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Impact Without Imposition: What Role for Northern Academics in the Global South?

Stanford Social Innovation

By Georg von Richthofen & Ali Aslan Gümüsay This year, our institute published several studies as part of the research project Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Global Digital Transformation (SET) based on activities in seven countries in the Global South. Most academics are used to juggling multiple research projects.

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The Consumer Goods Forum Releases Executive Summary After Global Summit Kyoto 2023

3BL Media

As climate change, political conflicts and other disruptions continue to disrupt the supply chain, companies must ensure that consumers retain access to the goods that support and improve their lives.

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Are You Ready To Change the Way You Think About Climate Action?

3BL Media

The situation is becoming dire: climate change is one of the greatest threats facing people, wildlife and the planet. Tackling this crisis requires a shift in our mindset and practices to change the planet. Changing how we think about our planet is just as critical as building new sustainable technologies.

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Call for Abstracts: 2024 International Conference on Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Network

Amplifying all Voices for SDG Achievement 1A Elevating the pluriverse: Indigenous and diverse visions for sustainable development solutions Chairs: Tamara Dionne Stout, University of Winnipeg; Dave Wilsey, University of Minnesota With layered environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, food and water insecurity, etc.,

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Pumps conference grapples with EU decarbonisation challenge

Envirotec Magazine

The event considered climate change, research and innovation, digital transformation, CBAM, sustainable taxonomy, circular economy and eco-design, as well as the restriction of certain metals and substances due to environmental concerns. There is no question that Europe needs to become a climate-neutral continent.

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SDSN Explores an Asia-Pacific Perspective on World Happiness Report 2023

Sustainable Development Network

The brainchild of the project, the Green School initiative, was integrated in all Bhutanese schools and focuses on eight elements of greenery: natural, social, cultural, intellectual, academic, aesthetic, spiritual and moral. Powdyel wrote about this initiative in his book My Green School: An Outline.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: SDI AOP Adds Negative SDG Impacts

Chris Hall

In its most recent report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that by mid-century, 3-12 billion tons of CO2 will need to be removed from the air every year in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Switzerland.