje obligacji i euroobligacji. Mentorka w programie akceleracyjnym MIT Enterprise Forum CEE – program afiliowany przy Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Ekspertka w Social Impact Alliance for CEE i w Climate Leadership (powered by UN Environment). Senior Advisor w StrategyWise – niezależna grupa doradcza specjalizująca się w komunikacji strategicznej. Trener w Francuskim Instytucie Gospodarki Polska. Była członkiem kapituły “The Best Annual Report” organizowanego przez IRiP. Współtwórczyni projektu „Giełda jest Kobietą”. Absolwentka programu Global Political Economy (MA), Uniwersytet Kassel, Finansów i Polityki Pieniężnej (MSc), Akademia Ekonomiczna w Poznaniu oraz FIFA/CIES Programme in Sport Management. Ukończyła m.in. specjalistyczne warsztaty managerskie ‘Strategy implementation & Business Development', TUM School of Management i ‘Private Equity and Venture Capital', SDA Bocconi School of Management. Zaczyna brakować miejsca, aby te wszystkie osiągnięcia opisać :), tym bardziej martwię się już, czy starczy nam czasu, aby o tym wszystkim pogadać :).Dołączcie do nas, to będzie fascynująca rozmowa!Zapraszam do odsłuchania wywiadu!
David Jensen is my guest on Episode 126 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. David is Coordinator of the UNEP Digital Transformation Task Force at UN Environment Programme and Co-champion of the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES). He is also the Head of the Environmental Peacebuilding Programme at UN Environment. He has been involved with the UN for going on 21 years now. Since 2009, David has been a leader in a global effort to establish a new multidisciplinary field of environmental peacebuilding. This field aims to promote environmental and natural resource management to prevent, mitigate, resolve, and recover from conflict. It also seeks to use shared dependence on natural resources and ecosystems as a platform for cooperation and confidence building among communities and countries. David is one of the core faculty members of the Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace – currently the most popular course offered by the SDG Academy with over 17,000 enrollments. David is also a founding board member of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association established in 2018. He also gave a TEDx talk entitled "Natural resources and peacebuilding: is the United Nations united?" 2020 Earth School with TEDEd He is the coordinator or co-author of six flagship policy reports on risks and opportunities from natural resources across the conflict life cycle. He is also a series co-editor of a six-volume set of books on post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management, with 150 chapters from 225 authors published by Routledge. This material covers 60 conflict-affected countries and 12 natural resource categories. David has worked with and advised all of the key peace and security institutions of the UN, including the peacebuilding, peacekeeping, and mediation communities, as well as UN country teams, Resident Coordinators and Special Representatives of the Secretary General. Since 2016, David has been pioneering efforts to identify environmental applications of frontier technologies in conflict-affected countries and fragile states, including big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, block chain, virtual reality, and citizen science. He has been advising the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment on these topics since 2018 and was the co-author of a flagship discussion paper entitled The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment. In order to take forward this work, David co-founded and co-directs the MapX platform that helps stakeholders map and monitor natural resources and environmental change using the best available planetary data, frontier technologies, and open source software. MapX is currently being used to power the UN Biodiversity Lab launched in July 2018 and was recently featured in the Journal of Software X. https://www.unep.org/people/david-jensen
Unmute session about Indonesia plastic management, climate change, and 2045 climate change forecasting. Tiza Mafira is an Indonesia environmental activist where she initiated the plastic bag bans being enforced in more than 50 cities across Indonesia and the Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement. The UN Environment award that she received back in 2018 from the United Nation doesn't make her aspiration stop for Indonesia's sustainability game plan. This conversation with Tiza is very eye-opening. We talked the truth, the sad and dirty facts of what's happening today, and why this issue needs an urgent attention. We also discuss about Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), green bonds, and the existing applications and different design features of single-use plastic management. Thank me later, you will definitely learn something new from this episode. Say hola to us at @claudiahjohan and @tzmfr! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/claudia-helena-johan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/claudia-helena-johan/support
As youngsters charting career paths and with ambitious dreams, can we really keep environmental impact at the core of the way we structure our career? From the structuring of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals to a Caring Quotient, Kindness, and staggering statistics of India and the World's contribution to environmental issues- we cover it all on this episode. Our guest, Mr. Satya Tripathi is the Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet and has served with the UN for 20+ years in key positions across the planet. He was recently the UN Assistant Secretary-General, Head of New York Office at UN Environment and Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group. A development economist, lawyer and changemaker with over 40 years of varied experience, Mr. Tripathi is also the Chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and a Senior Distinguished Fellow on Innovative Finance at the World Agroforestry Centre. He has previously served on the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on Forest Conservation. Hear us talk about: 3.00 - Sensitivity, EQ & harmonious co-existence with the environment 5.00- Shocking data of wasted natural resources 8.30- Of opportunities, what's in a master's degree and why grand plans never work? 9.30- The more you know, the lesser you know, the Edison story 12.45- Why never give up the core essence of who you are and your values for any career choice? 15.00- The story of the creation of UN SDGs 18.30- Can economic growth and environmental sustainability coexist- Costa Rica, Bhutan and what we can do? 21.00- Planet B; Fixing the Earth and Actions we need to take in our daily chores to make a larger impact 23.30- Skills and characteristics for careers of social impact and even beyond- The Caring Quotient and what leads to a blessed life 26.00- Why never hate your job? 28.00- Considering the regenerative capacity of nature and drawing wisely; Young Changemakers and hope 30.00- India on the global map wrt nature conservation; why India isn't part of the problem but needs to be part of the solution 35.00- Why organic and natural farming is a futuristic and viable career option Original Music by Joseph Mc Dade Drop us a note on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter @voice_of_achievers Or write in directly to editor@voiceofachievers.com We're listening to you. Don't forget to follow us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple, Google, JioSaavn, Gaana or wherever you're listening to us! You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nicole and Miguel Booth Interview Nicole is a young girl, 11 years old, who has been featured in travel videos in a series Lost in Africa, and Lost in the Americas since she was 8 years old. They are wonderfully well done and should be an inspiration to any young filmmaker or actor out there. Her father Miguel Booth is a filmmaker himself who has shot for National Geographic, GoPro, IFAW, UN Environment, among others. Nicole Booth https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHgnnyZYjOC_zh4DreSSWzA Miguel Booth https://www.go-dreamcatcher.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMPuIkbwp0tmM4QaES61jZQ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nafco/support
