Gerd Leonhard: Futurist Speaker

Farmers are used to dealing with weather, but climate change is making it harder by altering temperature and rainfall patterns, as in this year’s unusually cool and wet spring in the central U....

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You have full access to this article via your institution. Humanity probably isn’t going to prevent Earth from at least temporarily warming 1. read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-...

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The West’s rejection of Russian fossil fuels following the Kremlin-ordered invasion of Ukraine has a clear rationale. But wrong choices now – specifically, not switching quickly to renewable ...

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This analysis focuses on attitudes toward global climate change around the world. For this report, we conducted nationally representative Pew Research Center surveys of 16,254 adults from March 1...

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Our civilization is entering an era of seismic changes, challenges and opportunities. read more: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/global-governance-sustainability/1637754744

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ONE SIDE-EFFECT of hosting an international climate conference is an outbreak of navel-gazing. As the UN extravaganza in Glasgow nears its end, many opinion polls and studies have appeared, which...

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After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, the UN’s climate conference, COP26, has come to a close and the final decision document has been published. But will it be enough to stop global temperature...

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With the United Nations’ climate conference in Scotland turning a spotlight on climate change policies and the impact of global warming, it’s useful to understand what the science shows. read...

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Banks and asset managers representing 40% of the world’s financial assets have now pledged to meet the goals set out in the Paris climate agreement, as an alliance championed by former central ...

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A rise of 3°C in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels by 2100 would be disastrous. Its effects would be felt differently around the world, but nowhere would be immune. Prolonged heatw...

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COP26 is just around the corner, and we broadly know what to expect: statements, targets, pledges. But what does the reality of decarbonising the planet actually look like – and how much will i...

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Larry Fink, the CEO and Chairman of Blackrock, sees addressing climate change as a massive potential for new businesses. read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/25/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-next-1...

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SOME 1,500 years before the birth of Christ, when the chariots of Ahmose I, the first pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, had brought all of Egypt back under the rule of Thebes, the level of carbon diox...

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The world’s biggest tech companies are coming out with bold commitments to tackle their climate impact but when it comes to using their corporate muscle to advocate for stronger climate policie...

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Curbing China’s output of greenhouse gas will do more than almost anything else at this point to decide the fate of the planet. That primacy comes from being, by far, the world’s top source o...

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Once upon a time, it was really only environment journalists who covered the climate crisis. At the Guardian, this is rapidly changing, as the emergency sprawls into more and more aspects of our ...

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Human societies have an outstanding ability to solve complex collective action problems, and for the last 400 years they have done so primarily through the mechanism of the nation-state. read mor...

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In March 2021, as I launched Namibia’s Second Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPPII), I reflected on the need to emphasize the importance of multilateralism in our efforts to foster an enduring econo...

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FEW DISHES whet more palates than a juicy cut of beef. One poll in 2014 found that steak was Americans’ favourite food. Unfortunately, by cooking so many cows, humans are cooking themselves, to...

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Last month I visited Greenland with Extreme E, the all-electric SUV race, which travels the world by repurposed cargo ship, not electric yet, but almost, and is constantly pushing the boundaries ...

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