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Climate Change
Energy
Minerals & Mining
Private Sector
Sustainable Transformation
Technology & Innovation
Global Issues
16 November, 2017

Time for a global agreement on minerals to fuel the clean energy transition

Damien Giurco, Nicholas Arndt and Saleem H. Ali

Representatives from around the world are meeting in Bonn this week to discuss progress towards the goals of the Paris climate agreement. A large part of this challenge involves rapidly scaling up the deployment of renewable energy, while curbing fossil fuel use – but little attention has been paid to the minerals that will be needed to build these technologies.

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The Conversation
Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Environment & Migration
Land & Food
Global Issues
10 November, 2017

Uprooted by climate change: Responding to the growing risk of displacement

Oxfam
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Climate change is amplifying the risk of extreme weather disasters by increasing the destructive power of storms and floods. At the same time, rising seas, shifting rainfall patterns, drought and other slow-onset changes are eroding people’s land, natural resources and security, and magnifying existing vulnerabilities.

8th World Water Forum

The World Water Forum is the world’s biggest water-related event. Its mission is “to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life on Earth”.

9th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation

The annual forum is organized by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and co-hosted with the City of Bonn, Germany. Congress themes also include current and pressing issues such as ecosystem-based adaptation, managing climate-related health risks, data and ICT resilience, and evidence-based adaptation planning

One Planet Summit

On 12 December 2017, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, will address the ecological emergency for our planet by calling together in Paris international leaders and committed citizens from around the world.

Global Climate Action Summit

The Global Climate Action Summit brought leaders and people together from around the world to “Take Ambition to the Next Level.” It was a moment to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of states, regions, cities, companies, investors and citizens with respect to climate action.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Sustainable Transformation
Oceania & Pacific
Asia
07 November, 2017

Foreign policies regarding the impact of climate change on fragility in the Asia-Pacific region

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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In this report, various challenges faced by Asia-Pacific's most vulnerable areas to disasters attributed to climate change are specified, and a qualitative analysis is made on the instability of public security, politics and social climate observed in the region. The purpose of these two exercises is to gain insight into the situation through the overlapping of natural science and social science perspectives.

Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
Asia
06 November, 2017

We need a Reinvigorated Strategy for Climate Diplomacy

Dhanasree Jayaram

The future of climate diplomacy depends on the creation of extensive knowledge-action networks that promote collaborative, transdisciplinary, innovation and solutions-oriented research and help implement long-term strategies geared towards sustainability. Dhanasree Jayaram argues that the achievement of India’s ambitions climate goals is contingent on this strategy as well, and that it must set a clear agenda for COP23.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Environment & Migration
Gender
Security
Global Issues
03 November, 2017

Climate Diplomacy and COP23: Editorial

Stephan Wolters, adelphi

Dear Reader, this year’s UN Climate Change conference is about to kick off in Bonn, Germany. In its wake, natural and political hurricanes have shaken the planet and will affect the climate at COP23. There promises to be a packed agenda with negotiations ongoing on the implementation of the Paris Agreement’s objectives. COP23 will be crucial to pave the way for the facilitative dialogue due in 2018 to ensure that a further improvement of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) will be improved and overall ambition increased...

Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
02 November, 2017

12 Twitter Accounts to follow for Climate Diplomacy news during COP23

Twitter is a great platform for keeping up-to-date with current events. For climate diplomacy, there is hardly anything more current than the COP23. From Bonn to Fiji to the world, wherever you are, these 12 Twitter accounts will keep you posted in real time on the COP23 and correlated news and events.

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