The document discusses several topics including:
1) Poverty falling but inequality rising as the richest 42 people own as much wealth as the poorest 3.7 billion.
2) Global emissions are on the rise again in 2018 with a 3.4% increase in the US, the biggest since 2010, leading to more extreme climate events like stronger storms and fiercer fires.
3) The fashion industry is surging but also creating a large amount of waste and pollution while some companies are pioneering more sustainable practices.
Trends, major moments and policy decisions in 2020 related to climate change, biodiversity, corporate sustainability, technology, politics, and more. The presentation highlights actions by governments, businesses, activists, finance and innovators that will shape the trajectory for climate action and other environmental issues for the decade to come.
2020 was a year like no other. Instead of a big year for climate action and progress on other sustainability issues, the world was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. As we look ahead, there are signs of hope.
We look to the big moments, trends and people that will shape the world in 2021. For the 18th annual Stories to Watch, WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer shared insights into why 2021 could set a foundation for a cleaner, sustainable and more equitable future.
Event Page: https://www.wri.org/events/2021/01/stories-watch-2021
Twitter Moment: https://twitter.com/i/events/1349378807036334081
Combatting the climate crisis requires society to rapidly transform all the systems that propel our economy, including power generation, buildings, industry, transport, land use and more. But by how much? And how can decision-makers make it happen?
Developed by partners contributing to the Systems Change Lab, the "State of Climate Action 2021" report identifies 40 indicators across key sectors that must transform to address the climate crisis and assesses how current trends stack up against targets for 2030 and 2050 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. The analysis will highlight both encouraging bright spots that are witnessing exponential change as well as sectors that are well off track and demand urgent attention.
Now in its 15th year, Dr. Andrew Steer, president & CEO, World Resources Institute, unveils insights on the major economic, environment and development stories that will shape the world in the coming year. Will states, cities and business lead on climate action? Will China and India advance their renewable energy goals? Will countries’ tackle air pollution and threats to the ocean? Will drought and famine lead to more conflict?
Global trends and emerging issues to watch related to climate, energy, economic development, sustainable diets, and transport. Learn more at http://wri.org/stw17
World Resources Institute selects the top stories that will shape our world in 2022. This presentation is part of our flagship event, Stories to Watch, now in its 19th year, that dives into the big ideas, data and trends in the sustainability, economics and the environment.
On January 13th, WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer presented the big stories that will shape the world in 2016. How do we turn the Paris Agreement from promise to action?What are the major trends in energy, finance, business, food and cities? Which countries will be in the spotlight?
Trends, major moments and policy decisions in 2020 related to climate change, biodiversity, corporate sustainability, technology, politics, and more. The presentation highlights actions by governments, businesses, activists, finance and innovators that will shape the trajectory for climate action and other environmental issues for the decade to come.
2020 was a year like no other. Instead of a big year for climate action and progress on other sustainability issues, the world was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. As we look ahead, there are signs of hope.
We look to the big moments, trends and people that will shape the world in 2021. For the 18th annual Stories to Watch, WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer shared insights into why 2021 could set a foundation for a cleaner, sustainable and more equitable future.
Event Page: https://www.wri.org/events/2021/01/stories-watch-2021
Twitter Moment: https://twitter.com/i/events/1349378807036334081
Combatting the climate crisis requires society to rapidly transform all the systems that propel our economy, including power generation, buildings, industry, transport, land use and more. But by how much? And how can decision-makers make it happen?
Developed by partners contributing to the Systems Change Lab, the "State of Climate Action 2021" report identifies 40 indicators across key sectors that must transform to address the climate crisis and assesses how current trends stack up against targets for 2030 and 2050 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. The analysis will highlight both encouraging bright spots that are witnessing exponential change as well as sectors that are well off track and demand urgent attention.
Now in its 15th year, Dr. Andrew Steer, president & CEO, World Resources Institute, unveils insights on the major economic, environment and development stories that will shape the world in the coming year. Will states, cities and business lead on climate action? Will China and India advance their renewable energy goals? Will countries’ tackle air pollution and threats to the ocean? Will drought and famine lead to more conflict?
