Tag: Climate change
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Code REDD campaign to save world’s threatened forests
Code REDD campaign to save world’s threatened forests Illuminates Rio+20 In the heart of Rio thousands of people from around the globe gathered on June 20 o support the launch of Code REDD, an emergency action campaign to save the threatened forests of the world, by dramatically increasing the demand for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from…
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Urban sustainability: world’s megacities demonstrate progress in greenhouse gas reductions
Cities are making great progress in reducing greenhouse gases Mayors of the World’s Largest Cities Demonstrate Progress in Greenhouse Gas Reductions and Launch Two New Initiatives C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) Cities have the potential to reduce their annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by over a billion tonnes by 2030, from business as usual. This…
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Urban sustainability: Cities on the front line of climate change
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) unveils in partnership with CNN an extensive infographic on climate impacts and actions in global cities. The dynamic, multi-media feature spotlights the cities of Lagos, Melbourne, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo and showcases data from the recently published Measurement for Management CDP Cities 2012 Global Report. Rich…
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Vivienne Westwood ‘Tree-shirt’ to raise funds for re-connecting Europe’s forests
Vivienne Westwood put art in the service of sustainable development. At the launch of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s new ‘GreenUp’ initiative, conceived to bring the Green Economy closer to Europeans, British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood unveiled a ‘Tree-shirt’ to raise funds for re-connecting Europe’s forests. Forests across the globe will be central to combating…