Plastics is not a subject that most of us go to sleep obsessing over or wake up consumed by. But when you are writing a report for EARTHDAY.ORG entitled, BABIES VS. PLASTICS, plastics literally become your life. Plastic is an omnipresent material in our lives. Made from oil and a selection of other, often toxic …
This is a transcription from the latest Transformers episode. Transformers talk about role of cities and regions in the climate negotiations at COP Talking to Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat, Focal Point of the LGMA Constituency to the UNFCCC. Kaj Embrén: Welcome to Transformers, the podcast about how business people …
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The new beverage carton recycling line in Poland will have an annual capacity to recycle 50,000 metric tons per year. Helsinki-based Stora Enso, a global packaging producer, has partnered with Switzerland-based Tetra Pak, a packaging solutions company, to invest a combined 29 million euros (or almost $31.7 million) in a new recycling line for postconsumer …
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What will food look like in the near future? With the world’s population expanding and living longer, but paradoxically more susceptible to diet-related diseases, disorders and even deaths, and with the imperative need to minimise our impact on the environment, there is every indication that we are on the threshold of changing our eating patterns …
Companies across industries are now recognizing that a green and efficient supply chain isn’t just a moral obligation, it’s a competitive advantage. In an era where sustainability and environmental responsibility are at the forefront of global priorities, supply chain decarbonisation has emerged as a pivotal strategy for businesses aiming to reduce their carbon footprint and …
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The United Nations estimates that about one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted every year. This waste amounts to about 1.3 billion tons of food, enough to feed 2 billion people. But our potato peels, apple cores, and bread crusts offer fantastic potential to enhance sustainability. COP28’s day of Food, …
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When it comes to climate change, the world’s food system is a double-edged sword. Food production is both one of the biggest emitters of global greenhouse gases and one of the sectors hardest hit by the effects of climate change. To reconcile these two issues, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization on Sunday set out …
Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature – some 30 times the amount spent on nature-based solutions annually, according to a shocking UN report launched on Saturday at COP28 in Dubai. The report from the UN’s environmental wing, UNEP, also revealed that despite decades of calls for …
In a world defined by diversity and interconnectedness, fostering a sense of community that embraces every individual is a goal worth pursuing. And a small neighborhood in the Swedish municipality of Nacka, just east of Stockholm, offers a remarkable example of how to do this — one that speaks to the power of unity, cultural …
This blog post is a re-publishing of an article in The New Yorker Magazine in February,2023 by Elizabeth Kolbert. The article is a part of the Transfers Podcast – The Phosphorus Paradox with Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize Awarded journalist for The New Yorker Magazine and Pär Larshans, Sustainability Director at Ragn-Sells, leader of the transition into …
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Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) is the first major global sustainability event to take place since COP27, uniting climate action toward COP28, which takes place in November 2023 in Dubai. Realizing The Paris Agreement We all know we are at risk of not meeting the Paris Agreement targets. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), …
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In Today’s video blog I have a chat with Yunus Arikan, an ICLEI – (Local Governments for Sustainability) leader for the multilevel proactive Climate Actions – LGMA. Yunus has over the years influenced the COP process to strengthen cross-border cooperation between local, regional, and national networks. The realization that the current COP process does not …
Article from Bloomberg City Lab, by Spenser Mestel. Originally published here. How to Make $3,000 a Month Citi Biking Lyft’s “Bike Angel” program offers credit and prizes to riders willing to relocate bicycles across New York City’s bikesharing system. In August, New York’s Citi Bike program had its highest ridership ever: 3.7 million rides.Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg …
