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Today’s ESG Updates EU Rejects Weaker Climate Target: EU climate advisers oppose using carbon credits, urging stronger 2040 emission cuts to boost clean tech. California Targets CEQA Reform: Lawmakers push to ease environmental reviews for housing, drawing criticism from labor and green groups. Bolivia Launches Hydrogen Plan: Bolivia unveils national green hydrogen strategy to cut
SDG 7 strives to achieve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all, and is the global goal against which we measure the progress of the green energy transition. Progress over the last decade has been considerable, as more than 1 billion people gained access to electricity between 2010 and 2021. However, we must pick up
At this year’s SciTech Forum, the world’s biggest aerospace technology event organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dutch startup Elysian Aircraft announced that it is developing a battery-electric aircraft that could cover greater distances and carry more passengers than previously thought possible. “Contrary to common belief, large battery-electric aircraft can carry much
“Disease X” is a name for an illness caused by a presently unknown, yet serious microbial threat. The idea is for society to be ready to rapidly and effectively respond to any as yet unknown disease that may arise to seriously threaten human health. By getting scientists to work on medical countermeasures for unknown threats,
That the Arctic has been warming faster than the rest of the world in previous decades is no news; as a group of Finish scientists writes in their new study, this is “considered a robust fact” nowadays and the phenomenon even has a name: Arctic amplification. Previous studies on Arctic warming, however, proved that it
Prior to what is regarded as one of the biggest fashion events globally, Paris Fashion Week outlined plans to measure and control the environmental impact of all fashion shows taking place. Pascal Morand, executive president of Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (the French fashion’s governing body) stated that he had “developed
Most everybody agrees that some degree of personal freedom is good, that the Orwellian quote, “Big Brother is Watching You” is not desirable and even more threatening in 2021. Unfortunately, all around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore differing notions of what constitutes appropriate guard rails on individual freedom and decisions,
Like with many other areas of life and work, the Global Solutions Initiative Summit 2020 was unable to escape the impacts of COVID-19. Rather than cancel the Summit entirely, the organizers and sponsors worked to make it an entirely online event. Having attended the inaugural Summit in person as a 2017 Young Global Changer and
The Good, the Bad and the Notorious in Covid-19 Times: The Passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Why the U.S. Supreme Court Matters Few citizens in most countries follow their highest court on a regular basis, much less know the names of their members. But examining, reading, and studying about the
Aristotle said, “The purpose of education is to ensure the flourishing of the individuals characterised by the ‘goodness’ of character and ‘goodness’ of intellect.” In Sanskrit, we say, “Vidya Dadati Vinyam,” meaning that education brings humility. Unfortunately, character building has taken a back seat. The entire focus seems to be on maximising the academic performance,
2018 was a watershed year. The geopolitical table turned: The world changed from order to disorder. True, the ordered world we had known since the end of World War II till 2016 was far from perfect. It had many problems and inequities. And it had been slow – some say too slow – in moving
International Plant Protection Convention’s work for Food Security Today, new plant pests are putting in danger crops around the world, posing a greater threat to food security than ever before. To make matters worse, increasing global trade and changing climate are creating favourable conditions for the movement and spread of pests. That’s why having pest