Join Shania Bhopa on this special episode of The Global Health Collective - a two-part mini-series, kicking off the International Union for Conservation of Nature global youth summit. This episode is alongside Brighton Kaoma, a young health activist, MPA graduate from Columbia University with a vast track record in working at the intersection of sustainable development, business development, corporate sustainability, Communication for development, and youth development in over 20 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, and America. Brighton has been awarded and recognized by President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Merkel, WWF International President, UN Environment, and Junior Chamber International (Osaka, Japan). For more information as always check us out at @theglobalhealthcollective on Instagram To register for the summit: https://www.iucnyouthsummit.org/home/en
In this episode, the pals are jumping into their first series on global intergovernmental organizations and the topic is the UNEP. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) aka UN Environment is the international regulatory authority that sets the global environmental agenda. We discuss what they do, how they do it, how effective they are and the implications of their efforts. Show notes with references are available at our website or at this link https://docs.google.com/document/d/12GAH0JBmq2THyXYLuEfKTE2IzB1WrQG7MF-bEd6EJaE/edit?usp=sharing
This episode of The Evaluator features Dr. Ania Grobicki, Deputy Director of External Affairs at the GCF. She was one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of the Freshwater chapter of the UN Environment's 6th Global Environment Outlook report, sub-titled “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”. In this podcast, she discusses the global water cycle and, especially, the state and trends of freshwater worldwide, as reflected in this UNEP report. You can subscribe to 'The Evaluator' on major podcast platforms including Anchor, Radio Public, Breaker, Spotify, and Google. Have questions or comments? Be sure to follow us on Twitter and tweet about the episode using the hashtag #TheEvaluator
Erik Solheim is a well known global leader on environment and development as well as an experienced peace negotiator. He served as Norwegian minister of Environment and International Development from 2005-12. During that period he initiated the global program for conservation of rainforests and brought through game changing National legislation - among them the Biodiversity Act and legislation to protect Oslo city forests. He brought Norwegian development assistance to 1%, the highest in the world. Erik has been chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (the main body of world donors) as well as Executive Director of UN Environment. He led the peace efforts in Sri Lanka as the main negotiator of the peace process and played a vital role in peace efforts in Nepal , Myanmar and Sudan. Currently he is senior adviser at World Resource Institute and Convener of the Global Coalition for Green Belt and Road and serves as the CEO of the Plastic REVolution Foundation. The latter is a newly founded initiative that aims to eliminate plastic waste and pollution, beginning in Accra, Ghana. Erik is also adviser to Singapore based April/RGE and cochair of Treelion a Singapore green blockchain company. People may contact him via erik.solheim@plasticrevolution.earth
Episode 110: Zach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachariasmalik/) works as a Researcher across the Sustainable Finance programme at E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism, https://www.e3g.org), focusing on how International Financial Institutions, in particular Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), can accelerate the transition towards a climate-safe world. As part of this, Zach supports aligning MDBs with the Paris Agreement. Prior to joining E3G, Zach worked as a Consultant at the World Bank, focusing on urban development projects across the East Asia and Pacific region. Zach has also been a Researcher at the Japan-based research institute IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies), and a Consultant at Climate-KIC, EU's largest public private partnership addressing climate change. Outside of his role at E3G, Zach freelances at Vivid Economics, a strategic economics consultancy, and Climate Bonds Initiative an international organisation working solely to mobilise the largest capital market of all, the $100 trillion bond market, for climate change solutions. Recently, Zach was contracted by UN Environment and UNDP. Zach holds a BSc in Policy Science (now GED) and minor in Sustainability (now EES) from LUC (class of 2016 1/2) and a MSc in Management and Corporate Sustainability from Cranfield University. He has lived in several countries including Egypt, Australia, Switzerland, France, and South Korea. Zach is currently based in London. Links: Zach's first JT appearance: https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/08-zach-malik-had-five-jobs Development Projects Observed https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2017/07/review-development-projects-observed/ Podast on financing development in Africa https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2020-12-09/why-africa-borrowed-billions-of-dollars-from-china-podcast
Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3eFkLxG Making finance consistent with the delivery of a net-zero and resilient economy is the crucial third goal of the Paris Agreement. As the UK seeks to deliver its target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, a more systematic approach to financing is now needed. Net-zero is increasingly recognised as an important goal by leaders within the UK's financial community, but it is not yet embedded into routine decision-making and policy. Strikingly, COVID-19 has deepened rather than deflected financial sector commitment to climate action. The way the UK exits from COVID will profoundly shape its ability to meet its climate targets and achieve wider economic goals, not least in terms of levelling up prosperity across the country. An ambitious green recovery plan that accelerates investment in a net-zero, resilient and just transition is not just needed, but is also called for by business, finance and citizens. Building on the recent report, The Road to Net-Zero Finance, produced for the Climate Change Committee, this webinar will delve in to how we can kickstart the process in 2021. Speaker: Nick Robins joined the Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Nick leads the sustainable finance research theme. The focus of his work is on how to mobilise finance for a just transition, the role of central banks and regulators in achieving sustainable development and how the financial system can support the restoration of nature. From 2014 to 2018, Nick was co-director of UN Environment's Inquiry into a Sustainable Finance System. As part of this, Nick led country activities in Brazil, the EU, India, Italy and the UK, as well as thematic work focused on investors, insurance and green banking. Before joining UNEP, he was Head of the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC. Prior to HSBC, Nick was head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) funds at Henderson Global Investors. Nick has also worked at the International Institute for Environment and Development, the European Commission and the Business Council for Sustainable Development. Nick has a BA in History from Cambridge University and an MSc in International Relations from LSE.