Global trends and emerging issues to watch related to climate, energy, economic development, sustainable diets, and transport. Learn more at http://wri.org/stw17
World Resources Institute selects the top stories that will shape our world in 2022. This presentation is part of our flagship event, Stories to Watch, now in its 19th year, that dives into the big ideas, data and trends in the sustainability, economics and the environment.
On January 13th, WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer presented the big stories that will shape the world in 2016. How do we turn the Paris Agreement from promise to action?What are the major trends in energy, finance, business, food and cities? Which countries will be in the spotlight?
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2015?
2015 will be a decisive year for major environmental and sustainability issues. On Thursday, January 8, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI’s President & CEO, discussed the issues and stories that will shape the world in economics, business, natural resources, and the environment in 2015. Now in its 12th year, Stories to Watch is a go-to event for media, policymakers, business executives and consultants. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/stw15
Presentation slides from the first in a series of virtual seminars highlights how policymakers and leaders can design coronavirus stimulus packages to create jobs and foster inclusive, sustainable economic growth.
Presentation by Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute. MindShare is WRI’s annual flagship meeting of corporate sustainability leaders.
On Nov. 13, Kevin Moss delivered a keynote address at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics 2017 conference in Philadelphia. In his remarks, Kevin discussed the potential for companies to confront consumption in a world where natural resources are finite and population is growing. Directly addressing over 250 representatives from leading companies, Kevin emphasized the need to develop new business models that decouple economic growth from increasing consumption in tomorrow’s markets.
Presentation by WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer WRI/Resources and Rights Initiative (RRI) release of the report "Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change: How Strengthening Community Forest Rights Mitigates Climate Change" at NPR in Washington, DC on July 24, 2014.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2014? On 8 January 2014, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI’s President & CEO, offered his perspectives on the major global developments in economics, business, natural resources and sustainability in the coming year. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/stw14
Looking ahead to the big environmental and sustainability stories for 2012. Topics include: What does the U.S. presidential election mean for key environmental issues, including the future of the EPA? What will be the key drivers for renewable energy in 2012? What does China’s upcoming leadership transition mean? How will the expanding global population impact scarce natural resources, including forests? What will happen at the 2012 Earth Summit in Rio?
BUILDING HOPE
Positive Psychology, a new branch of psychology focused on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. This emerging field offers guidance on how to feel more satisfied and engaged with life, regardless of one’s circumstances. Nineteen different scientifically-validated questionnaires on everything from love, compassion, grit and gratitude are building a robust body of data about what makes people happy and resilient.
What is hope? Hope is:
• a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life
• A feeling that what you want is achievable and that events will turn out for the best.
Happiness, on the other hand, is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Hope is about the future and happiness is about the present. You could say that people aspire to want hope and have happiness. To put it another way, hope is a means to having happiness.
People all around the world invest themselves every day to create a sustainable way of life, no matter how daunting the challenge. It is so easy to miss their progress and achievements. This is for them.
Gretzky and the Carbon Puck: fighting carbon and climate changeSteve Aplin
In the early days of 2008, the "smart" money in big time investing was on mortgage-baked derivatives. In small-time investing, the "smart" money was in Bernie Madoff's funds. When both those markets blew up later that year, people wondered how the smart money was so dumb -- especially given that there was plenty of prior warning about mortgage-backed derivatives and Madoff.
Today, the "smart" money in environmental investing is on renewable energy -- wind and solar. This though there is plenty of proof that wind and solar cannot reduce carbon pollution.
In this provocative presentation, energy and environment expert Steve Aplin explains why the "smart" environment money today is as dumb as the "smart" money in 2008.
Research Talk: How to Tell More Compelling Climate Change StoriesJill Hopke
Slides from a research talk I gave at the DePaul University College of Communication faculty meeting on February 15, 2019. The question that drives my research is: How to tell more compelling climate change stories. My research includes social media and traditional media.
Report from the Fourth International Thorium ConferenceCynthia G. Wagner
Presented by Anna Carson
At the end of October 2013, more than 200 participants from 33 nations met at CERN in Switzerland. The 69 sessions covered topics on National and International Thorium Programs plus current and future designs of Thorium energy systems. Panelists are four of the 14 American participants. The United States did not present a national program.
The challenge for 2024 is to understand how we can move those in power to make the necessary shifts toward a net zero, climate-resilient future.
