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Knowledge for SDGs (part 5): Inequalities, planetary pressure, and lifestyles
Alessandro Galli, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Director, Mediterranean-MENA Programme was a panelist at this virtual training event for policy officers involved in or curious about knowledge for SDGs and, more widely, in SDG-relevant EU policies, including those beyond the Green... Read MoreCHANGE MAKERS MAGAZINE: Overshoot Day 2022: quello dell’Italia è il 15 maggio
L’Overshoot day in Italia quest’anno cade il 15 maggio: da quel giorno in poi il Belpaese sarà in debito con le risorse naturali di cui dispone. Mayday Mayday. L’astronave terra è in avaria. Ce lo ricorda ogni anno Il Global Footprint... Read More
GLOBE EU event marking EU Overshoot Day
GLOBE EU invited students from the European Schools in Brussels to question members of the European Parliament about how they think resource consumption should be reduced. Read More朝日新聞: エコロジカルフットプリントとは？ 計算式や現状、削減方法を紹介
エコロジカルフットプリントとは、人間が自然環境にどれだけ負荷を与えているのかを示した数値です。現在、この数値は世界的に悪化しており、問題視されています。本記事では、脱炭素社会実現を目指すアクティビストが、エコロジカルフットプリントの定義や現状、減らすためにできることを解説します。 Read More
Implications of the Ukraine invasion: a resource overview
By Leo Wambersie, research associate, David Lin, Ph.D., chief science officer, and Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., founder and president The Ukraine invasion comes with heart-breaking human suffering. It will also impact people far away from the war as global supply chains... Read More
Explore the University Footprint Calculator!
The wait is over: after two years of hard work, the EUSTEPs project delivered the tool for Higher Education Institutions to measure their environmental impact, guide their efforts towards sustainability, and track their progress. Launched on April 1st, 2022, the... Read MoreCOSMOS: Earth-worthy accounting
There’s more than meets the eye in trying to get people to reduce their resource use – and it’s all in the numbers. The world’s population is currently using 1.75 Earths’ worth of resources. You’ve probably seen this statistic before,... Read More
VIRTUAL EVENT: As manipulative communication diminishes impact, what are alternatives?
The climate narrative has not produced the needed results. It’s a tough nut to crack, but there may be better ways. What we do know: most climate narratives’ underlying assumptions are self-limiting (e.g., they embody the disempowering but common view... Read More