"The passion AND the challenge is an important combination. Make sure it's hard enough. Everything rewarding I've done, has been hard."Malcolm is best known as a leading influence in the F&B industry and cofounded the multi-award winning Maximal Concepts. He has opened over 35 different concepts in his career and is best known for the flagship restaurant brand Mott 32, one of the most awarded Chinese restaurants in the world. A passionate environmental filmmaker and social entrepreneur, he was heavily involved in the production of “A Plastic Ocean”, described by Sir David Attenborough as “the most important film of our time”. His follow-on film “The Last Glaciers” is set for release in 2021 and will be the most comprehensive film ever produced about the relationship between climate change, mountain environments, and glaciers. One of the world's few experts in paralpinism, Malcolm was also recently selected as the first paraglider, speed flyer, and filmmaker to join UN Environment’s campaign ‘Mountain Heroes’. This wide-ranging conversation reflects the incredible breadth of business interests Malcolm holds across the Steelhead Group. We discuss: identity, managing fear, entrepreneurship, filmmaking, extreme sports, sustainability, climate change, and parental wisdom. Links:IG: @malcolmgwood | @thelastglaciers | @maximalconceptsSteelhead GroupThe Last Glaciers Trailer Maximal ConceptsARC'TERYXHome of the podcast:www.michaelxcampion.comInstagram: @michaelxcampionTwitter: @michaelxcampionLinkedInTop Ten Public Speaking Tips + 'Thursday Thoughts' www.michaelxcampion.com/subscribe
A solar farm, set and run by women in the Abs district of Yemen is providing cleaner and cheaper electricity to families. Arvind Kumar is Project Manager in the Yemen Country Office of the United Nations Development Programme. He is overseeing the programme and joins us on the show. Tackling climate change with data A global initiative to satellite observations, sensors across land and sea, commercial data sets and even citizen observations from our mobile phones is gathering momentum. Now the UNEP is highlighting environmental data as essential combatting climate change. David Jensen, Head of Policy and Innovation, Crisis Management Branch, UN Environment explains their plans. Smelltech In the world of virtual reality, companies normally focus on images and sound to create the most immersive experience. But there is a new kid on the block: olfactory VR. Companies now seek to capture one of our more neglected senses and recreate smell in a virtual environment. Digital Planet reporter Florian Bohr has been finding out more. The programme is presenter by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Bill Thompson. (Image: Getty Images) Studio Manager: Matilda Macari Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
Domain names. Hardly anyone talks about it in marketing yet it's one of the first and most important addresses to your business. Meet my guest Jacob Malthouse an expert on the topic. He was originally with ICANN as Global partnerships (the organization that oversees all the domain names) Over the last 12 years, Jacob was Co-CEO, Co-Founder & Director of .eco Domain names. His unique perspective on why every business should be paying significantly more attention to their domain strategy. He conceived and created the ‘.eco’ top-level domain. Innovated a new web architecture to accelerate sustainability; blending eco-certification, the domain name system, and social media platforms. Negotiated support of >50 nonprofits, including WWF, Greenpeace, UN Environment and the World Conservation Union for .eco bid. Successful launch in April 2016. Grew sales to 3,700 in 142 countries with an 80% renewal rate, including Patagonia, Tesla, and Google. In this show, Jacob shares his unique perspective on the little known topic of Domain Name and its importance in marketing and business. Connect with Jacob Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jacobmalthouse/ Twitter: twitter.com/jacobmalthouse https://www.malthouse.eco/ Subscribe to www.Marketer.eco Connect with Scott Show: www.groundswell.fm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottadammartin/ Instagram: www.Instagram.com/ScottMartin_org twitter: www.twitter.com/ScottAdamMartin Groundswell: www.Groundswell.Marketing
This week we take a look at the 62 companies who are pledging to lower their methane intensity to 0.2% by 2025. Being referred to as the new gold standard for methane emissions reporting, The Oil and Gas methane partnership (OGMP) 2.0 framework is a collaboration from the UN Environment, environment defence fund and the EU commission, to agree on how to measure, monitor, report and cut back methane leaks. Listen now to hear more about this, as well as the latest LNG stats & trends and short term dynamics.
Scouts looking to restart in Meridian, UK Scout troops face hard times...and Finnish Scouts go to school(s). News Stories Scouts BSA looks for foothold in Meridian Thunder Bay police charge Scouts leader with sexual offences involving a minorWorld Scouting and UN Environment renew their partnership on environmental education, protection500 UK scout troops face closure after Covid hits fundraising Scouts and Guides of Finland Bring Scouting to Thousands of Children in Primary Schools Subscribe iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher | Anchor | YouTubeDownload episode: MP3 Send Feedback Email Us | Leave Us a Voice Message | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Tik Tok | Discord | Leave Us a Review Music Unexpected Hoedown in Bagging Area, by Doctor Turtle
Interesting and positive interview with Simon Zadek, Head Secretariat of UN Secretary General's Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs. We cover this new positive initiative, and it's impact on Zimbabwe, global forestation via the AntForest project and potentially many other areas of the world also. Dr. Simon Zadek is currently Head of Secretariat of the UN Secretary General's Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals, based at the United Nations Development Program. He was until recently Senior Advisor on Finance in the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, and Co-Director of the UN Environment's Inquiry into Design Options for a Sustainable Financial System. He founded and was founding Chief Executive of the international think tank, AccountAbility, and before that Development Director of the New Economics Foundation, founding Chair of the Ethical Trading Initiative and on the founding Steering Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative.
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Benjamin Ryan Nathan is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York. Over the past 14 years, he has worked in TV, film, and advertising and has produced, directed, & edited over 200 commercials, viral videos, short-form documentaries, & branding/marketing projects. His work has garnered over 20,000,000 views online and on television. Dedicated to using the art of filmmaking as a tool to better the planet, he has collaborated with major organizations including the UN Environment, Sesame Street, the President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities, American Cancer Society, Arm Technologies, and National Dance Institute to bring inspiring and powerful stories of human transformation to a wide audience. MORE ABOUT Interviews by our host Renzo Esposito with directors, producers, and creatives to talk about their passion, stories, and learnings. Produced by SerProducer.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/serproducer-more-about/support
By Prof. Sally Eaves Today’s ‘climate emergency’ as defined by UN Environment, if not tackled immediately, threatens every aspect of our lives. Enhancing energy efficiency and helping to avert climate change through both behaviours and technology is a key part of the solution, including – and potentially surprising expectations – the integral role of Green 5G. This reflects that the benefits of 5G extends beyond low latency, high bandwidth, ubiquitous connectivity, high reliability and multi-level security to low power consumption too. And further, that 5G is the critical integrator and enabler for many real-time responsive energy efficiency advancements. Framing this discussion are two key anniversaries. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched when the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution 70/1 on 25th September 2015, presenting a plan for action: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This addressed not only environmental issues such as climate change but also social issues such as poverty and inequality. It called for global, local and individual collaborative action, bringing together governments, local authorities, institutions, organisations, communities and every single one of us. And now, five years later, as the United Nations celebrates its 75th Anniversary, the social impact of the pandemic has amplified the need to achieve the SDG targets in the decade left – the Decade of Action. Reflecting on progress, whilst food insecurity and inequalities have increased and the natural environment deteriorated, some progress had been made towards achieving the SDGs. However, the recent global impact of COVID-19 has seriously disrupted progress, reversing inroads into poverty, healthcare and education, with the world’s poorest and most vulnerable groups affected the most. The depth and breadth of global lockdowns has had a dramatic effect on areas as diverse as consumer behaviours, industrial activity, supply chain fragility and transport use. It has highlighted the inequalities that exists globally in society, especially regards digital inclusion and accessibility for all – long before the pandemic hit, some 260 million children were normally not in school. We have also seen a dramatic impact on global CO2 emissions with Carbon Brief estimating a fall in the region of 5.5% of 2019’s global total. However, as economies the world over attempt to recover, the question is whether this will involve reverting to previous practices, or whether there will be active collaborative effort to seek more sustainable solutions, from conscious consumerism through to carbon neutrality? Whilst humanity and the environment is clearly under threat, this is also an age of unprecedented technological development that can be harnessed to make a difference. This is exemplified in the constellation of different technologies that is 5G. In today’s ‘internet of everything’ world with billions of connected and always-on sensing devices, 5G affords the opportunity to radically transform once discrete technological devices from stand-alone, to seamlessly integrated. It also enables not only human-human and human-device connectivity, but device-device connectivity too, allowing an almost limitless scaling up of technological configurations connecting sensors with intelligence. This connectivity enables the sharing of data about anything which, combined with virtualization, edge computing, AI-enabled analytics and cloud, allows the smart management of all that is connected. This leads to more efficient energy and resource utilisation (e.g. electricity, water), predictive and online maintenance (e.g. data centers) as well as alerts to undesirable events (e.g. air pollution). It is not location constrained and offers aerial, terrestrial and marine applications. 5G has been rolled out in conservation areas, such as in the Costa Rican rainforest to aid the combating of illegal ...