In WRI’s Stories to Watch 2024, WRI’s President & CEO, Ani Dasgupta, presents four key stories that help explain how we can make these shifts. Each story hinges on whether leaders use their power to make life better for people, nature, and the climate — and the factors that influence them.
Our four stories look at the political barriers to effective climate action, how to fix the world’s dysfunctional food system, the missing link in the clean energy revolution, and climate change’s ‘silent killer’.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2024/1/stories-watch-2024
WRI’s President and CEO Ani Dasgupta will share insights into the big stories in 2023, including what actions governments, businesses and people must take to get the world on the right path.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2015?
2015 will be a decisive year for major environmental and sustainability issues. On Thursday, January 8, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI’s President & CEO, discussed the issues and stories that will shape the world in economics, business, natural resources, and the environment in 2015. Now in its 12th year, Stories to Watch is a go-to event for media, policymakers, business executives and consultants. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/stw15
Presentation slides from the first in a series of virtual seminars highlights how policymakers and leaders can design coronavirus stimulus packages to create jobs and foster inclusive, sustainable economic growth.
Presentation by Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute. MindShare is WRI’s annual flagship meeting of corporate sustainability leaders.
On Nov. 13, Kevin Moss delivered a keynote address at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics 2017 conference in Philadelphia. In his remarks, Kevin discussed the potential for companies to confront consumption in a world where natural resources are finite and population is growing. Directly addressing over 250 representatives from leading companies, Kevin emphasized the need to develop new business models that decouple economic growth from increasing consumption in tomorrow’s markets.
Presentation by WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer WRI/Resources and Rights Initiative (RRI) release of the report "Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change: How Strengthening Community Forest Rights Mitigates Climate Change" at NPR in Washington, DC on July 24, 2014.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2014? On 8 January 2014, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI’s President & CEO, offered his perspectives on the major global developments in economics, business, natural resources and sustainability in the coming year. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/stw14
Looking ahead to the big environmental and sustainability stories for 2012. Topics include: What does the U.S. presidential election mean for key environmental issues, including the future of the EPA? What will be the key drivers for renewable energy in 2012? What does China’s upcoming leadership transition mean? How will the expanding global population impact scarce natural resources, including forests? What will happen at the 2012 Earth Summit in Rio?
BUILDING HOPE
Positive Psychology, a new branch of psychology focused on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. This emerging field offers guidance on how to feel more satisfied and engaged with life, regardless of one’s circumstances. Nineteen different scientifically-validated questionnaires on everything from love, compassion, grit and gratitude are building a robust body of data about what makes people happy and resilient.
What is hope? Hope is:
• a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life
• A feeling that what you want is achievable and that events will turn out for the best.
Happiness, on the other hand, is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Hope is about the future and happiness is about the present. You could say that people aspire to want hope and have happiness. To put it another way, hope is a means to having happiness.
People all around the world invest themselves every day to create a sustainable way of life, no matter how daunting the challenge. It is so easy to miss their progress and achievements. This is for them.
Gretzky and the Carbon Puck: fighting carbon and climate changeSteve Aplin
In the early days of 2008, the "smart" money in big time investing was on mortgage-baked derivatives. In small-time investing, the "smart" money was in Bernie Madoff's funds. When both those markets blew up later that year, people wondered how the smart money was so dumb -- especially given that there was plenty of prior warning about mortgage-backed derivatives and Madoff.
Today, the "smart" money in environmental investing is on renewable energy -- wind and solar. This though there is plenty of proof that wind and solar cannot reduce carbon pollution.
In this provocative presentation, energy and environment expert Steve Aplin explains why the "smart" environment money today is as dumb as the "smart" money in 2008.
Research Talk: How to Tell More Compelling Climate Change StoriesJill Hopke
Slides from a research talk I gave at the DePaul University College of Communication faculty meeting on February 15, 2019. The question that drives my research is: How to tell more compelling climate change stories. My research includes social media and traditional media.
Report from the Fourth International Thorium ConferenceCynthia G. Wagner
Presented by Anna Carson
At the end of October 2013, more than 200 participants from 33 nations met at CERN in Switzerland. The 69 sessions covered topics on National and International Thorium Programs plus current and future designs of Thorium energy systems. Panelists are four of the 14 American participants. The United States did not present a national program.
The challenge for 2024 is to understand how we can move those in power to make the necessary shifts toward a net zero, climate-resilient future.
