Reading Time: 4 minutesLocal climate action is welcome and long overdue. However, we know that moving from ambition to action has proved a challenge in the past. What can national and local leaders do to make it happen?
Category: Climate
The transformation of architecture in the era of climate change
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe architectural profession is undergoing a profound transformation in response to climate change, with a focus on sustainability and resilience. This shift requires strategic planning, innovative design, stringent quality control, and post-construction management.
Building momentum – global climate efforts focussing on the built environment
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite efforts to decarbonize the building sector, focus has primarily been on new buildings, neglecting the energy inefficiency of older buildings. Collaboration between national and subnational governments is vital in establishing near-zero emissions standards for new constructions by 2030.
Les PME peuvent-elles boucler la boucle ? Comment les petites entreprises peuvent porter l’économie circulaire.
Reading Time: 5 minutesAvec “trois planètes” nécessaires pour soutenir nos systèmes de consommation et de production actuels d’ici 2050, l’économie circulaire offre un modèle pour contrebalancer les pressions environnementales croissantes.
Business Statistics as Usual Will No Longer Suffice
Reading Time: 6 minutesOECD experts Rudiger Ahrend, Sandrine Kergroach, and Annabelle Mourougane look at how business statistics play a critical role in driving economic growth, fostering innovation, and addressing climate challenges.
Industrial regions must act now to reach climate neutrality and need extra support
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the right investment, the path to net zero will be a net positive, but some regions are doing more “heavy lifting” than others – and they need extra support and ressources to achieve their goal.
Can SMEs square the circle? How small businesses can boost their contribution to the circular economy
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith “three earths” needed to sustain our current consumption and production systems by 2050, the circular economy offers a model to counterbalance the environmental pressures that are mounting.
Climate finance after COP28: The ongoing challenge of localising finance
Reading Time: 4 minutesChampa Patel, Executive Director of Governments and Policy at Climate Group, explains why empowering subnational governements for climate finance is key.