Planet Pulse

APRIL 14, 2023

This is revealing complex political and environmental issues around the world and giving people the knowledge and platform to affect positive change. And we heard a myriad of inspirational customer and partner stories that have made me believe that Planet’s data is helping build that resilient global future.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

The UN Secretary General has once again called on political leaders to meet their international climate finance promises, as he this morning addressed the launch of a two-day climate conference co-hosted by G7 host Germany and the Egyptian COP27 Presidency. alive and to build climate-resilient communities. Mitigation. Adaptation.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

First, adaptation and resilience, helping people, economies and the environment adapt and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Working with Egypt, and others at the UN General Assembly, we launched a Call for Action on adaptation and resilience where 118 nations and over 80 organisations committed to raising their ambition.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Who's news.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

“The fact that nearly 2,500 leaders from politics, business civil society and media come together in person demonstrates the need for a trusted, informal and action-oriented global platform to confront the issues in a crisis-driven world.”. What individual and collective actions will foster a more secure and resilient digital ecosystem?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Comments come as new analysis suggests Africa could face GDP hit of 64 per cent as a result of escalating climate impacts. From our long experience, we know that investing in adaptation to climate change makes a real difference toward building small-scale food producers' resilience while they adapt to changing environmental conditions.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70 percent of sub-Saharan Africa under age 30. By providing youth with opportunity, education and training to allow them to fully participate in politics and society, which is critical for economic growth and stability, we can solve two problems at once.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Right now, we are feeling the impacts of this concentration through the food price inflation that comes in the wake of political shocks, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine - but concentrated food and energy systems are an equally risky strategy in a changing climate.".

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 22, 2023

In Liberia, over 60 youth organizations collaborated to create a collective position on the nation’s climate goals, urging political leaders to act. This will help us get ahead of the game through building resilience, disaster preparation and sustainable development.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, and some parts of the Middle East and China. The month before, extreme rainfall and floods in South Africa killed more than 400 people. Last month, the worst heatwave ever recorded hit Japan. The backlash [from deniers] was intense.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Politics is politics - and you end up with all these weird things, like the Prime Minister's decision to have a minister on it," she says. Every year we march businesses up and down - this year it is the wonderful Race to Zero, Race to Resilience [campaign]," she says. "[But] But I'm just really pleased.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. In 2022, an estimated 600,000 people were exposed to rising seas along these coastlines.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, meanwhile, called for a "radical restructuring of global financial architecture" and warned that "no one will win if Africa loses". He called on CEOs, mayors, and governors to "abide by this standard and update your guidelines right away - and certainly no later than COP28".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Just this year alone, the world has experienced a multi-year drought in the Horn of Africa, with knock on damages on food production; unprecedented flooding in South Africa; and searing summer heatwaves across the northern hemisphere. These impacts are being experienced at just 1.1C

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

The world may be on the cusp of a global pandemic, but the scale of the climate crisis presents a greater long term threat and political and business leaders should not be "diverted away from climate action" as they seek to contain the worsening outbreak.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

An all you need to know guide for businesses to the IPCC’s guidebook on building climate resilience and adaptation. Under the same conditions, people in Africa's tropical regions are projected to lose between three to 41 per cent of their fisheries' yield by the end of the century due to local extinctions of marine fish.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

I know the role finance can play in delivering this change, having worked in corporate finance myself for over 15 years before I came into politics. And now, as we look forward to COP26 next November 2021, our aim is to ramp up ambition towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. adaptation and resilience. clean transport.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Australia and the US are the second and third largest beef exporters globally, and their governments have a strong economic interest in supporting the growth of these industries, which enjoy close political ties. Just seven percent are based in Africa. Scoones explains that this can lead to unhelpful discussions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

And it includes a call for industrialised nations to double adaptation finance by 2025 and work with the private sector to further mobilise investment in climate resilience. Our aspiration for this Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) is to start with about $30bn, building it up to $50bn and beyond.". of warming.

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s story, from news and politics fellow Akielly Hu, shares the perspective of one young person who witnessed the effects of climate change on the places she loved and decided to take what some might call a drastic measure — suing her state government. This journey has transformed my life in profound ways.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

What happens if harvests fail completely and repeatedly across North Africa, the Gulf, and Latin America sparking a level of migration towards Europe and North America completely unprecedented in human history? There are good reasons to think we can yet minimise climate impacts and drastically enhance global resilience.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

He holds a degree in Urban Planning and another in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles. Peter Fiske: Market Intelligence Coach Peter leads a research program as the Water-Energy Resilience Research Institute Director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, addressing critical gaps to improve water-energy systems.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

All over the world not nearly enough is being done to enhance climate resilience, leaving communities and economies exposed. A fundamental injustice is continuing as rich nations steadfastly refuse to provide the level of financial support the developing world needs and deserves. The counter to all of this is that 1.5C is barely alive.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It was, as ever a highly eventful fortnight, characterised by shifting politics, surging levels of green investment, and escalating fears the climate impacts could be approaching catastrophic 'tipping points'. BusinessGreen rounds up 10 of the key lessons from a Summit that delivered both major breakthroughs and deep disappointments.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

They reflect the interests, the conditions, the contradictions and the state of political will in the world today. They take important steps, but unfortunately the collective political will was not enough to overcome some deep contradictions. Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

COP26 can be a moment where the world comes together to ramp up momentum towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. First, adaptation and resilience. I met with permanent representatives, the UN and NGOs this morning to discuss how we can translate these political commitments into on-the-ground action. Second, nature.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The investigation assessed the employment history and affiliations of 565 bank directors from the boards of major retail banks in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, China and Japan. We believe that our role as a financial intermediary is to act as a reliable partner in the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy.”.

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The City Fix

MARCH 22, 2024

If a picture can tell a whole story, then the image below of an intersection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, shows the past, present and future of global transformation in the transport sector. During Transforming Transportation 2024, which focused on.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa said the achievement came after three decades of appeals for help from climate impacted nations. "To It just shows that this UN process can achieve results, and that the world can recognise the plight of the vulnerable must not be treated as a political football.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As the world's two biggest economies and emitters, the USA and China have particular responsibility for making such a "historic" Pact a reality, said Guterres, as he called on the two superpowers to come together in the mutual interests of the planet, despite their political differences. "It Progress on LEAF.

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Grist

MARCH 7, 2022

The hotspots for migration, according to the new report, are in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and South America , though small island nations are disproportionately impacted due to the effects of sea-level rise. Even without political barriers, it’s a costly, destabilizing experience.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The JETP is modelled on a similar $8.5bn deal agreed with South Africa at the COP26 Summit last year that was also brokered by a group of industrialised nations to help accelerate the transition away from coal power. Similar deals are also currently under discussion with Vietnam, India, and Senegal, according to reports.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

But more positively, while the gap between adaptation and resilience efforts currently being undertaken, and what is required to safeguard society and ecosystems, remains considerable, such efforts can in fact be very effective, the report suggests. Inaction is a foolish business risk no company can afford.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Healthy ecosystems are more resilient to climate change and provide life-critical services such as food and clean water," said IPCC Working Group II co-chair Hans-Otto Pörtner. "By Climate resilience will become impossible in some regions if temperature rise exceeds 2C, the report warns.

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Low Impact

MAY 25, 2020

If we consider community wealth rather as some mix of vibrant local trading relationships, local value producing capacity and local economic resilience, it is much harder to deposit in a foreign bank and lose on the global casino. Local Economic Resilience. There is also an issue of timescale. Vibrant Local Trading Relationships.

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