Rapid urbanisation continues to cause unprecedented transformation in the cities of sub-Saharan African cities. Despite government efforts to put in place urban development policies aimed at minimising the undesired effects of uncontrolled urbanization; …
Scaling up adaptation finance to the local level will require transformational shifts in terms of the platforms used, reforms to finance architecture and sources of finance. Enhancing feedback on what is working and what is not will ensure these …
Nestlé has set out an intention to advance regenerative food systems at scale through a just transition. Farmer led regenerative agriculture programs are at the heart of this. But what does a just transition mean specifically in the food and land use …
How can we address the pressing challenges in our food systems? And how can our food systems be transformed into a solution for climate action? The Nordic countries does not have all the answers, but during COP 27 the Nordic Cooperation open up for …
Eighty-five percent of all people in the world have experienced extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. These impacts disproportionately affect marginalized and disadvantaged groups, including women, children, persons with disabilities and …
What are the key issues in making progress on loss and damage? A new research paper from Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and SEI, commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers, points at a number of topics related to policy, research …
This event will explore how climate change creates risks for the global food system that interact with other drivers of instability to create major threats to food security worldwide. In an interconnected world, the impacts of climate change can cascade …
Nordic countries are widely considered front-runners on climate action, but they have yet to effectively address the climate risks they are exposed to through trade. Collaboration within the Nordics and with international trading partners in overcoming the …
The LeadIT Summit Statement will be presented by the LeadIT Secretariat with special remarks by Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Labour and Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India, and Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the …
Africa has a huge opportunity to continue developing sustainably, improve human well-being, and protect nature by investing in solutions to fight climate change and air pollution together. A new report – Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate …
In the past decade or so, the circular economy and bioeconomy have moved from academic discussions and analysis into more tangible programmes, policies and business practices in different countries and world regions. Both concepts are fundamental elements …
Medverkande: Fredrik Nilzén, Head of Group Sustainability, Swedbank Maria Sandell, hållbarhetschef, JM Elisabet Stadler, miljöchef, Peabkoncernen Åsa Persson, forskningschef, Stockholm Environmental Institute och docent vid Linköpings universitet Malin …
The Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity report from June 2022 presents a synthesis of scientific evidence on the state of global environment, and identifies concrete actions under three broad …
The transition towards a green economy will require a reorientation of supply and demand of human resource in all sectors. Reforming the global education system is central to bringing the fundamental value shifts in the world that we want to change. This …
Förtroendet mellan rika och fattiga länder – och frågan om vem som ska betala klimatnotan. När klimatmötet i Egypten inletts står det klart att den heta frågan om ersättning till fattiga länder kommer att tas upp. Åsa Persson hoppas att Sverige kliver fram …
Stats- och regeringschefer från över 120 länder är på plats i Egypten för COP27. Men redan innan klimatmötet har flera av världens rika länder positionerat sig inför kommande förhandlingar. – Såväl EU som USA undviker bestämt frågan om finansiellt stöd …
The losses and damages, recognized by the Paris agreement of 2015, refer both to the consequences of sudden climatic events, such as floods or cyclones, and to the slow effects of global warming, such as the rise in sea level. seas. They cover deaths, …
The catastrophe provides a starkly real example of the concept of “loss and damage” – where climate impacts can no longer be avoided by simply reducing carbon emissions, and extend beyond the limits of adaptation measures. Pakistan’s Minister for Climate …
At COP26 Scotland became the first developed nation to acknowledge its moral responsibility to address climate loss and damage when the First Minister pledged £2m of government finance to support practical action in some of the world’s most climate …
The Global Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions Network, founded by UN DESA and Itaipu Binacional in 2018, aims towards a world where there is an equitable and sustainable use and management of water and energy resources for all, in support of human …
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