Erik Solheim is a well-known global leader on environment and development as well as an experienced peace negotiator. He served as Norwegian minister of Environment and International Development from 2005 to 2012. Erik has been chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (the main body of world donors) as well as Executive Director of UN Environment. He led the peace efforts in Sri Lanka as the main negotiator of the peace process and played a vital role in peace efforts in Nepal, Myanmar and Sudan. Currently he is senior adviser at World Resource Institute and Convener of the Global Coalition for Green Belt and Road and serves as the CEO of the Plastic REVolution Foundation. Erik is also adviser to Singapore based April/RGE and co-chair of Tree-lion, an Asian green blockchain company.
On this episode of E.S.Now actor-Activist Adrian Grenier is here to talk about the dire need for ocean conservation, and what we can do to realign our relationship with the environment. With over twenty years in environmental advocacy, Adrian Grenier is a champion of ocean conservation, and co-founder of the non-profit Lonely Whale.Lonely Whale is an award-winning incubator for courageous ideas that drive impactful market-based change on behalf of our ocean. Founded in December 2015 by Adrian Grenier and Lucy Sumner, Lonely Whale is inspired by the power of community to create the change needed to ensure a healthy planet. Lonely Whale is working towards a new era of radical collaboration, together facilitating the creation of innovative ideas that push the boundary on current trends in technology, media and advocacy that positively impact the health of our ocean. Lonely Whale’s work has been recognized by Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, the Shorty Awards, and the ADDY Awards. Lonely Whale is a proud supporter of the UN Environment’s #CleanSeas campaign. @lonelywhale @adriangrenierwww.lonleywhale.com
Doreen Robinson (@dlrpretoria) is the chief for wildlife at the UN Environment programme, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She spoke to us about a landmark report, put together by many organizations including the United Nations Environment Programme (@UNEP), that highlighted zoonotic diseased were on the rise. The report lays out: “Pandemics such as the COVID-19 outbreak are a predictable and predicted outcome of how people source and grow food, trade and consume animals, and alter environments.” Report: https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/preventing-future-zoonotic-disease-outbreaks-protecting-environment-animals-and
Doreen Robinson (@dlrpretoria) is the chief for wildlife at the UN Environment programme, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She spoke to us about a landmark report, put together by many organizations including the United Nations Environment Programme (@UNEP), that highlighted zoonotic diseased were on the rise. The report lays out: “Pandemics such as the COVID-19 outbreak are a predictable and predicted outcome of how people source and grow food, trade and consume animals, and alter environments.” Report: https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/preventing-future-zoonotic-disease-outbreaks-protecting-environment-animals-and
In this episode of The Plastic Podcast, I will be sharing some tips on how to remember your reusable bags. Websites mentioned in the episode: UN Environment- https://www.unenvironment.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/ The World Counts- https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/waste/plastic-bags-used-per-year
In this episode we speak to Dr. Richard Munang, Africa Regional Climate Change Coordinator at UN Environment and author of the book Innovative Volunteerism. We explore the meaning of Innovative Volunteerism, how it may be used to benefit and develop Africa and practices we may borrow from to adress climate change in Africa. Get a free copy of the book at www.richardmunang.com On AfricaBytes: Farai Mubaiwa, From Zimbabwe and South Africa Click here to become a Patron and support Sustain267 Podcast Click here to continue the conversation on our Facebook Page
Ellie Goulding is a self-confessed ‘nature nerd’ who grew up in rural Hereford. She’s also a global star with two #1 albums, two BRIT Awards, over 132 million singles sold, 22 billion streams and 5 billion views on YouTube. She felt it was her duty to speak to her fans about the nature and climate, becoming a UN Environment ambassador. The consequences have not always been straightforward! In this episode of So Hot Right Now we look at the power of fame. How can you stick your head above the parapet for issues you care about and reach people? On the eve of the release of her fourth album, Brighter Blue, Ellie talks frankly to Lucy and Tom about her bright green vision and the true cost of being high profile earth defender. We also speak to LA publicity expert Todd Krim about how he works to link celebrities with causes they can help and tread the fine line of using fame to lead. Socials: Lucy Siegle: https://twitter.com/lucysiegle https://www.instagram.com/theseagull Tom Mustill: https://www.instagram.com/tommustill https://twitter.com/tommustill
Ben is typical of most of us cleantech entrepreneurs, swimming against the tide and trying to bring the world with us. He shares his story from university, through business and personal triumph and tragedy, to the future of smart mobility and cleantech events, conferences and networking, via some super fun Tesla roadtrips. About Ben Pullen Ben is the Co-Founder and CEO of Generation.e which is a unique and impactful business which blends audiences and experiences to inspire transformation to smarter mobility for the creation of better connected and sustainable societies. This is achieved through epic adventures, thought leader summits and experiential public awareness campaigns. Ben set up the first ever commercial electric vehicle road trip in Dubai in 2017. This quickly expanded across the Middle East and Europe, and by the end of 2019 the event was launched in South Africa. In addition to the road trips, Ben has set up a B2B summit called ‘Smarter Mobility’. Smarter Mobility Africa was launched in South Africa in 2019, Smarter Mobility World in March 2020, and Smarter Mobility Europe in July 2020. To date: 7 electric vehicle road trips complete, 9 mobility conferences and summits, 45+ charging points installed, 1000+ electric vehicle test drive experiences and event attendance from senior level government, business, industry leaders, influencers, and the general public. The initiatives are making huge impressions. An episode focusing on Ben's work and the Emirates EVRT was broadcast on the highly renowned show, Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged Show and other exposure across mainstream media includes The Economist, Sky News, CNBC, Forbes, and recently in the UN Environment. Ben has an instinct for seeking opportunity, taking action and being at the forefront of this rapidly growing industry. His determination has led to commendable growth and positive impact through his business in its four years of operations: Over 85 partners secured, over 11,000 followers and 60+ million impressions generated through social media. Social links Ben Pullen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpullenergy/ Generation.e Website: https://generationehq.com/ Generation.e on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/generationehq EPISODE LINKS Smarter Mobility Europe https://generationehq.com/smarter-mobility-europe/ Clifton Suspension Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/Cleantechleader Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuide Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/
Nick joined the Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Nick leads the sustainable finance research theme. The focus of his work is on how to mobilise finance for a just transition, the role of central banks and regulators in achieving sustainable development and how the financial system can support the restoration of nature. From 2014 to 2018, Nick was co-director of UN Environment’s Inquiry into a Sustainable Finance System. As part of this, Nick led country activities in Brazil, the EU, India, Italy and the UK, as well as thematic work focused on investors, insurance and green banking. Before joining UNEP, he was Head of the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC. Prior to HSBC, Nick was head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) funds at Henderson Global Investors. Nick has also worked at the International Institute for Environment and Development, the European Commission and the Business Council for Sustainable Development. Nick has a BA in History from Cambridge University and an MSc in International Relations from LSE.