By Sasja Beslik This blog is from Sasja Beslik Newsletter ESG on a Sunday! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support his work. Link: https://substack.com/sign-in?redirect=%2Faccount%3Futm_source%3Dsubstack%26utm_medium%3Demail&for_pub=esgonasunday&email=&with_password=&change_user=false&justTrying= Listen to Transformers podcast with Sasja Beslik and Mats Andersson here. The world is on track for 2.6C by 2100 😞 The climate pledges made by countries …
By Joel Makower From his blogpost Two Steps Forward earlier published in GreenBiz, 12 September 2022. Listen to the Transformers Podcast episode with Joel here. During my whirlwind meetings in London last week — somewhere between the arrival of one “Elizabeth” on Monday and the departure of another three days later — a two-word phrase kept coming up: …
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Cities around the world face an enormous challenge in becoming healthy places to live, while reaching net-zero emissions in just a few years. The changes needed are enormous, but feasible. Success will depend on at least two factors. One – citizens will need to engage with – and confront – those who own and operate …
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Vladimir Putin’s regime is heavily dependent on energy exports and old energy technologies. Half of the Russian budget comes from the export of fossil fuels. In addition, Russia, together with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, accounts for more than half of the world’s uranium mining, and all nuclear reactors that have begun construction outside China after 2019 …
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This article was written by Anders Wijkman for the Global Challenges Foundation. Listen to the Transformers episode with Anders here. Welcome to the world of the Circular Economy – an emergent way of looking at the economy. The backdrop is the rapidly increasing throughput of energy and materials, not least the growing use of …
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Jack Sim (photo) By Grant Schreiber I have moved from the Third World to the First World in my life. I was privileged to be poor before I became rich, to understand what it feels like to live in poverty without needing to read a book. I failed all my subjects at school, but the …
Listen to the Transformers episode with James here. As a new generation attempts to address social problems through enlightened organizational leadership, James O’Toole explores a major question being posed today in Britain and America: An expert on ethical leadership analyzes the complicated history of business people who tried to marry the pursuit of …
This article was written by guest writer Sasja Beslik. Listen to the Transformers episode with Sasja here. This time, like many times before, there will be speeches and there will be pledges. There will be media-friendly spins and corporate line-ups with happy, friendly faces installing confidence in the public. Yes, we can make it, and …
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This article was written by guest writer Gunter Pauli. Listen to the Transformers episode with Gunter here. This article introduces a fresh approach to the design of fishing boats as one of the 100 innovations that shape “The Blue Economy”. The Market The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported that 93.3 million tons of …
This article was originally written by Kelly Levin, Taryn Fransen, Clea Schumer and Chantal Davis (WRI). he latest research is clear: To avoid the worst climate impacts, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will need to drop by half by 2030 and reach net-zero around mid-century. Recognizing this urgency, a rapidly growing number of national government, …
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I started Transformers, my podcast, in the middle of the pandemic, hoping that the climate emergency debate would reach individuals, families, think tanks, politicians, businesses, academia, and organisations. To have an overview of my podcast, I have listed all 20 programmes already produced in case you are a new follower and would be interested …
In 2017 Sweden adopted a new climate policy framework. The framework consists of a climate act, climate targets and a climate policy council. My podcast with Svante Axelsson – national coordinator of Fossil free Sweden – inspired me to look into the role of the Swedish industry and in particularly, that of the steel industry …
This post was written by guest writer Christer Windeløv-Lidzélius. * Alan Webber, (Mayor of Santa Fé, New Mexico and Co-founding editor of Fast Company and long-time friend of Kaospilot) once said: If you could focus on one thing, and one thing only, to try to change the world, what would it be? The answer is …
According to Dr. Lauren A. Johnston when Jack Ma visited Africa for the first time he said that the Africa in 2017 was the “China of 20 years ago”. China had poor developed infrastructure, large low income young population, lack of infrastructure in retail, logistics and banking sectors. In 20 years, the number of internet users …
