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Sustainable Futurist: Editor, Journalist, Speaker on: Climate & Energy, Built Environment, Circular Economy, Biodiversity & Conservation, Transport & Mobility, CSR, ESG. #Sustainability Magazine: https://sustmeme.com Newsletter: https://buff.ly/3WiTOEW
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Our partners will speak at #Futurebuild2025 on "Natural materials for new build and #retrofit". The session, curated by @asbpuk.bsky.social, will explore case studies and key learnings, including insights from #TransformingHomes. 📅 March 6, 2025 📌 Excel, London Learn More: lnkd.in/dZe3dqz

You're invited! On International Women’s Day, our executive director, Dr. Oulie Keita, will host a webinar alongside women who are actively rewriting the narrative of climate action. #IWD2025

As the advertisements for various #IWD2025 events come out... <taps sign>👇 With everything going on in the world, it is more important than ever that we support the global efforts of the UN. Rights! Equality! Empowerment! 💪💪💪

It's working! A few weeks ago, I posted about amended rules that the South Coast Air Quality Management District is working on, which will dramatically reduce NOx emissions from buildings in the Los Angeles area. 🧵

Sultan Haitham City is conceived as a new model for sustainable development in the Middle East. Featured as one of our projects to watch in 2025, the development will reach several milestones this year, including the transformation of a dry riverbed into a public park MORE → bit.ly/4ieu9qT

A landmark framework has now launched that will open up transformative opportunities for Scotland’s public sector to accelerate the country’s journey to net zero.

CO2 removal (CDR) is both essential and controversial because side-effects can undermine mitigation ambition and sustainable development. As the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change @esabcc.bsky.social we advise the EU on how to navigate CDR opportunities and risks. (1/n)

I've started a monthly newsletter: Creative Climate Communications on #LinkedIn. Please sign up to learn about fun ways to engage mainstream audiences in #ClimateAction and #sustainable practices. www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...

New study from our Centre for Landscape Regeneration researchers Josh Copping and Catherine Waite: www.cam.ac.uk/www.cam.ac.u...

The California Fashion Environmental Accountability Act (AB 405) marks a pivotal shift in U.S. fashion industry regulation. This groundbreaking law targets fashion brands generating over $100 million annually, requiring them to undergo rigorous environmental assessments.

The 2025 AlTi Global Social Progress Index is LIVE! It measures 57 social and environmental outcomes, such as housing, health, & rights, for 170 countries. Developed in partnership with AlTi Tiedemann Global. Find opportunities to make a difference. www.socialprogress.org/alti-global-...

The planet's natural carbon sinks are becoming less effective at mitigating climate change due to the impacts of warming itself. This is a very worrying gradual climate change accelerator that we need to arrest. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

See you next week... ? I shall be in #London for the Futurebuild show next week — buff.ly/3QAulVL — so, if you fancy a catch-up over coffee/beer/wine/green tea, then do drop me a line and let's get something in the diary ASAP! #Futurebuild2025 #SustMemeBE

Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine out now: 🌍 Nature-based solutions in #Africa; 🪫 Human rights in #batteries; 🏡 Big plans for #placemaking; 🍺 Alt leather from beer #waste; ❇️ Is #3Dprinting sustainable? Read in full + free: buff.ly/43gTY5o #sustainability #climate #builtenvironment #circulareconomy

EnergyLab's 2024 Decarb Debrief highlights a year of significant growth and innovation in Australia's climate tech sector. Discover how they supported 85 startups, drove $147M in funding, and are accelerating Australia's net-zero future. Read more here: energylab.org.au/blog/energyl...

Fully-funded PhD position on the cultural evolution of environmental management! Link evolution, ecology and behavioral science to study how people manage environmental challenges in the ACE Lab (timwaring.info). Position Details: timwaring.info/wp-content/u...

Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine out now: 🌍 Nature-based solutions in #Africa; 🪫 Human rights in #batteries; 🏡 Big plans for #placemaking; 🍺 Alt leather from beer #waste; ❇️ Is #3Dprinting sustainable? Read in full + free: buff.ly/43gTY5o #sustainability #climate #builtenvironment #circulareconomy

🔎 #EUTaxonomy #CAPEX: What’s Driving the Green Transition? ❗A major eligibility vs. alignment gap. Many companies report activities as taxonomy-eligible, but far fewer meet the aligned criteria. Are companies doing enough to align CAPEX with #sustainabilitygoals?

