Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered entrepreneurs and innovators building a world that works for everyone? While the specter of collapse looms large, A Finer ... More ...
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meetPASS: meeting the Paris Agreement and Supporting Sustainability
The Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) and the Institute of Economic Structures Research (GWS) are analysing in ACRP project meetPASS how the achievement of the Paris Climate Agreement affects the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The project is currently running an online consultation to assess the ... More ...
World invested more in solar energy than coal, gas and nuclear combined in 2017
The world invested more in solar power than coal, gas and nuclear combined last year, a UN report finds. China was by far the world’s largest investor in renewable energy in 2017, accounting for nearly half of the new infrastructure commissioned, according to the report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The ... More ...
Energy Days
Registration is now open for Energy Days as part of this year’s 13th edition of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) – Europe’s largest event promoting sustainable energy. Energy Days can be organised throughout Europe from 1 May to 30 June 2018 by public and private organisations to encourage citizens and ... More ...
EU Sustainable Energy Week: Lead the clean energy transition
Are you working on, or know someone who is, developing an innovative and effective energy transition initiative? If so, it's your time to shine: this year, you can either apply for an award or nominate your favourite activities, projects and actions. You or your nominee could win an EU Sustainable Energy Award at the ... More ...
Club of Rome publishes a major new report on the governance of “Spaceship Earth
The human footprint is increasing fast and will – if not reversed – eventually lead to a collapse of the global economy. So say the authors of the new book Come On! which proposes an overhaul in the way that governments, businesses, financial systems, innovators and families interact with our planet. Now, in ... More ...
Greenhouse gas emissions across EU drop slightly in 2016
Greenhouse gas emissions across the European Union decreased modestly in 2016, according to estimates published in the latest climate ‘trends and projections’ assessments released today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The estimates confirm that the EU remains on track to meet its emission reduction target set ... More ...
Sustainable Finance Conference – New Speakers and full Programme
Finance Watch invites you to a morning conference on accelerating the EU's leadership in sustainable finance, as the Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) prepares its final report. Announcing new speakers: Felicia Stanescu, DG FISMA, European Commission Sharan Burrow, General ... More ...
New publication by UNESCO: Education for Sustainable Development Goals – Learning Objectives
To address global challenges such as climate change or poverty, students need knowledge and skills. The new UNESCO publication "Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives" aims at helping teachers to integrate the sustainability objectives into teaching and curricula. Education for Sustainable ... More ...
Green Growth Indicators 2017
Many countries have become more efficient in using natural resources and the services provided by the environment, generating more economic output per unit of carbon emitted and of energy or raw materials consumed. Yet progress is too slow, and if emissions embodied in international trade are included, advances in ... More ...
Smarter products and services key to resource-efficient, circular economy
Making products like mobile phones and other consumer goods last longer and easier to repair and reuse will be key to the shift towards a more resource-efficient circular economy. A European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today stresses that ‘circular’ business models cannot rely on smarter product design ... More ...
EUSEW POLICY CONFERENCE 2017: Clean Energy for all Europeans
The EUSEW Policy Conference from 19-25 June 2017 in Brussels is the most important European conference dedicated to sustainable energy policy issues. Sessions organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders debate new policy developments, best practices and sustainable energy ideas, while networking events ... More ...
