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For Cities to Walk the Walk, National Governments Need to Pave the Way
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While consensus in the COP18 negotiations has yet to be reached, most can agree that national governments cannot be solely responsible for addressing climate change. L…
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UN Panel Names Cities as a Vehicle for Sustainable Development
Last week, the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability released a report of recommended outcomes for the Rio+20 conference in June. The report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing, outlines both long- and short-term goals for governments, civil society and the private sector. These recommendations address all facets of resiliency, including climatic, economic and social.
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Can the Private Sector Play a Bigger Part at COP17?
Cross-posted from GreenBiz.com
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres summed up this weekend the hope and frustration that the climate change negotiations — also known as COP 17 — uniquely embody.
Speaking this weekend to jet-lagged executive…