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The US tariffs enacted by the Trump administration pose a significant threat to environmental sustainability in both the short and long term.  In the near term, supply chains are disrupted, the cost for clean technologies increases, and adoption of solar power and electric vehicles is delayed.  Over the longer term, tr ...

Around 39% of global CO₂ emissions come from buildings, with urbanization, economic growth and the need for cooling due to rising temperatures increasing the energy consumption of buildings every day.  Three quarters of the urban infrastructure that will exist in 2050 has yet to be built.  The built environment has the ...

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are an urgent call for all developed and developing countries to join in a global partnership.  The SDGs recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand in hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality and bo ...

Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) involves deploying investment capital in a way that has a positive impact on society and the environment while aligning the investments with the United Nations' 17 SDGs.  Sustainable Development Investing (SDI) goes beyond traditional financial returns and seeks to ...

It is well known that recessions have economic and social impacts, while little attention is paid to their impact on the environment and ongoing climate action.  Past recessions have shown that a slowdown in economic activity and a shift in government priorities can have both positive and negative impacts on climate ch ...