In WRI’s Stories to Watch 2024, WRI’s President & CEO, Ani Dasgupta, presents four key stories that help explain how we can make these shifts. Each story hinges on whether leaders use their power to make life better for people, nature, and the climate — and the factors that influence them.
Our four stories look at the political barriers to effective climate action, how to fix the world’s dysfunctional food system, the missing link in the clean energy revolution, and climate change’s ‘silent killer’.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2024/1/stories-watch-2024
WRI’s President and CEO Ani Dasgupta will share insights into the big stories in 2023, including what actions governments, businesses and people must take to get the world on the right path.
An climate change focused introduction to ActionAid UK's biofuels campaign launched in February 2010.The campaign is based on extensive global research of the risk that the continued growth of biofuels poses to food security in the developing world as well as to climate change. ActionAidUK is currently lobbying the UK government and Department for Transport to review its policy of increasing the percentage of biofuel in transport fuels to meet EU targets. For more info please visit actionaid.org.uk/biofuels or contact us on twitter @actionaiduk
An introduction to ActionAid UK's biofuels campaign launched in February 2010.
The campaign is based on extensive global research of the risk that the contined growth of biofuels poses to food security in the developing world as well as to climate change. ActionAidUK is currently lobbying the UK government and Department for Transport to review its policy of increasing the percentage of biofuel in transport fuels to meet EU targets. For more info please visit actionaid.org.uk/biofuels or contact us on twitter @actionaiduk
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2014? On 18 February 2014, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Manish Bapna offered his perspectives on the major global developments in economics, business, natural resources and sustainability in the coming year. The event was hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands. Find out more at http://www.wri.org.
The latest climate science shows that to avoid dangerous levels of global warming we must couple the rapid shift to a low carbon economy with efforts to capture and store some of the carbon we’ve already put into the atmosphere.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2018/09/forum-carbon-removal-climate-solution
Join the conversation: #CarbonRemoval
For the third year in a row, the State of Climate Action provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the highest-emitting sectors by highlighting where recent progress must accelerate over the next decade to limit warming to 1.5°C.
This slideshow's aim is to open up the discussion of mainstream media and citizen journalism, and aims to demonstrate what the mainstream media is doing to catch up with their consumers.
For the third year in a row, the State of Climate Action provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the highest-emitting sectors by highlighting where recent progress must accelerate over the next decade to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Make Water Matter: A Review of Today's Water Issuesconnect4water
Make Water Matter: A Review of Today's Water Issues.
This SlideShare discusses the major issues our global society is faced with relative to Water Security, Quality, and Hazards. We also discuss how water is linked to all aspects of life ranging from food to energy.
Our goal is to promote awareness, encourage individuals to take action, and to "Make Water Matter!"
WRI’s brand new “Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices” gives food service operators the very latest strategies for creating dining environments that empower consumers to choose sustainable, plant-rich dishes. This research builds off our first guide for food service, now with industry experience and insights from nearly 350 academic trials.
This webinar showcased how efforts in India and sub-Saharan Africa are harnessing renewable energy, in particular solar power, to ensure health facilities have access to clean and reliable electricity. The session covered insights from the recently released report, “A Spoonful of Solar to Help the Medicine Go Down: Exploring Synergies Between Health Care and Energy,” as well as from WRI Africa’s Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) initiative.
DIST-ALERT detects disturbances to any kind of vegetation cover, including forests, grasses, shrubs and even crops, occurring anywhere on Earth in near real-time.
OPERA’s first-of-its-kind vegetation disturbance monitoring product (DIST-ALERT) detects disturbances to any kind of vegetation cover, including forests, grasses, shrubs and even crops, occurring anywhere on Earth in near real-time.
Protecting forests is critical, but meeting biodiversity, climate and sustainable development targets means preventing the loss of other valuable natural ecosystems as well.
In this webinar, local governments and other stakeholders will learn about advanced transmission solutions, including grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) and high-performance conductors. The webinar will cover the mechanics and purpose of these technologies and feature expertise from regulators and subject matter experts. We will also discuss transmission capacity expansion needs, incentives, and how local governments can become involved in transmission-related conversations.
