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The G7 Summit 2022 Is Coming. Here's Why All Global Citizens Should Be Paying Attention

3BL Media

This year, the to-do list for the leaders of seven of the world’s economic and political heavyweights is long — from ending the COVID-19 pandemic, to averting an impending global food crisis, to taking meaningful action on climate change. Why This G7 Summit Is So important.

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Aligning Finance with Climate Action

Chris Hall

Julie Segal, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, outlines the c hallenges and opportunities of the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c). Aligning investments with climate change mitigation and adaptation goals, as required under Article 2.1(c)

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A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems

James Militzer

In 2009, developed countries committed to mobilizing US $100 billion per year for climate action in developing countries by 2020. However, many climate and SDG projects seek investments of less than $5 million, making them too small for global investors, but just right for local investors. They failed.

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No Quick Fix to Europe’s Gas Dependency

Chris Hall

Last summer, the European Commission launched a raft of climate-related legislation – ‘ Fit for 55 ’ (Ff55) – to reduce net EU emissions by 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels. It includes a proposal for amending the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive to increase its target for renewables to 40% of its overall energy mix by 2030.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.

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Rethinking Former GE CEO Jack Welch’s Legacy Offers Insight Into the Future of American Capitalism

Just Capital

Well, as you acknowledge, the moment right around when Jack took over was a period of immense change in the American economy and the global economy at large. I don’t think even the backlash that we’re starting to see from Republicans right now is going to change that.