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.
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 16th year, Stories to Watch is a go-to event for policymakers, business leaders, and media in Washington, DC and around the world. Learn more at http://www.wri.org/stw19
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.
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
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?
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.
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 16th year, Stories to Watch is a go-to event for policymakers, business leaders, and media in Washington, DC and around the world. Learn more at http://www.wri.org/stw19
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.
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
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?
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.
Global trends and emerging issues to watch related to climate, energy, economic development, sustainable diets, and transport. Learn more at http://wri.org/stw17
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 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
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.
Presentation by Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute. MindShare is WRI’s annual flagship meeting of corporate sustainability leaders.
As more businesses take action on climate change, new research could help accelerate the trend by showing why it’s in U.S. companies’ economic best interests. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/blog/2014/10/new-climate-economy-shifting-corporate-america-low-carbon-path
Building on the New Climate Economy report, this new analysis provides evidence and real-world examples demonstrating how the United States is already seizing economic returns while reducing its greenhouse gas emissions—and outlines what can be done to further hasten these positive trends. Find out more at www.wri.org/seeingisbelieving
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.
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
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.
We Face Today An Unprecedented Set Of Problems Relating To The Environment, The Coming One World Order And The Ongoing Process Of Spiritual Decline. Ecosystem To Those To Do With Conflicts, Political Organization And Social Injustice. The World’s Biggest Problems portal has a simple, clear mission: educating people all around the world about the biggest problems facing humanity.
L. Hunter Lovins at the Iowa Environmental Council's annual conferenceiaenvironment
L. Hunter Lovins delivered the keynote address at the Iowa Environmental Council's annual conference, "Finding Iowa's Way: Economic Solutions for a Healthier Environment," held October 4, 2012, in Des Moines.
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.
Global trends and emerging issues to watch related to climate, energy, economic development, sustainable diets, and transport. Learn more at http://wri.org/stw17
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 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
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.
Presentation by Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute. MindShare is WRI’s annual flagship meeting of corporate sustainability leaders.
As more businesses take action on climate change, new research could help accelerate the trend by showing why it’s in U.S. companies’ economic best interests. Find out more at http://www.wri.org/blog/2014/10/new-climate-economy-shifting-corporate-america-low-carbon-path
Building on the New Climate Economy report, this new analysis provides evidence and real-world examples demonstrating how the United States is already seizing economic returns while reducing its greenhouse gas emissions—and outlines what can be done to further hasten these positive trends. Find out more at www.wri.org/seeingisbelieving
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.
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
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.
We Face Today An Unprecedented Set Of Problems Relating To The Environment, The Coming One World Order And The Ongoing Process Of Spiritual Decline. Ecosystem To Those To Do With Conflicts, Political Organization And Social Injustice. The World’s Biggest Problems portal has a simple, clear mission: educating people all around the world about the biggest problems facing humanity.
L. Hunter Lovins at the Iowa Environmental Council's annual conferenceiaenvironment
L. Hunter Lovins delivered the keynote address at the Iowa Environmental Council's annual conference, "Finding Iowa's Way: Economic Solutions for a Healthier Environment," held October 4, 2012, in Des Moines.
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
Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy PresentationNew Climate Economy
The New Climate Economy is the flagship project of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, a group of 28 global leaders in government, business, and civil society. Our Better Growth, Better Climate report explores how governments can grow their economies while reducing the risk of dangerous climate change. We encourage you to explore these slides and use them as a resource for your own work on the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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.
Highlights of Thomas Friedman's arguments in "Hot, Flat, and Crowded." Lecture prepared by Dr. LaRae Donnellan and shared with her students at Florida A&M University
Global Trends & the Next 25 Years of Sustainable AgricultureLandcareAustralia
CSIRO Principal Scientist Dr Stefan Hajkowicz's presents at the 2014 National Landcare Conference, looking at global trends and its impact on the next 25 years of sustainable agriculture.