Supercharged by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. is rapidly transitioning to electric vehicles. But access to EV charging remains a key challenge, especially within underserved communities. Cities, towns and counties are at the frontlines of this transition and are actively planning for and deploying charging infrastructure across their communities.
This webinar will share experiences and lessons learned from recent peer-learning cohorts run by WRI in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy to Communities program.
This webinar will help local government staff and other community stakeholders—such as community-based and environmental justice organizations—better understand FERC and the available pathways for these stakeholders to engage with the agency. Featured speakers will cover the history of FERC, how it functions, and its role in affecting the future of the electricity sector. The webinar will also discuss why community voices are valuable at FERC and how these voices can have the greatest impact.
Join World Resources Institute on December 13 for a webinar that explores grid reliability in the United States and how to help state decisionmakers, regulators, RTOs, and other key stakeholders understand what is needed in the immediate and long-term to build a more reliable grid.
This webinar unpacks findings from the Traceability and Transparency in Supply Chains report, explore priority action areas for closing key gaps, and showcase collaborative approaches to advancing traceability and transparency.
The webinar will introduce a new Roadmap resource for local governments to maximize IRA incentives for clean energy projects and bring economic, health and social benefits to their communities.
In a series of interviews and a literature review, WRI’s U.S. Energy team focused on efforts to achieve full, mature fleet electrification in the long term, which brings in various other considerations, such as grid and utility considerations.
This webinar will go over the key takeaways from this endeavor and will feature expert speakers who will share their experiences and insights around fleet electrification.
This WRI webinar discussed how cities can take advantage of the new economic landscape for clean energy spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This is a critical moment for local governments to understand the clean energy provisions in the IRA, how they can be leveraged to significantly advance the clean energy transition at the local level, and how cities can mobilize to advance their clean energy goals given these new opportunities.
This webinar explored considerations and actions cities can take to shape a more equitable energy future for their communities. It featured WRI experts and panelists from leading cities who are actively integrating elective pay and clean energy tax credits introduced in the IRA into their clean energy procurements and community programs.
This pitch deck provides local government staff with a modifiable template for proposing actions related to 24/7 CFE procurement to decision makers. The slides include instructions and links to resources to give additional context for potential actions.
This presentation outlines a new Land & Carbon Lab research consortium, Global Pasture Watch, which will contribute to better understanding land use conversion, food production, land productivity, and impacts for biodiversity and climate change at a global scale.
In this high-level webinar, IPCC authors, government representatives and leading carbon removal experts discuss how carbon removal is a critical tool in our toolbox to address the climate crisis.
Learn how Forest Data Partnership’s approach will build alignment of stakeholders to reach consensus around key datasets in the ever-expanding landscape of forest monitoring data.
In this webinar, panelists explored the shared importance of vehicle electrification and shifts to active mobility, the role of various actors in catalyzing new solutions for aviation and maritime shipping, the status of tipping points in driving exponential progress, and how a systems approach can help us reimagine transport as we know it.
This webinar, the fifth in a series of WRI-hosted webinars on 24/7 CFE, highlights a few key emerging technologies that could help buyers achieve a 100% hourly match of their demand.
This session focused on the key roles cities can play in support their own energy procurements, as well as key roles of local government can play to catalyze clean energy adoption community-wide.
Climate Change All over the World .pptxsairaanwer024
Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
ENVIRONMENT~ Renewable Energy Sources and their future prospects.tiwarimanvi3129
This presentation is for us to know that how our Environment need Attention for protection of our natural resources which are depleted day by day that's why we need to take time and shift our attention to renewable energy sources instead of non-renewable sources which are better and Eco-friendly for our environment. these renewable energy sources are so helpful for our planet and for every living organism which depends on environment.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT GREEN WASHING IS!.pdfJulietMogola
Many companies today use green washing to lure the public into thinking they are conserving the environment but in real sense they are doing more harm. There have been such several cases from very big companies here in Kenya and also globally. This ranges from various sectors from manufacturing and goes to consumer products. Educating people on greenwashing will enable people to make better choices based on their analysis and not on what they see on marketing sites.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
26. WILL LEADERS STEP
UP AT UN SUMMIT?
Image: Flickr/jST.
WHAT TO WATCH:
September 2019
27. GREEN CLIMATE FUND REPLENISHMENT:
AMBITION AND REFORM?
