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According to the IPCC, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth, and the concentration has been rising steadily. The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, is largely the product of burning fossil fuels.
There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. One of the most urgent challenges facing countries across the world today is how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also combating climate change.
The Paris climate change agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with countries pledging to cut or curb their greenhouse gas emissions – through a combination of mitigation and adaptation measures – by 2030.
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The latest UN climate science report says there is no longer any doubt. To prevent climate catastrophe, we need to switch away from fossil fuels fast.
But what about those parts of the world that, while sharing the perils of climate change, have not enjoyed the increased wealth or living standards that come with economic development?
Tune into this episode of Stakeholder Capitalism, where it explores the climate crisis and its complex relationship with the story of economic development over the past 200 years:
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Financing Nature-based Solutions
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On 11 February, the United Nations, alongside partners worldwide, will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Recognizing the role of women and girls in science, not only as beneficiaries, but also as agents of change, the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly will focus on the following topic: "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Water Unites Us."
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Fake Green Taxonomy Act must be rejected by EU Parliament
The European Commission has today bowed to pressure from France and others (1), by publishing a set of sustainable finance rules which will do huge damage to the EU and global environmental action
Created a Post in Climate Change, Industry and Entrepreneurship
"I am a passionate advocate of the role of young people, students and university researchers in tackling climate change. I’ve written of the need for young people to 'study to leave school with a mindset to be creators of alternative, competitive low carbon solutions for the mainstream economy'... I’ve argued forcefully that climate action won’t come about through policy and regulation alone but economic opportunities, innovation and enterprise."
Dr. Richard Munang, climate action and development policy expert who won the Africa Green Champion Award 2020, shares his optimism in youth as the climate action solution provider on this blog post.
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How can financial stakeholders coordinate the transition towards a sustainable financial system?
Countries are increasingly turning to Sustainable Finance Roadmaps to plan and prioritize transformative action.
Through the Aligning Finance Policies project, the Green Finance Platform is working with six countries - China, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mongolia and Nigeria – to progress their Sustainable Finance Roadmaps.
Roadmap updates, upcoming events, op-eds and other project content can be found on the recently launched Aligning Finance Policies website.
#AligningFinancePolicies
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“The peoples of the Earth,” Henry Morgenthau said in 1944 while closing the Bretton Woods Conference, “are inseparably linked by a deep underlying community of purpose.”
The institutional architecture – the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and what became the World Trade Organization – that emerged from Bretton Woods may have been deeply flawed. But this was an attempt to underpin through practical financial and monetary cooperation the human rights and freedoms envisaged in the UN charter.
John Maynard Keynes, one of the architects of the Bretton Woods system, once said: “Anything we can actually do, we can afford.”
As an international community we can afford to deliver on the SDGs, work together through multilateralism and prevent climate catastrophe. What we can’t afford is the alternative.
What does "Multilateralism" mean in 2022? How can Stockholm+50 play a role in strengthening it?
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Beyond Stockholm+50, what do you hope this meeting will accomplish?
Thank you Claudia Moray for this interesting though piece!