The Green New Deal for Livermore indivisible 04142019 Tony Green
The recent midterm elections resulted in the election of new members of congress. One of them, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed what has been described as the Green New Deal modeled after the programs the government used in the 1930’s to pull the country out of the Great Depression. The goal of the groundbreaking legislation is to mitigate the effects of climate change while simultaneously creating a fair and just economy. Hear about what the New Green Deal proposes, why it is nothing new and what needs to happen for this legislation to become a reality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
12. But, Some Bright Spots
Source: ClimateWatch, C40, SBTi, Fast Company
155 countries
submit new NDCs
83 countries
announce net-zero
targets
G7 + China commit
to halt overseas
finance for coal
1,000+ cities
committed to
net zero
2,000+ companies
have set Science
Based Targets
Climate tech
investment reached
$43 billion
13. And Progress in Glasgow
Commitments:
• Deforestation
• Methane
• Overseas coal finance
Image: COP26/Flickr
27. …and Cities and Companies
• 1,000+ cities pledge to reach
net-zero by 2050 or sooner
• 750+ companies committed to
Net Zero through SBTi
Image: World Bank/Flickr
28. Skepticism Is Widespread
• 2050 far in the future
• Lack of accountability
• Shifting responsibility to others
Image: jeremy sutton-hibbert /Alamy
29. A Credible Commitment
• Near-term action
• Verifiable plan
• Transparent progress
Image: United Nations Photo
36. Will G20 Countries Raise Ambition?
Source: Climate Watch
WHAT TO WATCH
G20: October in Bali, Indonesia
37. Will the US Senate Deliver?
Image: The White House/Flickr
WHAT TO WATCH
38. Will More Companies Make Progress Against Their Goals?
2021: First net-zero standard released
750+ companies committed
2022: Will this number double?
Image: Sean Pollock/Unsplash
WHAT TO WATCH
39. Will Financial Institutions Wean Off Fossil Fuels?
2021: $130T in assets
committed to net zero
2022: Follow-through?
Image: FangXiaNuo/iStock
WHAT TO WATCH
40.
41.
42. Elections to Watch
French Presidential Election
April 10–April 24
Colombian Congressional and Presidential Elections
March 13, May 29 and June 19
Brazil General Election
October 2
India Federal, State and Local Elections
Ongoing
United States Midterm Elections
November 8
43.
44. Coal: The Most Polluting Fuel
Source: Our World In Data
Responsible for
25% of global
energy…
45. Coal: The Most Polluting Fuel
Source: Our World In Data
…and 40% of
CO2 emissions
46. No Place for Coal in 1.5° C World
Net-zero scenarios do not
include unabated coal
Image: 350.org
47. Promising New Commitments
46 countries:
Phase out domestic coal
34 countries:
End overseas fossil fuel finance
Image: UN Climate Change/Flickr
53. Energy Access Still a Challenge
760 million people do not
have access to electricity
Image: Africa Media Online/Alamy
54.
55. Will the Coal Project Pipeline Continue to Fall?
Source: Global Energy Monitor
WHAT TO WATCH
56. Will Biggest Coal Users Commit to a Phase Out?
Source: Our World in Data; UK COP26
WHAT TO WATCH
57. Will Investment in Renewables Fill the Gap?
• Will multilateral finance
be successful?
• Will China increase
renewable finance
overseas?
• Will countries have fiscal
resources post-pandemic?
Image: Erik Wilde/Creative Commons
WHAT TO WATCH
Annual renewable
construction needs to triple
58. Will the Grid Be Ready?
Grid needs 70% more investment
per year in the next decade
Image: Jennifer Boyer/Flickr
WHAT TO WATCH
59. Will Workers Be Supported?
• EU and 26 other countries mention just transition in NDCs
• How will South Africa's transition deal be implemented?
Image: International Labor Organization/Flickr
WHAT TO WATCH
60.
61.
62. Listening to Frontline Communities
“How can we have climate justice if
the people who are suffering the worst
impacts of the climate crisis are not
being listened to, not being
platformed, not being amplified and
are left out of the conversation? It’s
not possible.”
- Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist
Image: Paul Wamala Ssegujja/Wikimedia.
