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San Diego Regional Decarbonization Framework: A Model for Other Jurisdictions Across the US and Globally

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN continues to work closely on an initiative that will help accelerate deep decarbonization efforts and inform science-based pathways to net zero The global scientific consensus is unequivocal: the world is in the midst of a climate crisis and our window to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is closing.

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Jeffrey Sachs Awarded 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for Leading Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science

Sustainable Development Network

Sachs’ pursuit to achieve the MDGs led to his engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from their very inception at the “Rio+20” conference in June 2012. To promote the SDGs, in 2012, Prof. With regard to combating anthropogenic climate change, Prof. Sachs has played a unique role in both.

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South American Finance Ministers Discuss Incentives and Mechanisms to Finance the Decarbonization of their Economies

Sustainable Development Network

C by 2030 in order to limit the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. South America has abundant clean energy resources available and a huge opportunity to decarbonize power grids, transport, and industry across the continent, as well as to bolster natural carbon sinks and biodiversity. Further, the IPCC 1.5 °C

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

These are just a few of the nightmare scenarios evoked by UN Secretary General António Guterres following the publication in April of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate science. C target set out under the Paris Agreement in 2015. The findings could scarcely be starker.

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Going green: The future of hydrogen energy

Renewable Energy World

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. Production costs. We simply need to commit, think bigger and embrace what it can offer us.

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The Role of Sustainable Development Solutions Networks (SDSNs) in the protection of the environment

Sustainable Development Network

SDSNs comprise research and educational institutes that promote practical and integrated approaches towards the implementation of the SDGs, such as decarbonization strategies, ways of sustainable land-use and food systems and tracking of bilateral spillover effects globally. SDSNs consists of national, regional and thematic Networks.

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Program Intern, Climate and Energy - NY Office

Sustainable Development Network

ABOUT SDSN The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has been operating since 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General.