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Going to the Moon We are going back to the Moon. In 2023 and 2024 there will be the first woman, and the next man, on the Moon. These landings are planned as the next ‘giant step for mankind’ before creating Moon bases for mining purposes by 2028. In turn, these bases could be the [...]#FacetheClimateEmergency
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We want to ensure the new EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen takes the climate crisis serious and comes up with more ambitious goals on fighting it. Net-zero in Europe till 2035 is a must to protect our planet and the future of our children! Help us reach 1 million signatures by signing at...“It’s quite scary to see how fast the ice patches can melt away, from one day to another.”
6,000 years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch
The record-setting discovery of 68 projectiles from the Neolithic to the Viking Era also upends ideas on how ice both preserves and destroys archaeological finds.
6,000 years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch
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The record-setting discovery of 68 projectiles from the Neolithic to the Viking Era also upends ideas on how ice both preserves and destroys archaeological finds.#WayToGoThe Australian Climate Dividend Plan involves a tax of A$50 per metric ton of CO2 emissions on electricity, direct combustion, transport, fugitive emissions, and industrial processes. The revenue generated would then be returned, evenly, to every voting-age Australian citizen. This would represent a tax-free payment of approximately $1,300 per person per annum.
Prices on petrol, oil and gas would go up, but the average Australian household is estimated to be $585 per annum better off even so.
The lowest income-quintile households would be $1,305 per annum better off.
Read the report and see if you agree that this sounds like such a no-brainer. With the purpose of making ideas like this one into law, now is the time to get into politics
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The Sustainable Innovation Forum 2020 took place all this week virtually. All sessions from 5-days are now available to watch on-demand.
There's over 15 hours of content on a variety of climate topics, featuring calls to action from Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Governor of California Gavin Newsom, Former-Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, Solar Impulse's Bertrand Piccard, IEA's Fatih Birol, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Isabella Lövin, and many more!
Simply register below and you will be able to gain full access to all the sessions to watch in your own time.
Watch on Demand:
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Key Highlights:
Day 1
8th UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon kicked off the Forum with a stark Call to Action, saying that the climate emergency remains one of the greatest existential threats facing humanity and that we must not pause our action.
Day 2
The Hon. Kevin Rudd, Former President of Australia, urged governments to outline their own pathways to reach net-zero emissions, and to honour the commitments they signed up to in the Paris Agreement.
Day 3
David Kabua, President of the Marshall Islands, called on governments around the world to submit their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
The Youth Agenda: #timeyouact
We were joined by energised by global youth activists demanding system change from governments and businesses, they had one key message: we must act now. The lack of climate change in education systems was discussed by our panellists from Greenpeace, Unilever, and Lego who agreed policy leaders must take responsibility and make this system change.
Day 4
Li Yong, Director General of UNIDO, spoke on the importance of governments and businesses working together collaboratively. He said we need systemic and sustained efforts, combined with conservation to explore all possible pathways for the decarbonisation of industry.
Day 5
We were delighted to be joined by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales who shared the final call to action of the week, stressing the next twelve months are absolutely critical in raising ambition for COP26, and building our roadmaps for the decade ahead. HRH also spoke about his new Sustainable Markets Initiative which sets out why the time to act is now.