The 2023 Green Growth Summit will bring together high-level Member State representatives from the Green Growth Group, the EU institutions, and business. The Summit will mark the celebration of the

The 2023 Green Growth Summit will bring together high-level Member State representatives from the Green Growth Group, the EU institutions, and business. The Summit will mark the celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Green Growth Partnership (GGP). The GGP is convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and provides a forum to promote positive exchange between progressive European governments and businesses, with regular involvement of like-minded parliamentarians, and other key stakeholders and opinion formers, determined to support the development of a climate neutral and prosperous Europe.  📌 Agenda: 13:15 – 14:00: Scene Setter for the 10-year anniversary of the GGP:  “A look back at 10 years of climate policy – Where does the EU go from there?” 14:00 – 15:30: Session 1: ‘‘Stepping stones towards 2040” 15:50 – 17:20: Session 2: “The Green Deal as compass for the EU’s future competitiveness” 17:20 – 17:45: Closing Session: Fireside chat: “Unpacking the international implications of EU policies and expectations for the COP” This hybrid event will take place both physically in Brussels and online. Don't miss the chance to engage with high-level representatives from the Green Growth Group of ministers, EU institutions, experts, and businesses as they discuss the past decade's achievements and chart a course for a climate-neutral and prosperous Europe. Speakers include: Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria (video message) Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Third Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (video message) Uroš Vajgl, State Secretary for Environment and Climate, Slovenia Ambassador Barbara Cullinane, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU Ambassador Pierre Cartuyvels, Deputy Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU Berthold Goeke, Representing Head of Climate Department, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany Kristi Klaas, Deputy Director General for the Green Transition, Ministry of Climate, Estonia Bas Eickhout, MEP, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Christophe Grudler, MEP, Renew Europe Group Ville Niinistö, MEP, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General, DG Climate Action, European Commission Simon Henzell-Thomas, Global Director Climate & Nature, Ingka Group (IKEA) Rafael Mateo Alcalá, CEO, ACCIONA Energía Megan Mitrevski Dale, Director, Environmental Sustainability, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Signify, and Chair, CLG Europe Dr. Kimmo Järvinen, Head of European Governmental Affairs, SSAB María Mendiluce, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition Dr. Laura Diaz Anadon, Chaired Professor of Climate Change Policy, University of Cambridge, & Vice-Chair, European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change Ursula Woodburn, Director, CLG Europe and the Green Growth Partnership The event will be moderated by Maria Tadeo, Europe correspondent, Bloomberg TV, and John Ainger, Climate and Energy Reporter, Bloomberg News.

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Anxiety. Grief. Catastrophic events heard in the news or felt in person. Coping is a major problem. We can’t act clearly unless we maintain our equilibrium. Where do we turn? Forests, whether

Anxiety. Grief. Catastrophic events heard in the news or felt in person. Coping is a major problem. We can’t act clearly unless we maintain our equilibrium. Where do we turn? Forests, whether in city parks or in the remaining wild places, provide extraordinary benefits. Aside from their incredible power to sequester carbon, they also help heal people both emotionally and physically. Sylvie Rokab and Sheila Laffey, Ph.D., certified Nature therapy guides, describe how the practice of #ForestBathing boosts our immune system. Trees emit volatile organic compounds, #Phytoncides, to protect themselves from insects and germs. When we inhale these VOCs, they induce human natural killer (NK) cell activity to ward off cancer and other diseases. Aside from the retreats available, even a short walk in the woods or a quiet moment of #Mediation in Nature has effects that last for weeks. Hosted by Dale Walkonen. Watch Sylvie’s exquisite film, which Sheila associate produced, here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/lovethynature Esalen workshop "Revitalize your Purpose with Forest Bathing” on Jul 21-23: https://www.esalen.org/workshops/revitalize-your-purpose-with-forest-bathing-072123 RMERC “Inner/Outer Nature: Love and Awareness Nature Retreat” Jul 24-30: https://rockymountainecodharmaretreatcenter.secure.retreat.guru/program/inner-outer-nature-retreat/?lang=en Folks can also visit www.lovethynature.com and sign up to our newsletter for upcoming online events. more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library

