Sustainability risks are under the spotlight like never before, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown. Global Reporting Initiative share findings of a recent webinar on how companies can align sustainability and enterprise risk management, improving their accountability and transparency. Credit: GRI By Lany HarijantiAMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov 1 2021 (IPS) The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly
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1 November 2021
Risky business: Why Sustainability is now Central to Mitigating Risk
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1 November 2021
Cop26 summit at serious risk of failure, says Boris Johnson
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UK PM says climate crisis talks at G20 over weekend only ‘inched forward’ The Cop26 climate summit is at serious risk of failure because countries are still not promising enough to restrict global temperature rises to below 1.5C, Boris Johnson has warned. In a blunt admission after two days of preliminary talks at the G20
31 October 2021
Coordination games vs prisoner’s dilemma in sustainability games: A critique of recent contributions and a discussion of policy implications
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Publication date: February 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 192 Author(s): Alessio Carrozzo Magli, Piero Manfredi
31 October 2021
COP26 – Commonwealth Chief Calls for “Highest Possible Ambition” at Climate Summit
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Patricia Scotland By External SourceOct 30 2021 (IPS-Partners) Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has called for all countries to deliver an ambitious and transformative outcome at the imminent UN Climate Change Conference COP26, while appealing for increased support for the smallest and most vulnerable nations. The Secretary-General will lead a delegation to the summit, to advocate
30 October 2021
‘It’s the protests which are giving me hope’: activists descend on Glasgow
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Campaigners from around the world are uniting to disrupt the Cop26 conference and put pressure on political leaders Thousands of protesters from around the world arrived in Glasgow on Saturday to demand urgent action on the escalating ecological emergency before the two-week Cop26 climate conference. Campaigners from scores of environmental justice, indigenous and civil society
28 October 2021
Climate Crisis Fuels Exodus to Mexico, Both Waystation and Destination
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Every day, dozens of migrants from Central America, Haiti and Venezuela come early in the morning to the offices of the governmental Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid in downtown Mexico City to apply for asylum. Mexico is overwhelmed by the influx of migrants, to whom it has begun to apply harsh restrictions. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPS
28 October 2021
‘Cop26 own goal’: despair over budget backing for flights and roads
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Chancellor’s speech did not mention the climate crisis despite UK-hosted climate summit opening on Sunday Budget 2021: key points at a glance Rishi Sunak’s decision to make domestic flights cheaper, freeze fuel duty and spend £21bn on roads just before the Cop26 climate summit has prompted a furious reaction from green campaigners. The chancellor’s budget
27 October 2021
A framework to allocate responsibilities of the global environmental concerns: A case study in Spain involving regions, municipalities, productive sectors, industrial parks, and companies
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Publication date: February 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 192 Author(s): Brais Suárez-Eiroa, Emilio Fernández, David Soto-Oñate, Aida Ovejero-Campos, Pablo Urbieta, Gonzalo Méndez
27 October 2021
World has wasted chance to build back better after Covid, UN says
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Report says countries must strengthen climate ambitions after wasting chance to build back better after Covid The world is squandering the opportunity to “build back better” from the Covid-19 pandemic, and faces disastrous temperature rises of at least 2.7C if countries fail to strengthen their climate pledges, according to a report from the UN. Tuesday’s
26 October 2021
Assessing the learning process in transdisciplinary research through a novel analytical approach
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Inter- and transdisciplinary research projects bring with them both challenges and opportunities for learning among all stakeholders involved. This is a particularly relevant aspect in social-ecological research projects, which deal with complex real-world systems and wicked problems involving various stakeholders’ interests, needs, and views, while demanding expertise from a wide range of disciplines. Despite its