Climate Crisis
Getting To A Net Zero Carbon Economy
Private sector leaders are increasingly making bold public commitments toward achieving net-zero or even carbon negative goals. But there is still a $5.7 trillion annual funding gap in green infrastructure to limit the world to 1.5°C of warming, according to...
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“Sustainability is a Belief System”
With markets facing acute pressure from the global pandemic and a possible prolonged recession on the horizon, how can investors and private sector leaders reinforce their commitments to sustainability and stakeholder purpose? The first of the series of virtual roundtables, (Re-)Building...
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Future-Proofing Business: A New View of Risk, Reward, and Impact
How do investors and insurance companies prepare for climate change, aging societies and the other pressing challenges of the next decade? Representatives of Guggenheim Partners, Willis Towers Watson and the Bank of England came together at Goal 17 Partners on...
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Building Climate Resilience In Climate Risk Hotspots
The perfect combination of representatives from the UN, private sector, and government came together on a panel in the Goal 17 Partners space to discuss the intersection of climate, hunger, and conflict and the importance of partnerships in delivering impact...
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Making Today Better to Affect Tomorrow
You don’t have to be a world leader to make an impact. Melati Wijsen and Cruz Erdmann are two young environmental activists who are taking big steps towards becoming more sustainable and leaving a positive impact on the environment. Melati,...
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Testing Sustainability Standards
How can investors assess sustainability using accounting standards when considering infrastructure investments? A panel of experts explored the opportunities and challenges of international standards to measure the sustainability of the rapidly growing investment class at the Goal 17 Partners space...
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A New Deal for Nature
Business for Nature launched its high-level policy recommendations to governments on Tuesday, urging policy makers to take ambitious decisions to drive global systemic and transformative change. Calling 2020 a “Super Year,” the partnership of business leaders and conservation advocates said...
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Live Stream: Business Leadership In The 2020 Super Year For Nature
2020 will be a Super Year for nature and people with world leaders having a unique opportunity to forge international agreements to reverse nature loss. Business for Nature is a global coalition bringing together influential organizations and forward-thinking businesses to...
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Climate Leadership: What It Is, And How To Get It Done
At the World Economic Forum 2020, Jakob Trollback, the architect of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals framework, has unveiled a new initiative to foster Climate Leadership across corporate, investor, donor and NGO institutions. Trollback advances the core principles of opportunity...
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Building Global Resilience Through the Oceans
The ocean is critical to sustaining life on earth and is a major driver of the global economy. The ocean absorbs a quarter of all CO2 emissions and generates 50% of the earth’s oxygen. The ocean also generates about US$2.5...
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Sustainable Infrastructure Needs to Look Beyond Climate Change
We Need to Build Wisely New infrastructure development is essential if we are to meet the food, water and energy needs of a growing global population and deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet expected public and private investment of...
Read MoreThe 2030 Agenda: Many Hands Needed
One way to tackle daunting, seemingly impossible, challenges is to break them down into manageable “chunks” and share-out responsibility for these among a large number of willing and qualified people. Such is it with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals that...
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