CURATED CLIMATE NEWS
Road Trip Update: How the Paiute Tribe are Transforming their Future with Solar and Learning More About the Prophetic 19 C Explorer, Geologist and Early Environmentalist John Wesley Powell
The New American Road Trip is an 11 day, more than 2,900 mile journey with an electric vehicle from San Francisco to New York’s 10th Climate Week and the One Planet Summit to inform and discuss with the public the Call to Global Climate Action issued from the Global...
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The 2018 Climate and Clean Air Awards
The winners of the 2018 Climate and Clean Air Awards were announced at a special ceremony during the Global Climate Action Summit. At a gala ceremony at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, a group of real climate heroes were honoured with Climate and Clean Air...
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Road Trip Update: Citizens, Clean Bus Campaigners, MGM Resorts CEO and UN Special Envoy Bloomberg Join ‘Road Trip’ in Las Vegas for Free E-Test Drives and Special Award
The New American Road Trip is an 11-day, more than 2,900-mile journey in an electric vehicle from San Francisco to New York’s 10th Climate Week and the One Planet Summit. Its purpose is to deliver the Call to Global Climate Action issued from the Global Climate Action...
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Road Trip Update: Grassroots Projects Assisting Migrants, Cleaner Transport, and a Socially Conscious Bus Factory on the Edge of the Mojave Desert
The New American Road Trip is an 11-day, more than 2,900-mile journey in an electric vehicle from San Francisco to New York’s 10th Climate Week and the One Planet Summit. Its purpose is to deliver the Call to Global Climate Action issued from the Global Climate Action...
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Outcome of the high-level Talanoa on “A Rapid Transition to Net-Zero Emissions Society”
Frank Bainimarama, the Prime Minister of Fiji and COP23 President, and Jerry Brown, Governor of California, hosted a high-level Talanoa Dialogue on 12 September 2018 on the rapid transition to net-zero emission societies. The high-level event set the stage for GCAS by...
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Philanthropic Community Announces $4 Billion Commitment to Combat Climate Change
Pledge Marks Largest-ever Philanthropic Investment in Climate Mitigation San Francisco – Sept. 14, 2018 – Today 29 philanthropists pledged $4 billion over the next five years to combat climate change—the largest-ever philanthropic investment focused on climate change...
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NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS URGED TO STEP UP CLIMATE ACTION BY 2020 AT END OF LANDMARK SUMMIT
Bold New Commitments Announced by Thousands of States, Regions, Cities, Businesses, Investors and NGOs Focus Turns to UN Climate Conference in Poland and UN Secretary General’s Leaders’ Summit in 2019 For a chronological, full list of announcements - please click here...
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CVF press conference at Global Climate Action Summit
Women leaders take the reins to leverage the sub-national commitments pledged at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in California and trigger tangible climate action and ambition. Friday 14 September, San Francisco, California: Dr. Hilda C. Heine, President of...
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All Summit Announcements
A Chronology of Individual Summit and Pre-Summit Announcements: January 25 GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT LEADER ANAND MAHINDRA ISSUES NEW CLIMATE CHALLENGE TO CORPORATIONS - In an effort to spur further climate action at this year’s Global Climate Action Summit...
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Governor Brown Closes Global Climate Action Summit: “We’re Launching Our Own Damn Satellite”
California, Planet Labs Inc. Launch Groundbreaking Initiative to Develop Satellite-Based Technologies, Track and Attack Climate Pollutants SAN FRANCISCO – In closing remarks at the Global Climate Action Summit, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that the...
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MAJOR U.S. LAW FIRMS COME TOGETHER TO CONTRIBUTE $15 MILLION IN PRO BONO SERVICES TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 14, 2018 – Today, nine of the U.S.’s most respected law firms announced a groundbreaking initiative to deliver free legal services worth $15 million by 2020 to advance sustainability across the globe. The first-of-its-kind initiative, Lawyers for a...
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GEF Financial Commitment
At the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco today, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced a half billion US dollar financial commitment in new grant funds for food, land use, and restoration projects. Speaking at the high-level dialogue on Land...
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TALANOA STATEMENT & JOINT SUBMISSION
We the Ministers and Partners of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, recognizing the need to ACT now to achieve the temperature goal of Paris Agreement, and to support sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty; conscious that that the path we choose to...
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Powering Past Coal Alliance announces 10 new members at Global Climate Action Summit
San Francisco, CA. Today at the Global Climate Action Summit, the Powering Past Coal Alliance has warmly welcomed 10 new States, Regions and Cities into the growing membership of the Alliance. These new members demonstrate growing global momentum behind the phase-out...
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Revamped UN Climate Action Portal to Capture and Drive Climate Action
UN Climate Change News, San Francisco, 14 September 2018 – As leaders gather in California this week for the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS2018), UN Climate Change is presenting a revamped version of its Climate Action Portal, featuring the accelerated action...
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Global Climate Action Summit Scores a First in Sustainable Events Management
First Organization to Earn ISO 20121 Compliance Certification by Third-Party Accredited Audit SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2018 — Today, after developing a comprehensive sustainability roadmap and undergoing months of third-party assessment, the Global Climate Action...
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Call To Global Climate Action
We, the people gathered at the Global Climate Action Summit, and communities around the world calling for climate action, commit to a climate-safe future for all. The climate crisis calls for urgent action. We have seen the human impact on health, disease, famine,...
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Common ground on the prairie (commentary)
Mongabay News September 14, 2018 Mother Nature is the ultimate boss on the prairie — and the boss seems pretty agitated these days. Weather events are more frequent, more extreme, and harder to predict than they used to be... [read...
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Opinion | Value Food to Protect Our Climate
Foodtank September 14, 2018 When it comes to fighting climate change, most thoughts turn to clean energy—from electric vehicles to solar–powered homes. But we often overlook one of the most significant sources of heat–trapping gas emissions: food... [read...
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Aboard Hybrid Electric Ferry on the San Francisco Bay, Governor Brown Signs Bills to Promote Zero-Emission Vehicles, Reduce Carbon Emissions
SAN FRANCISCO – During the maiden voyage of the San Francisco Bay Area’s first plug-in hybrid electric ferry today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a comprehensive package of bills aimed at dramatically reducing carbon emissions by boosting the number of...
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