Image: Flickr/German Development Institute
WHAT TO WATCH:
October 2019
28. WILL ACTION OUTPACE POLITICS?
Image: Flickr/Steven Vance
WHAT TO WATCH:
500+ companies
take action through
Science Based Targets
Maersk set a
net zero CO2
target by 2050
29.
30.
31. ADAPTATION ISN’T A NEW CONCEPT
Image: Flickr/Tom Gill
2001
IPCC 3rd ASSESSMENT:
Impacts, Adaptation,
Vulnerability
UNFCCC COP 7:
National Adaptation
Programmes of Action
32. CLIMATE IMPACTS ARE HERE NOW
Image: Flickr/Asian Development Bank
Extreme climate-
related disasters
DOUBLED
since early 1990s
43. …BUT, IT ISN’T ADDING UP
Image: Flickr/Tony Armstrong-Sly
• Global leadership scarce
• Perceived as too complicated
• Lack of metrics
• Benefits long-term and not always visible
• Insufficient finance
44. GLOBAL COMMISSION ON ADAPTATION
LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2018
Kristalina Georgieva Bill GatesBan Ki-moon
46. ACCELERATING ADAPTATION
Image: Global Commission on Adaptation/Igor Roefofsen
Three major deliverables:
• Flagship report
• Action Tracks
• Year of Action
47. WHAT TO WATCH:
MAKING THE CASE FOR ADAPTATION?
Image: Flickr/United Nations Photo
September 2019
Launch of Global Commission’s
Flagship Report
48. WHAT TO WATCH:
OVERCOMING FINANCIAL BARRIERS?
Image: Flickr/Ryan
Up to
$300 billion
needed annually
by 2030
World Bank
will direct half their
climate investments
to adaptation
49. WHAT TO WATCH:
GROWING RESILIENCE IN AGRICULTURE?
Image: Wikimedia Commons
Three-quarters of
world’s poorest
get food and income
from farming small
plots of land
50. WHAT TO WATCH:
WILL CITIES CHAMPION ADAPTATION?
Image: Flickr/Maria Eklind
October 2019
Copenhagen
C40 Mayors Summit
54. FASHION GETTING FASTER...
Image: Flickr/Toshihiro Gamo
• Average consumer
purchases 60% more
clothing compared to 2000
• Up to 50 “microseasons”
55. …AND LEAVING A TRAIL OF WASTE
Image: Kevin Krejci/Wikimedia Commons
• Every second, one garbage truck
of textiles is landfilled or burned
• Clothes release 500,000 tons of
microfibers in the ocean each year =
more than 50 billion plastic bottles
57. BAD LABOR PRACTICES
Image: ILO/Asrian Mirza
• Forced child labor in more
than 10 countries in 2018
• Half of workers in main
textile manufacturing countries
not paid minimum wage
61. WILL THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOLLOW THROUGH?
Image: Flickr/Nic Raingsey
WHAT TO WATCH:
• 40+ companies
signed Fashion
Industry Charter for
Climate Action
• March 2019
UN Alliance on
Sustainable Fashion
62. WILL FASHION COMPANIES IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY?
Image: ILO/Aaron Santos
WHAT TO WATCH:
Sustainable Apparel
Coalition launching beta
platform for reporting
May 2019
Science Based
Targets guidance for
apparel and footwear
63. WILL EUROPE LEAD ON SUSTAINABLE FASHION?
Image: Flickr/Lorenzoclick
WHAT TO WATCH:
Spring 2019
European circular
fashion regulations
64. HOW WILL EMERGING ECONOMIES RESPOND?
Image: Flickr/Chris Yunker
WHAT TO WATCH:
Used clothing
import ban in
East Africa
70. HIGH COST OF COMMODITIES
Image: lyzadanger/Wikimedia Commons
Tropical forest loss:
• Nearly 50% driven by
commodity production
• 3rd largest source of
carbon emissions
71. ~500 COMPANIES COMMITTED TO
CURB DEFORESTATION
58% of major
commodities
companies have a
forest commitment
72. BUT, IMPACT IS ELUSIVE
Image: Nanang Sujana/CIFOR
• Lack of credible reporting
• Not all actors involved
75. HOW WILL GOVERNMENTS RESPOND?
Image: Flickr/oneVillage Initiative
WHAT TO WATCH:
• Will EU enforce roadmap
to end deforestation?
