Climate / Carbon
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Changing the Language of Climate Change
"To inspire people, we need to tell a story not of sacrifice and deprivation but of opportunity and improvement in our lives, our health and our well-being—a story of humans flourishing in a post-fossil-fuel age."
"The words we use and the stories we tell matter. Transforming the way we talk about...
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The New Possible: Visions of our World Beyond Crisis
A series of essays from a diverse group--some globally known and others who should be--this collection show the diversity of visions revolving around people-centered leadership, offering social, ecological, economic, spiritual, and ethical frames and practices to shift from the destructive and...
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The Ministry for the Future
A masterpiece in helping us understand how some of today’s leading ideas for saving ourselves on this Earth could translate into politics, action, and systems that will transform humanity. All packed into a fast paced novel with great characters.
From the Publisher: "The Ministry for the Future is...
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Fishing communities create marine refuges to protect Chile’s biodiversity
Systemic dynamics in creating marine protected areas, this article illustrates some of the drivers, challenges, and benefits in so doing.
"In Chile’s Valparaíso region, artisanal fishers have created grassroots marine reserves to protect marine biodiversity. The areas are small, some of them just...
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Échanges dette nature : une double solution pour la soutenabilité environnementale et la dette des pays en développement ?
Une étude publiée par la Banque nationale Français met en évidence certains des risques liés aux échanges de dettes contre nature et où ils sont les mieux utilisés. Il souligne également que seules ces mesures pourraient ne pas atteindre les résultats escomptés en matière d'allégement de la dette ou...
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Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde's debt for environmental investment
This story highlights one of the tools that governments can use to help advance systemic innovation.
"Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde's debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago nation off West Africa's coast...
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How to Construct Buildings That Have a Positive Impact on Climate and Biodiversity
Focusing on circularity in building materials and carbon capture, this article covers some of the emerging approaches usined in the building industries.
By Katherine Sanderson in Scientific American
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When It Becomes Too Hot to Work -- a deeper analysis than the title suggests
Don't read this article for its systemic examination of the climate related changes upon huge swathes of the Earth's population with rising temperatures in which it is too hot to work. Read it for the impressive analysis interlinking climate, social, and potential policy measures that could be taken...
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Mark Ritchie
USA Expo Board Member / Bid Co-founder, President of Global Minnesota, former Secretary of State, Minnesota, Founder, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
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Jan-Gisbert Schultze
Founder, Regenerate Forum and Managing Partner, Acton Capital Partners. Passion for regenerative agriculture and transitioning to a regenerative economy. Investing in tech-enabled business models since 1999. Supporting entrepreneurs that create long-term value. Special interest in fashion, direct-to...