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Water is critical for life. It’s also the regulator of our climate. As floods and droughts plague the world, a new understanding of the dynamics of water and its cycles is urgently needed. This is

Water is critical for life. It’s also the regulator of our climate. As floods and droughts plague the world, a new understanding of the dynamics of water and its cycles is urgently needed. This is the message of the beautiful new film, WATER IS LOVE . Watch it and sign up for free access to the online summit, Aug, 1-4 , 2024 https://www.waterislovefilm.org/what-does-water-want To bring back ecological integrity, and to grow food, #HydrologicalCycles must be restored, and rivers revitalized to nuture the land. By putting water at the center of restoration, and by teaching young people how to work with the land , communites can hope for a better future even as the climate crisis worsens. A post capitalist infrastructure is being created in autonomous bioregions like Tamera, where a change in consciousness is underway, reconnecting humans with the earth and with each other. Introducing the film are Martin Winiecki, Co-writer of Water is Love and Leader of the Institute for Global Peacework at the #Tamera Peace, Research, and Education Center in Portugal and Project Manager, and Co-Creator, Isabel Rosa Zabou. Hosted by Dale Walkonen Edited by Mike Coe Thumbnail, Eric Dehais Learn more about Tamera https://www.tamera.org/ for more about the film https://www.waterislovefilm.org/ animation segment https://www.waterislovefilm.org/animation For more information about #ClimateChange, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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The critical work of our time is the restoration of nature. Billions are required to transition to a safer planet. Instead, Over 2 trillion dollars are spent yearly to equip military operations, and

The critical work of our time is the restoration of nature. Billions are required to transition to a safer planet. Instead, Over 2 trillion dollars are spent yearly to equip military operations, and provide armaments for wars around the world. As thousands flee or are killed in the bombings, cities and critical ecosystems are being destroyed, pouring millions of tons of greenhouse gasses into the air, polluting land and water, and increasing vulnerability to catastrophic floods, droughts, and diseases as the #ClimateCrisis worsens. Military alliances are not the answer. The real battle is the struggle to save life on our planet. To do that, we must first stop destroying it. Today's guests are Kati Juva Co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and a coordinator for the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons in Finland and Tamara Lorincz, former Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Environmental Network, co-founder of the East Coast Environmental Law Association, and member of the Canadian Voice of #WomenforPeace, and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Hosted by Dale Walkonen Edited by Mike Coe or more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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At #COP28 in Dubai, Raya Salter and Carlos Garcia host a panel of experts to examine the impact of #MilitaryOperations on the climate. At a time when humanity needs to focus on the restoration of

At #COP28 in Dubai, Raya Salter and Carlos Garcia host a panel of experts to examine the impact of #MilitaryOperations on the climate. At a time when humanity needs to focus on the restoration of land and water, wars around the planet are destroying cities, lives and ecosystems. Peace is essential for keeping the climate system from catastrophic failure. Tamara Lorincz tells us the amount of money that flows to military operations, and its resource extraction, is over two trillion dollars annually. While Dr. Amara Eniya explains how debt, compunded by droughts and floods that are the direct result of the #ClimateCrisis, is crippling many nations who struggle to provide for the basic needs of their people. John D. Liu is the voice of Commonland, the restoration efforts that are being accomplished around the world, bringing back land and hydrological cycles. Edited by Mike Coe Thumbnail by Eric Dehais Music: At The Bazaar Underscore by David Fesliyan Producer: Dale Walkonen For information about John D.Liu and the Commonland Foundation https://commonland.com/ For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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As Canadian forests burn out of control, clouds of hazardous smoke shift with the wind, affecting first Northeastern and then Midwestern parts of the United States. The #AirQuality varies, but the