63. Among Countries: Who Is Responsible?
Source: Our World in Data; Global Carbon Project
Rich, developed countries: 12% of population, 50% of global CO2 emissions
64. Who Is Most Affected: Among Countries
Source: https://gain.nd.edu/our-work/country-index/rankings/
50 most vulnerable
countries are all low
and lower middle-income
countries
65. Who Is Most Affected: Within Countries
Communities that have been
economically and socially
marginalized, especially Black,
Indigenous and People of Color
Image: WRI
66. Climate Justice: Putting People First
Climate justice “insists on a shift from a
discourse on greenhouse gases and
melting ice caps into a civil rights
movement with the people and
communities most vulnerable to
climate impacts at its heart.”
- Mary Robinson, Human Rights Leader
Image: European Parliament/Flickr
67. Climate Justice Is Multidimensional
• Unequal impacts
• Unequal responsibility
• Unequal resources
• Unequal power
Image: UN Women/Flickr.
68. Locally Led Action Is Essential
Image: UNDP Climate/Flickr
• More equitable
• More effective
• Better benefits for
everyone
69.
70. Will Support for Locally Led Adaptation Grow?
• 70 organizations and 6 countries committed to
Locally Led Adaptation Principles.
• Goal: 25% Climate Finance for Locally Led Adaptation
Image: UNDP Climate/Flickr
WHAT TO WATCH
71. Will We See Finance for Loss & Damage?
• Glasgow Dialogue on
Loss & Damage: June
• COP27: November
Image: Alamy.
WHAT TO WATCH
72. Will Support Grow for Locally Led Ecosystem Restoration?
• Mobilize $2 billion for restoration in Africa
through AFR100
• Ensure local communities can access funds
Image: Third Factor Productions/WRI
WHAT TO WATCH
73. Will Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Be Recognized?
$1.7 billion COP26 commitment
for Indigenous Peoples
Image: John Englart/Climate Action Network
WHAT TO WATCH
74. Will the US Justice 40 Initiative Drive Change?
Goal: 40% of climate
investment benefits reach
disadvantaged communities
Image: Joe Brusky/Flickr
WHAT TO WATCH
75.
76.
77. UNFCCC Middle East
and North Africa
Climate Week
Images: Khalid Belhaji (left) and Maciek Lulko (right)
New York, NY
September 20–26
Climate Week NYC
Dubai, UAE
February 28–March 3
88. Will We See a Change in Mindset?
“The Earth is speaking. She tells us
that we have no more time. We need a
different path, with both local and global
changes. It’s not 2030 or 2050. It’s now.”
- Txai Surui, 24-year-old indigenous activist from the
Amazon, in a speech at COP26
Image: UNFCCC
WHAT TO WATCH
89. Will Consumer Countries Close Commodity Markets
Linked to Deforestation?
Image: Nature Picture Library/Alamy
WHAT TO WATCH
• Will the EU pass legislation to curb imports
linked to deforestation?
• Will China work with companies to ensure
deforestation-free imports?
• US-government led “Forest Investor Club”
90. Will Forest Countries Take Action?
Image: guenterguni/iStock
WHAT TO WATCH
• Prevent illegal clearing and
tackle corruption
• Make no-deforestation goals
in economic plans
• Secure land rights and create
opportunities for local
communities
91. Will Companies Use Tracking to Take Deforestation Out
of Supply Chains?
WHAT TO WATCH
92. Will Financial Support Spur a Real Transition?
• Will donors follow through on their $19 billion pledge?
• Will new funds reach the frontlines?
Image: Dave Hoefler/Unsplash
WHAT TO WATCH
93. Will Demand for High-Quality Forest Carbon Credits Grow?
• What’s next for the LEAF Coalition?
• Will countries follow through on Article 6?
Image: Yoly Gutierrez/CIFOR
WHAT TO WATCH
94.
95.