In this episode, Kristi Soomer, the founder and CEO of Encircled, discusses with me what makes Encircled both ethical and sustainable. During this episode, she gives insight into what a capsule wardrobe looks like (which is a great way to have a sustainable closet if you are busy and short on time) think less laundry and faster morning routines! Kristi shares her personal experience as a business owner during the pandemic and ended the episode with a challenge that empowers all of us to be the change in the world.Kristi Soomer is the founder and CEO of Encircled, a Canadian-made line of versatile, sustainably made clothing that helps women streamline their wardrobes. Coming from a non-traditional background for a fashion designer, Kristi holds an MBA from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies, with a specialization in Economics, from Western University. Inspired by her love of travel and dislike for checking a bag, Kristi started Encircled in 2012 as a side gig while she was working as a management consultant. Kristi’s first multi-way design - The Chrysalis Cardi - was made on the kitchen floor of her condo using a sewing machine she found on Craigslist. Over the next two years, Kristi immersed herself in fabric research and courses in illustrating and sewing to create a capsule collection of sustainably made basics and multi-way clothing. In 2014, Kristi left her corporate job to open Encircled’s first studio space in Toronto.As CEO of Encircled, Kristi is committed to meeting high ethical and sustainable standards in all aspects of her company, from using fabrics that honor the environment to providing good working conditions and fair wages for her sewers. This is an episode you won't want to miss! Won't You Be Social With Us? Instagram @lifeontheupcycleLife on the Upcycle Facebook PageLife on the Upcycle Facebook Community PageLife on the Upcycle WebsiteInstagram @encircledEncircled Facebook PageEncircled WebsiteThe Journal BlogBoss and Brave Podcast Facebook Page Reports and articles discussed in the intro:Savelli, Heidi. "Fashion's Tiny Hidden Secret." UN Environment, 13 Mar. 2019, https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret
Embracing technology, in the face of the pandemic, Becky and Mac video call their way through a lockdown chat. COVID-19 has obviously brought radical changes to our daily lives but what does this mean for climate action? What are our hopes for 'normal' life, whenever that resumes? A lack of travel, lower consumption, less waste, fresh air to breathe, and a renewed sense of what matters, it feels impossible that life will ever return to normal, and research indicates the vast majority of people in the UK don't want it to. Recorded on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we reflect on our changing perspectives and making the best of bad situations. P.s. Free Deidre Rashid! Links: Earth Day 2020: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/ First Person: COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061082 What can we learn from COVID-19 to help with climate change? https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/03/26/covid-19-lessons-climate-change/ How COVID-19 might help us win the fight against climate change https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/covid-19-climate-change COVID-19 and the nature trade off paradigm https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/covid-19-and-nature-trade-paradigm Fake animal news https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2020/03/fake-animal-news-abounds-social-media-coronavirus-upends-life More fake animal news https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2020/04/here-we-go-again-hopeful-fake-animal-news-keeps-spreading-amid-pandemic
In this episode, we firstly speak to Going Underground’s Deputy Editor Charlie Cooke about the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. He discusses criticism surrounding the government’s press briefings, which have come under attack for an alleged lack of journalistic scrutiny, Rupert Murdoch allegedly beginning to support Michael Gove to take over from Boris Johnson, accusations by the Sunday Times concerning the government’s coronavirus response, and more! Next, we speak to UN Environment Programme's Executive Director Inger Andersen. She discusses why we should hesitate to be jubilant about reduced emissions during the Covid-19 global lockdowns, how climate change could cause more viral diseases and possibly future pandemics, how human activity and capitalist production is causing species to move from natural habitats, causing more diseases to come from animals, and more! Finally, we speak to the architect of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, Christiana Figueres, about the book she co-authored, ‘The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.’ She discusses how coronavirus and climate change are linked, why governments must not release corporations from their environmental obligations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, why governments must use economic stimulus measures to tackle both climate change and Covid-19, what the world can learn from Cuba’s medical internationalism, and more!
Our guest this week is serial entrepreneur and adventure athlete, Malcolm Wood. Malcolm is the founder of A Plastic Ocean / The Last Glaciers / Maximal Concepts. Malcolm is a reputable influence in the F&B industry. His passion for design and food led him to co-found the multi award-winning Maximal Concepts, a hospitality group that has created and owned over twenty individual brands and has restaurants in numerous international locations. In addition to acting as Culinary Director, Malcolm is also Global Managing Director. Maximal Concepts is one of the fastest growing F&B companies in the world and one of the most awarded in Asia. Malcolm is heavily influenced by his love for the environment and often engages with conservation projects. A passionate environmental filmmaker and social entrepreneur, he has been on the Board of Directors for several charities and is actively involved in their various projects, including Plastic Oceans Foundation, Hong Kong Shark Foundation and Skeena Wild. His involvement includes the world-renowned production “A Plastic Ocean”, which was one of the most awarded documentaries in 2017 and more recently, “The Last Glaciers”, a film that highlights the global issue of climate change. Teaming up with several different individuals including the world renowned, Director and Producer Craig Leeson, Malcolm's goal is to release a set of environmental films over the next few years to highlight the many global environmental issues we are facing. Not only do they highlight key environmental issues, but the solutions that are available as well, playing an important role in individual and government environmental policy making. He has recently been selected as the first paraglider, speedflyer and film maker to join UN Environment's campaign ‘Mountain Heroes'. The team consist of a group of other famous athletes such as Canadian ice-climber Will Gadd, Austrian cyclist Michael Strasser, Kenyan Olympic skier Sabrina Simader and adventurer Ben Fogle, helping to draw attention to emerging environmental issues in mountains including climate change, waste and biodiversity loss.