As Canadian forests burn out of control, clouds of hazardous smoke shift with the wind, affecting first Northeastern and then Midwestern parts of the United States. The #AirQuality varies, but the tiny particles that it contains pose serious health risks to the lungs, heart and even the brain. Climate Change is making the weather unpredictable. Canadian trees, hit by an ice storm in April, lost branches which then provided ready tinder for fire. Drought made it worse. At least 17 million tons of CO2 have been released by the #Wildfires so far. Paul Beckwith and Patrick Hogan explain why the air quality created by smoke is a serious problem, that is likely to affect more forests as the atmosphere continues to heat. As the smoke hit Washington DC, legislators had a taste of the effects of the climate crisis, something akin to what happened in the 1930s #Dustbowl. As grit came into their chamber, the legislature took action then. But will this event move the dial at all? Hosted by Dale Walkonen Edited by Michael Barba For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library

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The evidence is all around us. Our industrialized civilization is taking us into an unlivable future. Every continent is affected by the fever we have inflicted on our planet. The gravity of the

The evidence is all around us. Our industrialized civilization is taking us into an unlivable future. Every continent is affected by the fever we have inflicted on our planet. The gravity of the climate emergency is clear. Even as the crisis hits the United States and Europe - #MauiFires, Midwest hailstorms, hot tub ocean temperatures in Florida, Italian cities on red alert, Spain in drought, extended #HeatWaves- mirroring what's been happening in the global south, political action is still not happening. What will it take for world leaders to stop subsidizing extinction? And what do the next decades portend? In this program, Peter Carter, the director of the #ClimateEmergency Institute, and co-author of Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival and Paul Beckwith, Climate System Scientist and Professor of Climatology, Meteorology, and Oceanography at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University look at this question and explain why getting off fossil fuels is essential to our survival. Hosted by Dale Walkonen Edited by Mike Coe For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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We are grateful for Michael Dowd's many contributions to humanity, and for this conversation. He was a force of nature, and his passing on October 7, 2023 was a great loss. Industrial

We are grateful for Michael Dowd's many contributions to humanity, and for this conversation. He was a force of nature, and his passing on October 7, 2023 was a great loss. Industrial civilization has overshot the capacity of our planet to sustain it, putting us in an inescapable predicament. #RupertRead, #MichaelDowd and Dale Walkonen seek to answer the questions of how we can face reality and still live full, useful lives, taking compassionate and effective action, without doing more damage to our planet. For more conversations with Michael Dowd: https://postdoom.com/conversations/ Canadian Club of Rome, May 2023 Presentation https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?pli=1#search/michael.dowd%40thankgodforevolution.com?projector=1 To download Rupert Read's latest book (pay as you wish): https://249897.e-junkie.com/product/1756224/Do-you-want-to-know-the-truth3F-The-surprising-rewards-of-climate-honesty https://rupertread.net/books/ https://climatemajorityproject.com/ Editor: Michael Barba #ClimateChange For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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Find out how AECOM is helping communities on Long Island, New York, United States, develop a sustainable plan for the future.  Rosemary Olsen former director Green Initiatives, the Community Development Corporation talks about the consortium of towns they brought together. John Kaiman, special advisor to NYS Governor for Sandy Recovery and former Supervisor Town of North Hempstead and Diane Dale, AECOM Project Director talk about the public private partnership and the AECOM role in the project.  Part 2 and Part 3. 

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Governments, locked in global competition, are disabled by the paradigm of economic growth, as they vie to entice corporations and industries with low taxes and subsidies. How can this fear of

Governments, locked in global competition, are disabled by the paradigm of economic growth, as they vie to entice corporations and industries with low taxes and subsidies. How can this fear of taking the right action, and being at a disadvantage, be overcome? John Bunzl offers The SIMPOL pledge to be signed by citizens who agree to vote for those politicians who have themselves signed the pledge to act simultaneously when enough nations are on board. Executives of corporations can also sign on, and commit to lowering their emissions. Together with NIck Duffell, he co authored The SIMPOL Solution, which explores the psychology, as well as the political and economic traps, that have prevented us from dealing with the #ClimateCrisis. To find out more and to take the pledge (citizens and politicians) https://simpol.org/ Businesses: https://www.theclimatepledge.com/us/en/join The book, #TheSimpolSolution is available at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-simpol-solution-john-bunzl/1126997626 and on Amazon Host, Dale Walkonen Edited by Mike Coe For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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