Analysis: Delay to COP26. Risks and Opportunities
By Chimdi, Obienu, EFI Research Fellow. The delay of COP26 could have far-reaching consequences, as many hoped 2020 would be the year that countries enhanced their Paris Agreement commitments to levels that would see global warming limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Backgrounder: From NYC Climate Action Summit to COP25 Madrid
Despite the clear weight of the issue at hand, prospects for significant steps forward at COP25 in December appear slim. COP26 in 2020 will be the last chance for national Paris Agreement plans to be updated before taking force.
Backgrounder: UN’s Climate Summit 2019
The New York Climate Action Summit is a high-profile event to showcase public and private ambitions and advancements in the sphere of climate action. Political leaders, businesspeople, and members of civil society will gather on September 23rd for panels, speeches and presentations on plans that aim to accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Read EFI’s summary of the IPBES report
Around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. That’s the striking statistic that made headlines around the world when a UN advisory body previewed its first global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services in May 2019. To understand the implications behind the assessment and what we can do about it, we take a closer look at the report behind the headlines. Read EFI’s summary here: https://www.environicfoundation.org/ipbes-report/.
EFI Celebrates Earth Day and Launches New Programs.
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An Earth Day letter from William Godfrey, President of EFI…
Dear EFI friends and supporters,
As we approach Earth Day on April 22nd, the Environic Foundation International (EFI) is honoring this most important day for our relationship with the planet by sharing the results of over a year of work spent enhancing our organizational capacity and launching several exciting new programs that provide high quality educational materials and training for concerned citizens, students, and sustainability and policy professionals! We want to share the news and encourage you to visit our website in the next few weeks as we roll out a variety of educational materials in EFI’s twenty-five areas of sustainability. Click on the headline to read more…
Learn More About Our Content Development Program.
Welcome to our new website! We are in the middle of an exciting phase at EFI! Our team will be busy developing and curating quality content that reflects up-to-date trends in sustainability, in line with EFI’s 25 door approach. Click on the headline to read more…
EFI launches an educational series for social media.
EFI’s Sustainable Societies at VCU.
Our Sustainable Societies Course is now the gateway course for the Certificate in Sustainable Innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The Certificate in Sustainable Innovation is designed to provide students in any VCU baccalaureate program the option of adding a formal certificate program in sustainability and sustainable approaches to problem-solving. The Certificate in Sustainable Innovation will use a systems-thinking approach to problems of sustainability across all of the academic disciplines.
EFI participates in the Sustainability Curriculum Consortium’s 2018 Conference.
Co-hosted by Penn State University’s Sustainability Institute in downtown Pittsburgh, PA, The SCC Faculty Conference focused on Pedagogy, Content & Leadership with a mix of panels, workshops, and roundtables. More about this year’s SCC Conference here…
Volunteer with EFI
At EFI we are committed to helping people become agents of positive change. Your contribution of treasure, talent or time would be wonderful.
We are seeking volunteers who are interested in conducting research in the 25 areas of sustainability (see our 25-issue matrix); we need designers and illustrators; and we also need social media-savvy folks interested in learning the ropes of fundraising online. We have teams in Washington, DC and Richmond, VA, but we also have a robust platform for remote collaboration if you are located beyond. Interested? Contact us at volunteers@environicfoundation.org.