Transformers | The sustainability change makers Epi Ludvik feat. Eva-Lena Skalstad | Crowdsourcing: what is it and how it works? Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:38:05 Subscribe Share Google Play Spotify RSS Feed Share Link Embed Epi Ludvik feat. Eva-Lena Skalstad …
Transformers | The sustainability change makers Marc J. Lane | Money with meaning – the Mission-Driven Venture Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:42:05 Subscribe Share Google Play Spotify RSS Feed Share Link Embed
Transformers | The sustainability change makers Jonathon Porritt | Hope in Hell, a “call to action” on the Climate Emergency Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:38:44 Subscribe Share Google Play Spotify RSS Feed Share Link Embed
Transformers | The sustainability change makers Bert-Ola Bergstrand | Creating the conditions that encourages systems to change Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:37:44 Subscribe Share Google Play Spotify RSS Feed Share Link Embed
Transformers | The sustainability change makers Phil Ruxton & Marco Carmini | Kayapo Indians, Croda and COVID-19 Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:37:00 Subscribe Share Google Play Spotify RSS Feed Share Link Embed
For those of you who do not know Stockholm Exergi, the basic facts are: it provides energy to all of Stockholm; it discontinued the use of coal ahead of schedule; it is owned by the city of Stockholm and Fortum, a Finish State company. But I want to talk more about Bio-CCS and its contribution …
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by my Guest writer Gregory Wendt and Nick Sramek The next step in the development of financial institutions in the United States is absolutely crucial, to stave off the dual threats that have the power to forever change communities in virtually every corner of the world – inequality and environmental degradation. Addressing these challenges is …
The time of this post is 7 years, 94 days, 23 hours, 29 minutes and 24 seconds in the Climate Clock. For those of you who don’t know, this is the time we have left to prevent the effects of climate warming from becoming irreversible. I have started Transformers exactly 7 years, 193 days, 20 hours, …
Before I read John Elkington’s last book- “The Green Swans: The coming boom in regenerative capitalism”, I had not heard about the Swan theories. Let me tell you what I have found out. It started with Nassib Nicholas Taleb, a scholar specialised on practical, philosophical and mathematical problems, and he focused on how different systems …
Since the dawn of the industrial age, our economies have been fundamentally linear – we take, we make, we use and then we throw away. Today, only 12% of the materials used by humans are ever returned to the economy (EU Circular Action Plan).[1] This obviously generates huge amounts of waste. But it also means …
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For full report request to kaj@embren.com Växjö strategy of governance to create Europe’s first fossil-free city In 1996, the municipality voted to end the use of fossil fuel, before the city’s 2010 Environmental Programme announced that this target should be reached by 2030. This report’s scope is to evaluate the role governance has played in Växjö’s …
Hjalmar Falck, Verksamhetschef Fastighetsägare BID Sofielund Cities around the world face an enormous challenge in becoming healthy places to live, while reaching net-zero emissions in just a few years. The changes needed are enormous, but feasible. Success will depend on at least two factors. One – citizens will need to engage with – and confront …
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Heavy industry is responsible for 30% of global greenhouse gases emissions. Currently, two-thirds of industrial emissions come directly from material processes. New energy, management and technology solutions are needed to decarbonise raw materials extraction, production processes and operating systems in every sector. Now is the time to connect and establish new partnerships between companies, innovators …
#365ACTNOW – Learn from the Bush Foundation – https://lnkd.in/eF8f8fP Minnesota – Investing in great ideas and the people who power them – Video interview with Susan Hammel, CFA at Social Capital Market (SOCAP) #cities #regions Video How to overcome silos and inspire change from Kaj Embren on Vimeo. Susan Hammel, CFA, Minneapolis, Minnesota Impact Investing …
Guest writer: Charles Secrett, Robertsbridge, UK Charles Secrett reflects on the epic challenges and opportunities facing an economy in desperate need of a comprehensive green revamp When David Attenborough, conservationist extraordinaire, and Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, speak with one voice, warning of an imminent, existential threat to civilization – climate …
Brasils Indigenous population united to fight the Jair Bolsonaro Government. The Indian Kayapo Chief Raoni welcomed over 500 Indian Leaders from more than 50 tribes in the Amazon to a meeting in January 2020. Their fight against fires, grabbing of indian land, illegal logging, gold and diamond mining has now been going on for 40 years …
