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Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) at the UNFCCC Africa Climate Week 2023

Sustainable Development Network

The CEET members offered key insights and perspectives as both academic and practicing engineers who have worked for decades to advance solutions for energy access and development, economic advancement, and addressing climate change.

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Nature – On The Frontlines At Davos 2024?

We Mean Business Coalition

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. This group, representing over US$4 trillion in market capitalisation, includes some of the world’s largest asset owners and managers, banks and insurers.

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How do we finally get beyond tracking GPD and measure 'inclusive wealth' instead?

Corporate Knights

There have also been recent calls by academics in this field to use inclusive wealth to help with the global biodiversity framework , a UN-led drive to be “living in harmony with nature” by 2050. Inclusive wealth is measured by both the World Bank and UN Environment Programme (Unep). Which is it?

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Finance Consultant, Science Panel for the Amazon

Sustainable Development Network

Working with the SPA team, the consultant will support the development and implementation of an engagement strategy for dialogues with key development banks and financial institutions. with UNEP Financial Initiative) and engage in dialogues with financial institutions at high-level summits and events.

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‘Transnational Exchange’ Influencing Climate Litigation Outcomes

Chris Hall

Further, a recent report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, showed that climate litigation is becoming an integral part of securing climate action and justice.