2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum Side Event – February 02, 2022 8:00-8:50 am (EST) We face a global climate emergency requiring radical collaboration, at unprecedented speed. Join us to explore how we can partner faster. COVID-19 has stimulated countless innovative collaborations – from the most local level (such as community groups partnering with shops to fill […]
The Rapid Partnering for Climate Action Programme
We face a global climate emergency requiring radical collaboration, at unprecedented speed. While there is a sense of urgency around all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the climate crisis has the unique and powerful potential to derail every other goal if the global community cannot act decisively in the next decade to halt emissions. At […]
Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change – a wake-up call for collective, cross-sector adaptation efforts?
To achieve systemic change, business will need to collaborate with governments. For example, Governments of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at the 2011 UNFCCC Durban Conference, adopted the Private Sector Initiative (PSI) of the Cancun Adaptation Framework which seeks to catalyse involvement of the private sector in the National Adaptation Plans for Action.