Our guest this week is serial entrepreneur and adventure athlete, Malcolm Wood. Malcolm is the founder of A Plastic Ocean / The Last Glaciers / Maximal Concepts. Malcolm is a reputable influence in the F&B industry. His passion for design and food led him to co-found the multi award-winning Maximal Concepts, a hospitality group that has created and owned over twenty individual brands and has restaurants in numerous international locations. In addition to acting as Culinary Director, Malcolm is also Global Managing Director. Maximal Concepts is one of the fastest growing F&B companies in the world and one of the most awarded in Asia. Malcolm is heavily influenced by his love for the environment and often engages with conservation projects. A passionate environmental filmmaker and social entrepreneur, he has been on the Board of Directors for several charities and is actively involved in their various projects, including Plastic Oceans Foundation, Hong Kong Shark Foundation and Skeena Wild. His involvement includes the world-renowned production “A Plastic Ocean”, which was one of the most awarded documentaries in 2017 and more recently, “The Last Glaciers”, a film that highlights the global issue of climate change. Teaming up with several different individuals including the world renowned, Director and Producer Craig Leeson, Malcolm's goal is to release a set of environmental films over the next few years to highlight the many global environmental issues we are facing. Not only do they highlight key environmental issues, but the solutions that are available as well, playing an important role in individual and government environmental policy making. He has recently been selected as the first paraglider, speedflyer and film maker to join UN Environment's campaign ‘Mountain Heroes'. The team consist of a group of other famous athletes such as Canadian ice-climber Will Gadd, Austrian cyclist Michael Strasser, Kenyan Olympic skier Sabrina Simader and adventurer Ben Fogle, helping to draw attention to emerging environmental issues in mountains including climate change, waste and biodiversity loss.
Our guest this week is serial entrepreneur and adventure athlete, Malcolm Wood. Malcolm is the founder of A Plastic Ocean / The Last Glaciers / Maximal Concepts. Malcolm is a reputable influence in the F&B industry. His passion for design and food led him to co-found the multi award-winning Maximal Concepts, a hospitality group that has created and owned over twenty individual brands and has restaurants in numerous international locations. In addition to acting as Culinary Director, Malcolm is also Global Managing Director. Maximal Concepts is one of the fastest growing F&B companies in the world and one of the most awarded in Asia. Malcolm is heavily influenced by his love for the environment and often engages with conservation projects. A passionate environmental filmmaker and social entrepreneur, he has been on the Board of Directors for several charities and is actively involved in their various projects, including Plastic Oceans Foundation, Hong Kong Shark Foundation and Skeena Wild. His involvement includes the world-renowned production “A Plastic Ocean”, which was one of the most awarded documentaries in 2017 and more recently, “The Last Glaciers”, a film that highlights the global issue of climate change. Teaming up with several different individuals including the world renowned, Director and Producer Craig Leeson, Malcolm's goal is to release a set of environmental films over the next few years to highlight the many global environmental issues we are facing. Not only do they highlight key environmental issues, but the solutions that are available as well, playing an important role in individual and government environmental policy making. He has recently been selected as the first paraglider, speedflyer and film maker to join UN Environment's campaign ‘Mountain Heroes'. The team consist of a group of other famous athletes such as Canadian ice-climber Will Gadd, Austrian cyclist Michael Strasser, Kenyan Olympic skier Sabrina Simader and adventurer Ben Fogle, helping to draw attention to emerging environmental issues in mountains including climate change, waste and biodiversity loss.
Our special edition podcast for UN International Mountain Day 2019 (December 11th) brings you a panel of experts discussing the impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems and communities. Canadian Mountain Network trainee and Mount Royal University journalism student Blaise Kemna recorded this engaging event held on November 4, 2019 at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, AB. The discussion features the perspectives of mountain researchers and guides who have contributed to The Alpine Club of Canada's annual State of the Mountains Report: Will Gadd - Named Mountain Hero by UN Environment; ACMG mountain guide; renowned mountain athlete Jim Gudjonson - Director of the Sustainability Office, Thompson Rivers University; ACMG/IFMGA mountain guide; and Vice-President for Facilities, Alpine Club of Canada David Hik - Professor of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University Lael Parrott - Professor of Earth, Environmental, Geographic Sciences and Biology, UBC Okanagan; Vice-President for Access & Environment, Alpine Club of Canada Dan Shugar - Associate Professor of Geosciences; and Director, Environmental Science Program, University of Calgary
What is ecosystem-based adaptation, and why should we be implementing it? The thirteenth episode of Not Cool explores how we can conserve, restore, and manage natural ecosystems in ways that also help us adapt to the impacts of climate change. Ariel is joined by Val Kapos, Head of the Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme at UN Environment’s World Conservation Monitoring Center, who explains the benefits of ecosystem-based adaptation along with some of the strategies for executing it. Val also describes how ecosystem-based adaption is being used today, why it’s an effective strategy for developed and developing nations alike, and what could motivate more communities to embrace it. Topics discussed include: -Importance of biodiversity -Ecosystem-based vs. engineered approaches to adaptation -Potential downsides/risks of ecosystem-based adaptation -Linking ecosystem-based adaptation to other societal objectives -Obstacles to implementation -Private sector acceptance of ecosystem-based adaptation -National Determined Contributions -Importance of stakeholder involvement
Paula Radcliffe is, indisputably, one of the greatest athletes of the modern era. During her peak in the early noughties, it seemed like every time she took to the road to compete in a marathon, another World Record tumbled.That's not to mention the dozens of medals (mostly gold) she picked up running in cross country and stadium events during a stellar two-decade career. Radcliffe's achievements are all the more astonishing once you factor in that she has exercise-induced asthma – a condition she has lived with since she was 14-years-old.Her occupation and her condition made her keenly aware of the danger posed by increasing levels of air pollution. Almost eight million people per year die as a result of being exposed to poor air quality, with outdoor – or ambient – air pollution responsible for more than half of those fatalities.Athletes, because of the amount of time they train outside and the depth of their breathing, are disproportionately affected. That's why the IAAF (now known as World Athletics) has started to install air quality monitor devices in certified tracks around the world to find out the extent to which athlete health and performance is being impacted by poor air – and what athletes can do to mitigate those negative effects.Radcliffe, already a UN Environment ambassador, was the natural choice to be the face of the project alongside Haile Gebrselassie.In this episode, Radcliffe explains the IAAF's motivation for tackling a huge issue like air quality, and talks about her own experiences managing her asthma to compete in – and win – competitions taking place in locations with poor air quality.She also echoes the International Federation's president, Seb Coe, in calling for cities bidding for IAAF events to demonstrate their commitment to clean air.“I think that for too long the air quality wasn't considered when judging where the World Championships were placed and which cities won the bid,” she says. “It should have been because when you're taking your elite athletes and asking them to perform to the maximum of their abilities, then you need to make sure you provide them with clean air to do so. For me, it should be one of the first considerations.”
