Industrial energy efficiency: the invisible climate solution
Posted on: March 24, 2020
The burning of fossil fuels for energy is the largest single source of global greenhouse gas emissions. So, any effort to mitigate climate change must involve energy efficient strategies. After all, the easiest and cheapest clean energy solution...
High stakes at high altitudes: glaciers and the case for integrated climate and water action
Posted on: March 20, 2020
Being from Denmark - a small, cold, and wet Nordic country that is barely above sea-level - I was sensitized early to the connections between climate conditions and water, from the power of coastal storms to the importance of flood controls. What I...
Nature: one of the best solutions to climate change
Posted on: March 19, 2020
Investing in trees and forests combats global warming and provides good financial returns.
The best way to tackle climate change may come naturally. For years, solutions have focused on clean energy technology, including electrifying transport and...
Luxury is setting the pace for sustainability
Posted on: March 10, 2020
The fashion industry must be ahead of the curve in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises
This is being described as the “super-year”, with 2020 seen as pivotal – when binding decisions will be made on climate and nature by the world’s...
What to watch on World Wildlife Day 2020
Posted on: March 3, 2020
Today is World Wildlife Day.
Around the world many GEF partners, from UN Environment Programme, and World Wildlife Fund to the World Bank are sharing stories, raising awareness, and encouraging action around the WWD 2020 theme of Sustaining all life...
We need a paradigm shift in economic thinking
Posted on: February 26, 2020
In an interview with The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the GEF, calls for a fundamental rethink in our relationship with the environment to support a sustainable economy and social well-being.
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Why fighting nature loss will also help tackle climate change
Posted on: February 20, 2020
The nature loss and climate change crises are fundamentally interlinked.
Hundreds of companies are committed to reducing their emissions.
Today, a growing number of firms want to broaden this to reduce their impact on the natural world.
The Science...
Cities can be innovation hubs for climate and nature
Posted on: February 12, 2020
Instead of being seen as pressure points for the environment, cities could be planned as innovation hubs
National governments must lead the move towards inclusive and sustainable cities, through initiatives such as carbon pricing and tax policies...
Lighting the way: creating a pathway to zero-carbon
Posted on: January 24, 2020
Business and governments cooperating and working together will build a prosperous, green economy
The 2020s must be the climate decade. We need rapidly to identify what every government and every business can do to help us get to zero-carbon. ...
The world needs a circular economy. Help us make it happen
Posted on: January 22, 2020
The circular economy could be a $4.5 trillion business opportunity.
Only 9% of the global economy is circular at present.
The Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy is helping to speed this transition.
As policy-makers worldwide...
