Sustainable Development

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

Farmers pioneer climate action explain Kate Nkatha Ochieng, Bismark Kpabitey and Rachel Banda

Farmers are pioneering climate action and climate change resilience explain Fairtrade’s Kate Nkatha Ochieng, Bismark Kpabitey and Rachel Band.
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Regenerative agriculture creates climate resilience with Oliver Furechi, Evalyn Akoth and Sarah Roberts

Regenerative agriculture creates climate resilience. Learn from Kenyan farmer Evalyn Akoth and Practical Action.
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Carol Weis and Neha Misra

By one estimate the demand for photovoltaic installers (or solar energy electricians) is projected to grow 52 percent from 2020 to 2030. Carol Weis and Neha Misra – both part of Remote Energy examine how we train up a new global workforce of solar installers
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Enlightened climate policy for Africa

As the world convenes in Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), it is time to recognize Africa’s role in averting a climate disaster without compromising the continent’s growth and poverty reduction.
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Nepal’s farmers tackle climate change with Madan Pariyar and Corey O’Hara

Madan Pariyar and Corey O’Hara explore how farmers tackle climate change and where this affects last mile supplies.
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Climate Justice 2021 – Day 3 Webinar 1

In our webinar “Global Youth Perspectives on Scaling an Inclusive Green Economy,” panellists discussed the importance of attracting young people to agriculture, the essential
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How to tackle the impacts of climate change on equity

Benedicte Faivre-Tavignot is an Associate Professor of Strategy and the Executive Director of the Society and Organisation Institute at HEC Paris. Her research focuses on reverse innovation and on the processes through which Social Businesses and Base of the Pyramid business models can be a lever for innovation and a lever for strategic renewal for firms.
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The Make Travel Matter Campaign

Sustainability in Tourism has undertaken massive development during the previous three decades. Today, all holidaymakers are posed with the question – how will my holiday choice affect people and the environment? The evolution of consumer behaviour and decision making will be dependent upon how we adapt our understanding of economic, social and environmental impacts.
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How to ensure communities gain the full benefit of a sustainable economy

In this video, Georgina explains what she has learnt about how we can ensure communities gain the full benefits of a sustainable economy. Also, she gives her advice to business and other organisations about how to support and engage with individuals and communities to better collaborate for a more sustainable future.
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Climate Justice 2021 – Day 2 Webinar 1

Our live panel from COP27 explored “Empowering Women Through a Just Transition,” discussing gender equality in the energy sector, the importance of listening to
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Climate Justice 2021 – Day 2 Webinar 2

Our webinar explored “Women and the Net Zero Economy: Business Opportunities and Challenges in Supply Chains,” discussing the role of companies in promoting gender
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Carbon accounting madness makes a mockery of the UK’s net zero plans

The race to go ‘net zero’ is top of the agenda at this month’s COP26 in Glasgow. The latest United Nations’ Climate Change Conference is widely thought to be our last chance to get countries to commit to necessary cuts in greenhouse gases (GHG) and avert unstoppable climate collapse. But government targets to make the UK carbon neutral by 2050 could be worthless if current carbon accounting systems aren’t radically reformed.
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How to build more resilient business models

James Payne is Associate Director for Transformational Strategies at Forum for the Future, a leading international sustainability non-profit. For more than 25 years Forum for the Future has been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the transformation towards a sustainable future.
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Climate Justice 2021 – Day 1 Webinar 1

Our webinar explored “How do Businesses Put People at the Heart of Climate Action?” and discussed the significance of climate justice, benefits of corporate
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Climate Justice 2021 – Day 1 Webinar 2

Our webinar explored “Connecting Investment, Climate Action and Social Justice” and discussed climate insurance for smallholder farmers, enabling resilience through investments, and mobilising investors
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Business and forest communities can work together – Kinari Webb

Communities and business can save forests explains Kinari Webb. Why stopping deforestation is about the people.
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Beware the greenwasher: 5 steps towards genuine corporate climate action

As we head into COP26 in Glasgow, we hope to see corporate climate commitments grounded in real actions that cut emissions sharply and rapidly by the end of this decade and support a just and resilient transition.
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The Green Stoplight, a practical way to involve people in climate action

Populations in vulnerable contexts disproportionately bear the consequences of climate change, however, their voice is often silenced by other issues or approaches to the topic. Find out how the Green Stoplight provides a framework to break down environmental action into small and doable steps to then unite communities in hopes of influencing public policy.
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Edward Cameron

What is climate justice and why should we care about it? Meet Edward Cameron. Edward has dedicated his career to understanding, delivering, and advocating for climate justice. He has a PhD in the topic and is the founder of the International Institute for Climate Justice.
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This COP26 it’s time to listen to farmers and workers

The eyes of the business world have been trained on Glasgow for COP26. The environment is increasingly topping the agenda for boardrooms at the biggest companies. At the UN’s recent biodiversity conference in China the chief executives of Unilever and H&M were among those calling on governments to take significant action to reverse the collapse of our ecosystems.
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