On a hot Friday evening at the beginning of summer, a notoriously hot season in Italy, France’s Le Monde newspaper hosted the very à propos event “Cities Milan: Resilient Cities, Resourceful Cities.” The conference is part of a series of lectures and discussion panels held in several cities around the world. It featured influential local …
Le Monde Cities: Milan, “Let’s Bring the Forest into the City” Read More »
The world is not on track to meet internationally agreed climate policy objectives. We need more ambitious and effective national and international economic policies and implementation. In order to achieve international climate objectives: 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to preindustrial levels and full climate neutrality in the second half of the century, global GHG emissions need …
Global energy demand is on the rise, followed by the rise in the CO2 emissions. Read More »
“I know women are considered as those who should take care of the family and the housework, but in my family I am the one who brings the bread home. My husband waits for me there”.This is Thi speaking, a 23 years old Vietnamese girl. She has three children and lives with her family in …
The recent IPCC special reportargued that limiting warming to 1.5 °C is possible, but requires urgent and unprecedented transformation across all aspects of society – including energy, agricultural, urban and industrial systems. In order to support and accelerate this all-embracing and deep societal change, broader integral policies that would include climate action, issues of security, …
The World Economic Forumhas estimated a $1 trillion economic potential in the Arctic. Melting ice offers an opportunity for Arctic states to develop and use new shipping routes of commercial and military strategic importance, access economic resources and explore significant natural reserves of oil and gas. According to the scientific estimates, they comprise30 percent of …
At the opening press conference of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde presented her vision of the Global Policy Agenda (policy paper), titled: “The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda 2019: Joint Responsibility. Shared Rewards.” This policy thinkpiece outlinesthe institution’s policy responses to tackle current societal challenges. The paper is focused on …
On the 7th of October I wrote an article on the Dutch Climate law and how it relates to the to be expected Climate Accord (click here if you need a quick recap). The moment is finally here! The long anticipated Climate Accord has been presented by the minister of Economic- and Climate Affairs – …
Follow up: The Dutch Senate and the finalized Climate Accord – a love story. Read More »
What started last year as a small protest outside the Swedish parliament to encourage politicians to uphold their commitments to fight climate change, has turned into a global movement that even the students of the Sustainable Development course are a part of. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and recent Nobel Prize nominee, has …
Sustainable Development students take part in #FridaysforFuture Read More »
September 25th was the anniversary of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and therefore the Global Day to Act for SDGs. Roughly a million people in more than 1200 cities in over 140 countries partnered in worldwide mass mobilisation for the SDGs. People participated in activities around the world addressing, among other things; poverty, …
On a chilly morning last week, I rushed out of my apartment, whipped out my phone and searched for the closest dock free bike to rent, as I do on most mornings. When I found one, I made my way towards it (chuffed that it was one of the newer models because the old ones …
Smart, Green, Integrated Transport: Should We Be Pedalling On? Read More »
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