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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity. Outcomes and learnings can be channeled back into the community to support further improvements.

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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

The Emerging Leaders program aims to foster a community of sustainability professionals that is diverse and representative of the world in which we live. There are challenges in terms of getting the right price, but I think that it’s a very powerful tool in mitigating climate change. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo. Betty Cheong.

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The 'order of planning' determines transit priorities. What if we inverted it to prioritize people?

GreenBiz

Regions everywhere have adopted ambitious goals for their long-range plans, from climate change to land use to reductions in automotive dependency. Curitiba didn’t set out to develop a BRT system. Use of transit for commuting rose from about 7 percent in the early 1970s to over 70 percent by the 2000s.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Without that protective sea ice, the island’s residents know that the community’s burial site, and the remains of 400 of their ancestors, will one day wash away. After decades of fighting for their sovereignty and survival, the community found a new friend. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work.

Law 100
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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals. LinkedIn | Company profile. Paul, Minnesota.

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Putting Humans Into Climate Models

Energy Innovation

This new research also reminds us how the assumptions included (or ignored) in models shape collective imagination about what climate solutions are possible. In February 2022, a team led by Frances Moore of the University of California, Davis published an article in Nature that directly responded to the scholars’ provocation.

Policy 52
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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

A new study finds congestion charging and creating car-free streets and separated bike lanes have been most effective at reducing car use in European cities. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. Reducing car use in cities. Question: what do the following statistics have in common?