… my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my … own hours spent laying across the bridge of the wetlands, amazed by the ease with which the water bugs strode across the still water. There was brilliance in the way their tiny leg … my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my …
… negotiations at every COP, organizations and countries from around the world host side events and talks at their pavilions. As I perused the list of events at the Nature+ … me glad I showed up fifteen minutes in advance. MCed by Craig Hanson, VP for Food, Forest, Water and the Ocean at the World Resources Institute (WRI), the event brought together … effects. It also means that collaboration such as this can have far-reaching positive externalities, if managed right. As Crystal Davis, Director of the Global Forest Watch at …
… from it all kinds of products including vodka, perfume and hand sanitiser, with the eventual goal of scaling up enough to produce jet fuel. These transformative innovations … TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) recommendations into corporatereporting. However what stood out to me most that day represented some thoughts I was having …
… of the world. After this conversation, I wanted to see ambition in action. Several side events were closed to an in-person audience, with only organizers and speakers allowed into the room. This meant that I had to find a good spot to stream the event I was interested in on the COP26 online platform, and I knew the perfect place, quiet … chat caught my attention. Greta was at an event at one of the pavilions! I made my way briskly towards that direction, not quite sure what I was expecting to do once I got there. …
… support. And intrapreneurship can also be an effective vehicle for innovation. In a panel event hosted at the Nature Pavilion on creating systemic change for a more regenerative … the focus is on how we think of and understand ourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked about the need for effective action and making an … effective. I wanted to check out one of the Action Zone Climate Action Rooms next. The next event there promised to showcase initiatives and innovations driving the energy transition, …
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… open pavilions throughout the conference Each country had its own pavilion where daily events were organized around specific topics. Then there were the side events which were … on climate change and potential paths forward. Given my interests in empowering women and corporate sustainability, I chose to attend events that focused on these topics. I was … as I believe the increase in private sector engagement will only continue, as long as these external pressures mount further. Sitting in on two government negotiations, it was clear …