The reality is, no matter what we do going forward, we’ve already changed the climate. So while it’s critical to try to minimize those changes, it’s also important that we start to prepare for them. On Episode 4 of Not Cool, Ariel explores the concept of climate adaptation — what it means, how it’s being implemented, and where there’s still work to be done. She’s joined by Jessica Troni, head of UN Environment’s Climate Change Adaptation Unit, who talks warming scenarios, adaptation strategies, implementation barriers, and more. Topics discussed include: Climate adaptation: ecology-based, infrastructure Funding sources Barriers: financial, absorptive capacity Developed vs. developing nations: difference in adaptation approaches, needs, etc. UN Environment Policy solutions Social unrest in relation to climate Feedback loops and runaway climate change Warming scenarios What individuals can do
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
At the 24th meeting of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention, governments completed the so-called Paris Rulebook, the set of guidelines for implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and attention is shifting to implementation of measures that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Mark Radka, Chief of the Energy and Climate Branch at UN Environment, describes how the UN works with countries, companies, and people to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Series: "Bren School of Environmental Science & Management" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 34900]
Global Mosquito Alert aims to mobilize professional and volunteer citizen scientists from around the world, using mobile apps, to track and control mosquito borne viruses. Dr. Anne Bowser, Director of Innovation for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, reports on this collaboration involving citizen science associations in Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and the U.S. Backed by UN Environment, this initiative draws on successes from programs like Barcelona's public engagement Mosquito Alert and the school-based U.S. Invasive Mosquito Project. Because monitoring types of mosquitos and sites where mosquitos are breeding is a significant element in controlling mosquito borne diseases like West Nile and Zika Virus, yellow fever, malaria, chikungunya and and dengue fever. Could St. Louis marshal this kind of collaboration? Check out this Earthworms conversation! Music: Public Enemy, performed live at KDHX by Godfathers THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms so green savvy engineer Related Earthworms Conversations: Bug Off: Need to Know Mosquito Control from St. Louis County Vector Control (June 2017) Fight the Bite with the 4 Ds from City of St. Louis (July 2016)
Harriet is a climate specialist and award-winning writer who works in Communications and Advocacy for UNICEF at the UN. Prior to this, she was a senior strategist with Purpose, a consultancy advising NGOs like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Doctors of the World, and UN Environment on challenges from international development to renewable energy. She was a consultant on Years of Living Dangerously, James Cameron’s Emmy-winning series about climate change, and has written five screenplays for TV /film projects about social and environmental themes. She holds a Masters in Investigative Journalism from Columbia University in New York and studied International Security and Intelligence at Cambridge University under former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove, where she addressed the response of the intelligence community to climate change. As an undergrad at UWA, she spent a year abroad at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and completed her Honours at ANU.
In the second of this three-part series on getting your research into policy, Mark interviews a researcher who ended up leading a country's negotiations at a UN summit when the chief negotiator he was advising died, the head of climate science for WFF who has the discomfort of being based in the USA and the head of a global initiative to protect peatlands for UN Environment. All three explain ways you can get your research heard at the highest levels, and it is easier than you might think.
How is climate change posing new challenges for our legal systems, policy-making, and how is it is being addressed in our courtrooms. We will discuss recent cases in the Netherlands such as Urgenda and Milieudefensie’s lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell. To help us discuss this topics, we are joined by Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta — co-chair of UN Environment’s Global Environmental Outlook-6 and Professor at the University of Amsterdam— and Freek Bersch — Spokesperson for Economy at Milieudefensie — will join us as we discuss these topics in a one-hour long interview, hosted on our stage at “Room for discussion”.
How is climate change posing new challenges for our legal systems, policy-making, and how is it is being addressed in our courtrooms. We will discuss recent cases in the Netherlands such as Urgenda and Milieudefensie’s lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell. To help us discuss this topics, we are joined by Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta — co-chair of UN Environment’s Global Environmental Outlook-6 and Professor at the University of Amsterdam— and Freek Bersch — Spokesperson for Economy at Milieudefensie — will join us as we discuss these topics in a one-hour long interview, hosted on our stage at “Room for discussion”.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Even in a dream-come-true scenario where we manage to stop all the world's carbon emissions overnight, the Arctic would inevitably get hotter and hotter. That's according to a new report by UN Environment, which says the the region is already “locked in” to wintertime warming of 4 to 5 degrees C (7.2 to 9 degrees F) over temperatures of the late 1900s.
Episode 8: Zach Malik (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachariasmalik/) is a 23-year-old British-Pakistani. While his home-based is London, he has had the privilege to live in England, Pakistan, Libya, Egypt, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland, and France. Zach graduated from LUC in Feb 2016 with a BSc in Policy Science (now GED) and minor in Sustainability (now EES). He is currently completing his master's in Management and Corporate Sustainability at Cranfield University. Prior to starting his master's, Zach has worked with Arcadis, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, UN Environment, Climate-KIC, and Worldfavor. Beyond building a career, Zach is developing a charity called G-Corps - a global initiative to unite, up-skill, and unleash the power of young people to help them become changemakers. Zach also acts as a Young Ambassador for Oxfam GB and Unicef UK, representing both organsations at the local and global level. This episode's motto: "You can get more done if you work multiple jobs."
