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Under 3.2 °C warming, 49% of insects, 44% of plants and 26% of vertebrates are at great risk of extinction.  Best-case scenarios lead to a median range of 2.9–3.2°C in 2100 for current policies and 2.4–2.9°C in 2100 for 2030 pledges.  If the targets were promptly and fully implemented, some estimate this could bring te ...

The world will warm by 3.2°C this century even if all the policies to cut carbon that governments have so far adopted were fully implemented.  The high overshoot will increase climate risks for vulnerable regions and societies, causing unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages and irrev ...

Most real estate entities lack the strategy, culture and tools to realize their professed sustainability aspirations.  They present their intentions mostly qualitatively and report few quantitative key performance indicators (KPIs) that reveal the degree of achieving such priority Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a ...

Today’s youth demands more commitment to sustainable development and more direct participation.  Young people have the most confidence in NGOs advancing the sustainable development agenda, followed by science and citizen initiatives.  For the younger generation, environmental destruction, species extinction, and climat ...

Citizen participation is key for effective and successful local government.  Without participation, local government initiatives have a limited effect on improving trust in local politics and politicians, resulting in much more challenging policy implementation.  Without the effective involvement of citizens in local g ...