Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

SDSN is proud to announce the launch of its 25 th network! SDSN Switzerland, co-hosted by The Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern and BIOVISION Foundation , joins the SDSN with a view to shaping multi-stakeholder dialogue, foster sustainable development solutions, and advise decision-makers on the implementation of the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

It is estimated that 40 percent of the world population is already experiencing water scarcity and as the global climate keeps on warming and weirding, this situation will most unfortunately worsen and spread. Cape Town in South Africa is just one among these cities. As a consequence of climate change , a drought has stricken the region for the past three years and the city will run out of water in just a few months.

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Roel Nieuwenkamp

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

This blog was originally published on 26 January 2018 by the Institute for Human Rights and Business By Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair, OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Last December I was asked to speak to the European Parliament to discuss trends in policies on responsible business conduct.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Often, when confronted by problems, we have a tendency to work the problem. Then work it some more. And, from there, work it even more. But does working, reworking and working at it harder uncover a solution? Often, the answer is no. Instead, I like to recommend an alternative that may seem a bit outlandish to some, but is a remarkably effective strategy: Take your biggest problem and skip It. .

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Being anticipatory often boils down to the ability to see what everyone else misses. How can you do that? One way is to simply look where no one else happens to be looking. And how and where you look can help broaden both your and your organization’s capacity for being anticipatory. Leveraging the Law of Opposites isn’t just about being contrarian or being different just for the sake of being different.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In a medical setting, a post mortem has a rather grisly context—an examination to determine a person’s cause of death and other contributing medical factors. But post mortems also exist within businesses and organizations of all sorts. Post mortems are reviews of product or service launches, projects, campaigns and other activities after they have either been in place for a certain period of time, completed or discontinued.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Cross-posted from the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment’s website. The renewable energy industry is instrumental to the success of the SDGs. Renewable energy is core to the implementation of SDG 7 (access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy) and SDG 13 (urgent action to combat climate change). New developments in renewable energy — solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal, among others — are necessary to replace fossil fuels in the global energy system, and can also bring m

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The term “fake” has been in the news quite a bit of late—and not just in terms of politics. A recent article in the MIT Technology Review examined technologies shared in other blogs that illustrate the growing capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of technology to effectively blur the line between what is genuine and what’s an illusion.

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