Posts by Sally Barr
One Planet Summit Focuses on Reversing Biodiversity Loss
On January 11, 2021, the One Planet Summit brought together world leaders to specifically discuss biodiversity loss and its relationship to climate change and zoonotic diseases like COVID-19. The event was hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and leaders from Canada, Britain, Germany, Spain, China, Mauritania, Senegal, as well as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres,…
Read MoreArctic Divestment: Who Wins?
Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic, and while most see it as a massive threat, some see opportunities for profit. As global decarbonization is underway, here is a look at what is happening on the ground, what is in the ground and who stands to win or lose the most. Background on Climate…
Read MoreArctic Divestment Signal of Global Decarbonization
In a move that until very recently seemed impossible, a real and seismic shift may finally be here in the fight on climate change. The financial world has joined a perfect storm of already turbulent global energy politics, environmentalism, and Mother Nature herself, and is altering course to divest from fossil fuels, most recently focusing…
Read MoreThe permafrost is…melting!
It is hard to imagine, when living beloww the 66o33’ N parallel, what life is like in the Arctic Circle, much less which impacts of climate change they endure. But these impacts are dire and have consequences for us all. While attending a Climate Week panel with the Woodwell Climate Research Center (WCRC), we learned…
Read MoreCollaborating for Climate Change
As the United States federal government has chosen to ignore the climate emergency, with more than one hundred rollbacks to environmental regulations and withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement, the responsibility has fallen to states and cities to take progressive steps to protect their populations and territories. Many have joined international collaborative efforts, like…
Read MoreNew York and Québec: The HydroPower Couple
Three powerhouse women in energy came together this September afternoon during Climate Week NYC for a fascinating and inspiring fireside chat about the future for New York, Québec and hydropower. Catherine Loubier, Québec Delegate General in New York introduced Academic Director and Clinical Professor at NYU’s SPS Center for Global Affairs, Dr. Carolyn Kissane and…
Read MoreClimate Week NYC: Smart Buildings
As part of Climate Week NYC, The Climate Group and HUB Live is offering multiple engaging programs. Bright and early this Tuesday morning, Bloomberg’s Jess Shankleman had a conversation with the Director of Sustainability for the NYC Mayor’s Office, Mark Chambers, to find out more about Local Law 97 (LL97). In what is being called…
Read MoreFinancing the Sustainable Development Goals
Starting off Climate Week NYC, we sat in on the Third Plenary Session of the conference at the United Nations, listening to leaders on sustainable development and of the worlds major development investment firms. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Jeffrey Sachs sees the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of the six major transformations…
Read MoreOur Choice: Live in a World on Fire or Stop Drilling for Oil
September 12, 2020 Watching the west coast burn brings up a certain level of anxiety in me. I share the experience that too many around the world have, that of evacuating my home as a raging wildfire accelerated down the mountainside, eating everything in its path. Twice. I was lucky, I only had to run…
Read MoreDenmark: Green Energy Leaders for the Future
During the 1973 Oil Embargo, the world found themselves incredibly vulnerable to the under-supply of fossil fuels. Denmark was importing 90% of their energy at the time and made the brave and forward-thinking decision to never be so vulnerable again. They spent the next forty years making “progressive reforms-aimed first at securing supply and later…
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