… When it comes to climatechange, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This willhave catastrophic effects on human health, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, fisheries, …
… Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues are increasingly punished by the men and women they would like … C.; Franceschini, L.; Wang, J. (2015). Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and ClimateChange. Yale Center for Business and the Environment. …
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… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a … where a deeper set of interviews, ethnographic observations, and archival data will be collected. The goal of these matched comparisons is to flesh out the specific … continues for giving critical interviews and gathering relevant materials, the researchers have begun the process of coding and analyzing the rich data, as well as detecting initial …
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… following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of expenditure on maintenance activities not only in a given year, but also into the future; b) allowance for maintenance … The interim results of this research were discussed during presentations made at the annual ClimateChange Conference held at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom (March … Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA to gain support for continuing this research. This funding will be essential for completing the wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and quantifying …
… Through this research opportunity, strong theoretical contributions have been made connecting self-determination theory to sustainability. By distinguishing … intrinsic or self-determined motivation are the driving forces of a sustainability characterised by individual and planetary flourishing in contrast to a sustainability … or interdisciplinary solutions that span cognitive boundaries. The investigators have completed the qualitative data collection with Patagonia and are scheduled to conduct …
… an unprecedented array of ecological, economic, and societal challenges today. Circular practices involving restorative aquaculture and regenerative agriculture methods have garnered attention in recent years for their potential to combat climatechange, enhance food system resilience, and promote worker and community wellbeing. …
… Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing … Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing -by Abhishri … for impact investment are largely sitting on the sidelines. For example, NatureVest’s 2016 report—“The State of Private Investment in Conservation” —found that of the $8.2 … philanthropy as risk capital; and 4) target resources for catalytic potential. This report will be most helpful to organizations that seek to strategically deploy grant money that …