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

Today the European Commission published the Affordable Energy Action Plan. I reflected on what it offers for households. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @regassistproj.bsky.social

Young #WildlifeRecorders (age 11-20 years old) deserve recognition for their efforts! Why not encourage them and celebrate their input, by nominating them for the NBN Young Person’s Award 2025? buff.ly/40IJdWG Closes: 21 April #NBNawards25 #MakingDataWorkForNature

🎉 Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa in the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset! To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍 www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918

News: Report reveals rise in nature-based solutions to combat climate risks in Africa, but lack of investment persists, especially in #cities — story on study by @worldresources.bsky.social and World Bank, with @afdbgroup.bsky.social: buff.ly/41uc02F @wrirosscities.bsky.social @giz.de @bmz.de

Opinion: ‘Government needs to embrace anaerobic digestion’

Volunteers wanted for Scotland-wide search for one of the country's smallest and rarest moths 🔍 The Highland Nymph (Callisto coffeella) hadn't been seen in Scotland for 20 years until it was rediscovered in 2024. Now we need help to discover more colonies 👉 buff.ly/3D1Y7zm 📷: Peter Buchner

📍 In #Senegal, the Gender-Smart Accelerator Challenge, led by AICCRA, is demonstrating that targeted investments can drive gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture. Investing in women-led and women-focused agribusinesses can drive real change. 👩‍🌾👇 allbiociat.org/3WWbgAF

Join us! Are you active in one/more of these fields? • Biodiversity & Conservation • Built Environment • Business & Finance • Circular Economy • Climate & Energy • Transport & Mobility Plead do take a look at the partnerships we now offer at SustMeme: buff.ly/3HFS4iO

Our latest ETS Talk examines the (un)conditional support to top polluting sectors in Europe. Do they pay, or do we? Register here to watch: zoom.us/meeting/regi... Keep an eye on this feed for updates👀

News: Report reveals rise in nature-based solutions to combat climate risks in Africa, but lack of investment persists, especially in #cities — story on study by @worldresources.bsky.social and World Bank, with @afdbgroup.bsky.social: buff.ly/41uc02F @wrirosscities.bsky.social @giz.de @bmz.de

Why collaborate with SustMeme? The original content we publish is written to be read — and we have analytics to prove it... * Our weekly e-Newsletter has an open-rate of over 60% — roughly DOUBLE the average! > So, please do take a look at our Partnership options: buff.ly/3HFS4iO

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>>> If you are looking for specialist content on key sustainability topics, here are 3 more of our dedicated SustMeme Feeds: • Circular Economy: buff.ly/3B1TUKZ • Cimate & Energy: buff.ly/40keZtX • Transport & Mobility: buff.ly/4gf01L6 And please 'Like' if you do! #GetTheSustyStoryStraight

>>> If you are looking for specialist content on key sustainability topics, here are 3 more of our dedicated SustMeme Feeds: • Circular Economy: buff.ly/3B1TUKZ • Cimate & Energy: buff.ly/40keZtX • Transport & Mobility: buff.ly/4gf01L6 And please 'Like' if you do! #GetTheSustyStoryStraight

📜 If you are looking for specialist content on any of the topics below, check out our dedicated SustMeme Feeds: • Biodiversity & Conservation: buff.ly/4fMKqCq • Built Environment: buff.ly/3CypaSf • Business & Finance: buff.ly/3Va46Ii And please 'Like' if you do! + 3 more to follow... >>>

#Resolution6Rs was set up by myself and @foecymrucydd.bsky.social back in 2019. The aim is to challenge people to start the new year with a different kind of resolution... #6Rs can help reduce the environmental impact of fashion consumption & make your shopping more responsible in 2025 & beyond...

We're doing a series of short, positive pieces on environmental progress. #hope #climatechange #europe #fossilfuels #climate #renewable #solar #wind Have a look: sweetlightning.ghost.io/in-progress-2/

Latest issue of SustMeme Magazine out now: ♻️ Resale step up for #sustainability; ⚡ #Renewables short of 2030 goal; 🪵 #Wood checks in on waterfront; 🌊 Milestone for #ocean cleanup; 🇺🇸 Where does #green go under Trump 2.0? buff.ly/418euST @irena-official.bsky.social @theoceancleanup.bsky.social

Why collaborate with SustMeme? The original content we publish is written to be read — and we have analytics to prove it... * Our weekly e-Newsletter has an open-rate of over 60% — roughly DOUBLE the average! > So, please do take a look at our Partnership options: buff.ly/3HFS4iO

Call for Fellows! 🚨 @ipbes.net is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the #GlobalAssessment2. Contribute to assessing progress towards achieving the goals of sustainability! 🌍🧪 🗓 Apply by 28 March 2025 🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

#ESG investments need regulatory certainty. With the #OmnibusPackage landing on 26 Feb, businesses aren’t asking for less regulation—they’re asking for clarity and predictability. 🎥 Alice Steenland of Signify: #EU #Regulation #ClimatePolicy #BusinessStability

⚡ Our latest report, Key Steps to Driving ZEV Demand, sets out 14 key policy recommendations to accelerate EV adoption in the UK.

🆕 The EU needs to address its energy information problem. Information is not available at the level of granularity, reliability and consistency needed for informed decision-making. With @gzachmann.bsky.social @tagliapietra.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social 1/3 www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...

Submit your response to the survey for the Integrated Transport Strategy by midnight tonight – and prioritise walking and wheeling for everyone. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PG2JMU/

💡 It’s time to fundamentally rethink building performance as we decarbonise energy systems 📣 CNZ & @energysyscat.bsky.social are calling for a measurement of a building’s ability to flex its demand to align with clean electricity Summary 🔗 bit.ly/3PV1ISE Full report 🔗 bit.ly/40Cpo31 Details in 🧵