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Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders

GreenBiz

"This is where the moral leaders [will] separate themselves from the greenwashers," Paul Polman, global sustainability leader and former Unilever CEO, said in a GreenBiz 21 keynote conversation about what leadership means today. Governments already have spent $12 trillion to $13 trillion just to stabilize global economies ravaged by COVID-19.

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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. The G7 is a formidable global policy forum. What Can the G7 Summit Do?

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Inogen Alliance Presence at COP28: Panel Discussion Side Event, 4 December in the Blue Zone

3BL Media

This event will delve into the means and examples of how to access funding by GCF and the critical role of ESG principles in shaping investment decisions and financial mechanisms to combat climate change and foster a more sustainable global economy. Istituto Commercio nel Estero as a Senior Trade Analyst.

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Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

During lockdown, the global economy was disrupted so severely that it triggered a shift in mindset among business leaders to recognise the importance of ESG issues in creating a more resilient future. “ When I attended COP25 (Madrid) in 2019, there was talk of the climate crisis, but there was not a lot of urgency,” she says.

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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

A pledge to reverse deforestation also seemed to be significant, and gained the support of around 100 countries, although some observers noted that a previous international agreement in 2014 “failed to slow deforestation in any way”, as Fotis Fotiadis, co-founder of Better Origin observed.

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SDSN Turkey Network and the Role of Sustainable Cities as Drivers of Global Transformation

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN Turkey was launched in June 2014 and is jointly managed by Boğaziçi University and Columbia Global Centers | Turkey. This is particularly true at a time when climate change, rapid urbanization and increasing inequality present deeper and more complex problems than ever before.

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Global Cleantech Jobs on the Rise

Sense and Sustainability

Propelled by reduced production costs and the looming threat of climate change, demand for renewable energy and efficiency is increasing across the globe. By Type of Energy Solar PV firms play an increasingly important role in the global economy. million jobs to the global economy. They also contributed 3.4