96. How Pandemics Start
Zoonotic spillover: The transmission of
a pathogen from an animal to a human
Image: Nills Bouillard/Unsplash
Leads to up to 75% of infectious diseases
99. Spillover Events: On the Rise
Source: A. Meadows, N. Stephenson, N. Madhav, B. Oppenheim, et al. "New evidence for the
increasing frequency and severity of zoonotic spillover events". Metabiota, working paper, 2022
100. The Human Cost: 5.4 Million People Dead From COVID-19
Image: Alberto Giuliani/Creative Commons
A healthy Earth = fewer pandemics
102. We Know How to Prevent Pandemics
• Protect forests
• Regulate live wildlife trade
• Reduce human-wildlife contact
• Invest in public health in disease hotspots
Image: Neil Palmer/CIAT
103. Barriers to Pandemic Prevention
• Siloed prevention and response
strategies
• Inequitable healthcare access
• Political timelines
Image: Suprabhat Dutta/iStock
104. We Can Afford it
$22 - $31 billion per year to protect
forests and regulate animal trade
$100 billion spent on pet care in US in 2020
Image: Ramdan_Nain/iStock
105.
106. Will a Global Pandemic Treaty Emerge?
Image: olrat/iStock
WHAT TO WATCH
World Health Assembly: March & August
107. Will Governments Adopt a Global Biodiversity Framework?
Image: Max Christian/Unsplash
WHAT TO WATCH
UN Biodiversity Conference: April – May
108. Will Vulnerable Communities Get the Healthcare They Need?
Image: James Anderson/WRI
WHAT TO WATCH
New research shows quality healthcare can
decrease deforestation
109.
110.
111. Image (left to right): Aftab Uzzaman/Flickr, edward Stojakovic/Flickr, Luca Sartoni/Flickr
UN Biodiversity
Conference
Kunming, China
April 25–May 8
Stockholm +50
Stockholm, Sweden
June 2–3
UN Ocean Summit
Lisbon, Portugal
June 27–July 1
112.
113. The Case for Decarbonizing Transport
• Transport: 24% of energy-
related CO2 emissions
• To limit warming to 1.5˚ C, we need
a 90% cut in transport CO2 by 2050
Image: jonbgem/Flickr
114. A Bright Spot: Booming Electric Cars
Source: Bloomberg Zero Emission Vehicles Factbook, Nov 2021
Global Electric Vehicle Sales (In Millions)
115. New Models Hitting the Road
More than 500 EV Models
Sources: Bloomberg, NASDAQ
Ford F-150 Lightning Rivian R1T Sony Vision S02
116. Governments Getting on Board
Sources: IEA Global EV Outlook 2020, Bloomberg Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook
2021, UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021
117. Going Beyond Electric Cars
Shenzhen, China: 100%
zero-emissions buses
Electric Heavy-Duty
Trucks
TransPower Electric semi
in California
Electric
Micromobility
Lime scooters in
Mexico City
Electric Buses
Images (left to right): Ted McGrath/Flickr, Wahsaw/Wikimedia, Dennis Schroeder/NREL
118. Beginning of the EV Revolution
% of EV in the global passenger fleet
119. Beginning of the EV Revolution
% of EV in the global passenger fleet
120. Beginning of the EV Revolution
% of EV in the global passenger fleet
121. Electrification Can Get Us Far, But Not All the Way
• Electrification only: 83% of
GHG reductions needed
• Electrification + modal shift:
surpass goal
Image: Andrew Nash/Flickr
122.
123. Will Government Policies Speed Electrification?
• China: Will other countries catch up?
• Europe: How will the ICE phase out be implemented?
• US: Will we see more electric buses and school buses?
Image: Rivian
WHAT TO WATCH
124. Will We Get EV Infrastructure Right?
• Will public charging infrastructure take off? And for heavy trucks?
• Will the energy used for charging be clean?
Image: Dan-Manila/iStock
WHAT TO WATCH
125. Will Demand for EV Resources Lead to Conflict or
Human Rights Abuses?
• Demand of minerals and metals
• Water and energy consumption
Image: The International Institute for Environment and Development/Flickr
WHAT TO WATCH
126. Will People Shift from Cars to Public Transport?
To meet 2030 climate goals:
• Reduce private light-duty vehicle travel by 4-14%
• Shift trips in cities to walking or cycling by 50%
• Increase public transport capacity by 50%
Image: Guilherme Mendes Thomaz
WHAT TO WATCH
127. Will We Have More Compact Cities?
Copenhagen, Bogotá, Melbourne:
Will other cities follow?
Image: Ned Snowman/Shutterstock
WHAT TO WATCH