But while President Joe Biden’s administration is focusing on the Central American migration crisis, it must not miss the opportunity to drive urgently needed climate action to help the region rebuild after the pandemic.
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Embrace opportunity for climate action, sustainable dev
UN Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back the impacts of climate change and build a green and sustainable future for all.
Bangladesh a country of great hope, opportunity: Biden
Dhaka, Mar 26: US President Joseph R. Biden has said Bangladesh is an example of economic progress and a country of great hope and opportunity.
Europe’s ESG Opportunity
By Olivia Grégoire and Bertrand Badré PARIS – Finance is evolving in a more sustainable direction, and just in time. Pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds have made multiple commitments on climate change, biodiversity, and economic inclusion. In…
Pandemic gives us opportunity to protect the world
‘No Going Back’ to that world because it was heading towards the end of human existence on this planet — as a result of global warming, the process of extreme concentration of wealth in a few hands, and invasion of artificial intelligence to make human beings redundant in the world.
Opportunity to avoid climate change disasters fast shrinking
By Stella Paul Incheon, South Korea, Oct 9 2019 (IPS) – “The window of opportunity to avoid catastrophic climate change is fast shrinking,” executive director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Yannick Glemarec, tells IPS.
SDGs ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’
Unless the world faces its “social, economic and environmental challenges head-on”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will not be met. Addressing the final plenary of the UN Youth Forum on Tuesday, he…
Big economic option to clean up industries: Bertrand Piccard
Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation A UN Goodwill Ambassador and the first person ever to complete a round-the-world flight powered by solar energy, he launched a project to collect 1000 green and profitable solutions so the private sector had no…