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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Clare Shine as new director

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A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts. Courtice said Shine would be "an outstanding director" of CISL.

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It brings together academics, policymakers and various experts in the field of energy poverty for a series of seminars, workshops and discussions. Today, it is focused on Latin America, tomorrow on Europe (my own backyard), Thursday on Asia and Friday on Africa. Have you read?

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Claire Shine as new director

Business Green

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts. Courtice said Shine would be "an outstanding director" of CISL.

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A Growing Wave of Litigation Spurs Climate Action

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In South Africa, three civil society organizations launched a case alleging that the government’s plans to obtain new coal power threaten various constitutional rights. These are just a handful of the hundreds of cases of climate litigation that have arisen worldwide over the past few years. Pushing for Prevention.

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Why and how to visit the Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference 2022

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

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Here, the company is now already running habitat tours, educational seminars, and corporate eco-retreats at the Bunloit estate's onsite cottages and castle, with plans to add further community-based schemes going forward. "The beating heart of it is the monetisation of natural capital," Leggett says.

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Global Briefing: In-person COP15 biodiversity talks braced for delay to 2022

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China has slammed the European Union's proposed carbon border tax, arguing the policy is in violation of international trading rules. The country's minister for maritime and investment affairs Luhut Pandjaitan told a seminar this week that he was optimistic the country could achieve net zero within 40 years, according Reuters. "I