Two And a Half Minute Newsletter - july 2016 by Tufail Ali Zubedi Promoting Environmental Awareness and Entrepreneurship in Pakistan.

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Volume 2, Issue 10: Newsletter Date: July 2016
Half Minute Minute 01: Environment Minute 02: Entrepreneurship
Eid Greetings
The team of Two And a Half
Minute would to wishing you all
a very happy Eid-ul-Fitr.
Intended NationallyDetermined Contributions
The Lima Call for Climate Action agreed at the 20th Conference
of the Parties (COP20)1 reiterated the invitation to all Parties to
develop and communicate INDCs as their ‘contributions’ towards
achieving the ultimate objective of Article 2 of the UNFCCC: “to
achieve … stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the
atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system”.
the Lima COP agreed that special provisions would apply to
LDCs i.e. that their INDCs “may communicate information on
strategies, plans and actions for low greenhouse gas emission
development reflecting their special circumstances” (although
the precise implications of this wording are unclear). This means
that while the INDCs of developed countries are expected to
include absolute or economy-wide emission reduction
commitments, LDCs can draw on specific strategies, plans or
projects to formulate their contributions, and specify the
component of the contribution that would be conditional upon
receiving international finance or other support.
More on INDC by Least Developed Countries UNFCCC next time.
Up in the Air
I recent read this novel “Up in the Air” written by Walter
Kirn, which deals with outsourcing the task of employee
layoffs during times of low economy in USA.
What struck me most and my reason of writing about it in
my newsletter is how an employee get emotionally attached
to the company and when the employee is laid off, it feels
like an end of the world and one’s life. Statements such as
“what am I going to tell my family?”, “I feel office is my
family”, “What did I do to get fired?” are all too sentimental
but the fact is they are just employees hired to do a job from
9 to 5.
I once witnessed a mass scale lay off at an organization and I
can say now that it was done very harshly and
disrespectfully. There can be more polite ways to layoff
employees and enabling them to progress onwards in their
lives.
With all certainty, economies fluctuate, layoff was part of
that economic trend. The least we should do is to layoff
former employees / friends with respect and dignity they
deserve. The best is the ability to entrepreneur!!“What's the use of a fine house if
you haven't got a tolerable planet
to put it on?” -Henry David Thoreau
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