• How will Bolsonaro’s
policies play out in Brazil?
• Will Indonesia’s progress
continue?
76. WILL COMPANIES DOUBLE DOWN
ON 2020 COMMITMENTS?
Image: Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
WHAT TO WATCH:
May 2019
Tropical Forest Alliance
Assembly in Colombia
77. WILL BETTER MONITORING PROMOTE PROGRESS?
Image: Flickr/European Space Agency
WHAT TO WATCH:
• GFW Pro Launch
• Satellite Monitoring
• Accountability Framework
78. WILL SPOTLIGHT ON BIODIVERSITY ADD PRESSURE?
Image: Flickr/European Space Agency
WHAT TO WATCH:
2020
Beijing Biodiversity COP
83. “THE PROJECT OF THE CENTURY”
Note: There is no timeline associated with China’s commitments
84. CHINA PUSHES FOR AN
ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION
Image: UN Photo/Loey Felipe
“Green Belt and Road…incorporates eco-
environment protection into all aspects
and whole process of Belt and Road”
Guidance on Promoting Green Belt and Road
85. BUT, ENERGY INVESTMENTS AREN’T
ALIGNED WITH CLIMATE GOALS
Note: Fossil Fuels include Oil, Gas, Petrochemical, and Fossil Fuel Generation
86. LAND USE CONCERNS
Image: Flickr/ Neil Turner | Source: WWF
1,739 key
biodiversity areas
in BRI route
87. WILL BELT AND ROAD FORUM PRODUCE
SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES?
Image: The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/Wikimedia Commons
WHAT TO WATCH:
88. WILL CHINA RAMP UP RENEWABLE
ENERGY INVESTMENTS ABROAD?
Image: Flickr/Seungho L
WHAT TO WATCH:
$470+ billion
Renewable energy
investment needs by
2030 in BRI countries
89. WILL NATIONAL CLIMATE PLANS
INFORM BRI INVESTMENTS?
Image: Flickr/Moign Khawaja
WHAT TO WATCH:
99. WILL MORE BIG COMPANIES MOVE IN?
Image: Flickr/Luis Tamayo
WHAT TO WATCH:
• Ford acquires e-scooter and bikeshare company Spin
• Uber and Lyft add scooters and bikes
• General Motors designing electric bikes for 2019
100. HOW WILL CITIES REGULATE?
WHAT TO WATCH:
• Permits and pricing
• Reduce oversaturation
• Improve safety
Image: Pixabay
101. LAUNCH OF THE
NEW URBAN MOBILITY ALLIANCE
WHAT TO WATCH:
Image: Shutterstock
112. WHAT ACTION WILL WE SEE FROM U.S. CLIMATE ALLIANCE?
WHAT TO WATCH:
113. WILL MORE UTILITIES GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE?
Image: Flickr/nmmacedo
WHAT TO WATCH:
Xcel Energy:
Carbon-free by 2050
DTE Energy, Consumers Energy:
80% carbon reduction by 2050
Will other major utilities follow suit?
114. WILL MORE STATES ADOPT CARBON PRICING?
Image: Flickr/Consumers Energy
WHAT TO WATCH:
• New Jersey to rejoin RGGI
• Virginia to cap power sector
• Oregon to adopt economy-
wide carbon price?
• Who’s next?
115. WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION?
Image: Flickr/VDOT
WHAT TO WATCH:
• Transport largest source
of U.S. GHG emissions
• 9 Northeast & Mid-Atlantic
states design program to
cap and reduce transport
emissions
116. WILL ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET CONTINUE TO GROW?
WHAT TO WATCH:
Source: InsideEVs.com
US EV sales
jumped 81%
in 2018
117. WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO?
Image: Flickr/wbeem
WHAT TO WATCH:
• Support for
carbon pricing?
• Infrastructure deal?
• More funding for
clean technologies?
118. WILL GROWING CLIMATE MOVEMENT
EXPAND WHAT’S POSSIBLE?
Image: Whitehouse.gov
WHAT TO WATCH:
“The people are ahead of the Congress.
The Congress must join them.”
–Speaker Nancy Pelosi
119. WHAT ABOUT 2020 CONTENDERS?
Image: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
WHAT TO WATCH: