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IOC Welcomes Admission As Observer Organisation to UN Climate Change

3BL Media

International Olympic Committee news This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We

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Courts open the door to more climate lawsuits

Corporate Knights

Courts around the world are increasingly being asked to determine whether governments and Crown corporations are doing enough to address climate change. In the past, Canadian courts indicated climate change fell on the other side of that line.

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Paris 2024: High Ambitions for Lower-Carbon Games

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International Olympic Committee news The Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 will set new standards for environmental responsibility, demonstrating how to hold global sporting events in an era of accelerating climate change.

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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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Listen to the Science

Chris Hall

This steep growth marks SBTi as a focal point of corporate climate action, said Guy Turner, Head of Carbon Markets at MSCI. “It But SBTi’s status as the gold standard for companies serious about decarbonising in line with the Paris Agreement took a serious hit last month after a highly public spat between staff and executives.

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UCC and Queen’s University establish SDSN Ireland, the first All-Island Sustainability Network

Sustainable Development Network

Sustainability challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, clean water and air, and achieving a circular economy do not recognise human-made borders” commented Professor John O’Halloran, President of UCC. The Irish National Development Plan 2018-2027 allocates 21.8

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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.