Tavaha! Find out what it means to take care of our oceans with Vilma Havas, the founder of the Nordic Ocean Watch and the Lofoten Diving Club, cleaning up Nusfjord harbour in Lofoten, in North of Norway. You will also meet marine biologist Marthe Larsen Haar, who does research on marine litter at SALT. The plastic problem is accumulating at 15tons per second, so we need your help! Plastic! Toothbrushes, car tires, diapers...chewing gum? We are surrounded by plastic in our everyday life. Sometimes in surprising places. Unfortunately a lot of the plastic we make end up in the ocean, creating vast floating islands of plastic and microplastic mistaken for food by the smaller organisms living in the sea. According to UN Environment 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the world's oceans every year. What kind of effects does this have on the environment? And what can we do about it? Special thanks to Vilma Havas of Nordic Ocean Watch and Marthe Larsen Haar of SALT. Thanks also to Lofoten Diving and the team of divers including: Daniel Visnovsky, Aleksander Burns, Andreas Neverdal, Damian Cwik, Marius Magnussen and Welat Horori. Episode artwork by Valentin Manz / Ice-9. Watch Lofoten Diving Club and Vilma of NOW dive for trash on hello X YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9775UtZIl0&t=5s The Plastic Code of Conduct Be prepared– bring your canvas bag when shopping Conscious eating – bring your cutlery and cup Recycle plastic bottles, ‘pant' as we say in Norway Say no to microplastics Look down – pick it up! Plastic is a resource – not garbage The Plastic Code of Conduct is created in collaboration between Nordic Ocean Watch and Spire. Read more about it here: http://nordicoceanwatch.no/en/projects/plastic-code-of-conduct/ TAVAHA plastic whale by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz in front of Polaria science centre and aquarium in Tromsø. Commissioned by Nordic Ocean Watch and the Norwegian Miljødirectorate. Photo by Marina Borovaya for Ice-9. #tavaha #iamfromthefuture #helloX #plastic #Pollution#WaterPollution #PlasticFree LINKS: Nordic Ocean Watch (http://nordicoceanwatch.no/en/front/) Lofoten Diving (https://www.lofoten-diving.com/) SALT (https://salt.nu/en/)Mapping study by SALT with GRID Arendal (https://news.grida.no/mapping-marine-debris-on-the-lofoten-coast) More info on plastic pollution: https://www.unenvironment.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/plastics-facts-infographics-ocean-pollution/ http://web.unep.org/unepmap/un-declares-war-ocean-plastic https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42264788 https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-is-in-chewing-gum/ The Great Pacific garbage patch explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyaTqezSzs Microplastic: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/12/microplastic-pollution-in-oceans-is-far-greater-than-thought-say-scientists Ghost fishing: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/ocean-animals-dying-in-lost-fishing-gear https://www.ghostfishing.org/the-problem/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/heather-koldeway-explorer-nets-plastic-philippines-ocean-culture/ https://arcticwwf.org/newsroom/stories/hunting-for-ghost-nets/ http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/baltic/threats/marine_litter/ Cleanup efforts: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18175940/ocean-cleanup-breaks-plastic-pollution-silicon-valley-boyan-slat-wilson HelloX partners include: Tromsø municipality The North Norwegian Art MuseumFram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it's flagships: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements, Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoples hello X theme music by metatag on hel audio https://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrender Tavaha episode music by theta orogen on nopatience records (https://theta007.bandcamp.com/album/theta ) and Tom Arthurs / Isambard Khroustaliov on Not Applicable(http://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/) Ice-9 is supported by: Fram High North Research Center (https://framsenteret.no/) The Norwegian Arts Council (https://www.kulturradet.no/)Innovation Norway (https://www.innovasjonnorge.no/en/start-page/) Koro-Public Art Norway (https://koro.no/) Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg and Valentin Manz. Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm. Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin.Digital design by Ismet BachtiarStorygenerator developed by Furkle Industries
Dr. Lisa Emelia Svensson - Director for Ocean at the United Nations Environment Program #WPRO She was among the speakers at the Ocean Summit during the Volvo Ocean Race Newport stopover, looking for solutions to the spread of plastics throughout the world's oceans. https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/sustainability/ocean-summit.html #VolvoOceanRace @VolvoOceanRace @UnitedNations
Dr. Lisa Emelia Svensson - Director for Ocean at the United Nations Environment Program #WPRO She was among the speakers at the Ocean Summit during the Volvo Ocean Race Newport stopover, looking for solutions to the spread of plastics throughout the world's oceans. https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/sustainability/ocean-summit.html #VolvoOceanRace @VolvoOceanRace @UnitedNations
Erik Solheim, the Head of UN Environment, said this is a make or break year for the world’s coral reefs. 2018 has been declared as the third International Year of the Reef, which, among other things, aims to strengthen awareness globally about the value of, and threats to, coral reefs and associated ecosystems. We discuss the possibilities of this international initiative at both a global and local level, with Julian Hyde, the General Manager of Reef Check Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In episode 45 of America Adapts - in a first - host Doug Parsons travels to Kampala, Uganda to cover the CBA11 (Community Based Adaptation). This podcast consists of multiple conversations with conference attendees representing countries from Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States. If you want to learn how the rest of the world approaches adaptation, this podcast is for you! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts.Now on Spotify! Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! In this Episode: WHAT IS CBA? – Conference organizer, Hannah Reid explains what is community based adaptation and the role the conference plays in the knowledge exchange of this discipline. AFRICAN ADAPTATION – Doug talks with two adaptation planners from Malawi, Phina Rocha, Irish Aid, and Dorothy Tembo, Senior Programme Officer, Centre For Environmental Policy and Advocacy and the challenges facing developing countries in developing national adaptation plans. DISASTER MANAGEMENT - Anita Van Breda, from World Wildlife Fund, talks disaster management planning and risk reduction at World Wildlife Fund and their unique approaches in engaging developing countries in these efforts. CLIMATE JUSTICE - Doug talks resilience planning with Rebecca Carter of the World Resources Institute; Doug also discusses issues of climate justice and communicating adaptation to younger generations in developing countries with Heather McGray of the Climate Justice Resilience Fund. AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS – Doug talks with Manuel Mutimmcuio, Director of Human Development, at the world famous Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. Manuel describes the tumultuous history of the park and currents efforts to address climate change while working with local communities that count on the park for their livelihoods. INTERNATIONAL DONORS - Doug talks with Dr. Arno Sckeyde, from the German agency, GIZ, on the role of governments and international aid. Doug also talks with Tom Derr of the Peace Corps and some of their innovative adaptation work, partnering with the World Wildlife Fund, in Uganda. WHAT’S NEXT FOR CBA – Conference founder, Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director at the International Center for Climate Change and Development discusses the history of the CBA and what the challenges and opportunities for this field going forward. And there’s much more! Pictures from CBA11: https://www.flickr.com/photos/iied/albums/72157685421464286/with/35166877190/ Key Quotes: “I hope the US looks beyond their borders more to understand the challenges developing countries are dealing with regarding climate change impacts.” Hannah Reid, IIED Interviewed in this episode: Hannah Reid, Conference Organizer, International Institute for Environment and Development Anita Van Breda, Senior Director, Environment and Disaster Management, World Wildlife Fund Phina Rocha, Irish Aid, Malawi Dorothy Tembo, Senior Programme Officer, Centre For Environmental Policy and Advocacy Rebecca Carter, Deputy Director, Climate Resilience Practice, World Resources Institute David Kintu, Executive Director, Nature Palace Foundation Heather McGray, Director, Climate Justice Resilience Fund Dr. Arno Sckeyde, Climate Change Facilitator, GIZ (Germany) Manuel Mutimmcuio, Director of Human Development, Gorongosa National Park Romy Chevallier, Senior Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs Tom Derr, U.S. Peace Corps Uganda Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, International Center for Climate Change and Development and Senior Fellow, IIED CBA11 on on Facebook and Twitter: #cba11 @IIED https://www.facebook.com/theIIED/ www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! On Twitter: @usaadapts Links in episode: www.envirodm.org (WWF’s Environment and Disaster Management website, which provides resources for environmentally responsible disaster recovery, reconstruction, and risk reduction, including the Green Recovery and Reconstruction Training Toolkit (GRRT), the Flood Green Guide, and a 24/7 helpdesk Green Recovery Connect.) http://www.eecentre.org/assessments (Coordination of Assessments for Environment in Humanitarian Action - A joint USAID, OCHA, UN Environment, UNHCR, WWF and MSB Initiative) Information on Uganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Conference Information https://www.iied.org/11th-international-conference-community-based-adaptation-cba11 America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure! Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts! Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Itunes. Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Itunes Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com .
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