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✈️ With the UK government announcing their support for expansion to a third runway at Heathrow, why not read our research paper on 'Net zero and the role of the aviation industry'. "While the aviation sector is a critical contributor to the global economy and provides important benefits enabling travel around the world, the sector is notoriously difficult to decarbonize. Most supply-side options for reducing aviation carbon emissions – such as zero-emissions aircraft and sustainable aviation fuels – are yet to be scaled and are still at the R&D phase." 📄 Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eEf2KKMK ✒️ Dr Daniel Quiggin

The SWITCH2CE project is excited to participate in the UNIDO-hosted event “Who Pays?... for the Implementation of Sustainability-Driven Regulations?” 📅 When: 30 January 2025 | Virtual livestream (CET: 10:00 – 17:00)   🌍 Why Attend?  Experts from the public, private, and development sectors will explore critical questions surrounding the costs, challenges, and opportunities of mandatory sustainability regulations in global supply chains. Key questions to be examined:  Who bears the costs of compliance vs. the cost of inaction?  How do these regulations impact different stakeholders?  What innovative solutions can support equitable cost-sharing and capacity-building?    ✨ Highlights of the Event:  🔹 Real-world examples, including case studies from the textile and other industries.  🔹 Insights into the challenges of implementing sustainability regulations.  🔹 Key players shaping global value chains.  🔹 Innovative solutions for fair cost distribution and sustainable trade.    🔗 Register now  https://lnkd.in/dsyKYpZ9   The global SWITCH2CE project is co-funded by the European Union/ European Commission and the Government of Finland/ Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, led by UNIDO, in collaboration with Chatham House Environment and Society, Circle Economy, and European Investment Bank (EIB).

The Los Angeles fires showed America’s vulnerability to severe climate events – and the need to prioritize financing for climate resilient infrastructure, write Patrick Schröder and Bhargabi Bharadwaj (Chatham House Environment and Society). https://lnkd.in/dCBDCCN6

🔥 The escalating costs and devastation from disasters like the Los Angeles #wildfires underscore the critical need for bold and comprehensive climate action. Yet, Donald Trumps first days back in office have been marked by a dramatic rollback of climate policies implemented by the Biden administration. 'How convincing Trump’s anti-climate policy decisions look to the American people after four more years of severe climate events remains to be seen.' Read our latest analysis by Bhargabi Bharadwaj and Patrick Schröder: https://lnkd.in/dCBDCCN6

How do you visualise bioeconomies?🤔 Last year, the Sustainability Accelerator published a report outlining how to catalyse transformative nature and climate action through the strategic development of bioeconomies. In this visual essay, we worked with Futurall to create images that highlight the key ideas behind the report. 📰 Find it here: https://lnkd.in/gUUF6qfN 📄 Full report: https://lnkd.in/emvqG2Xt Illustration: Eva Oosterlaken / Futurall; Images: Woman on farm, bottom left: harvesting chard on an organic farm run by a community benefit society near Sheffield, UK (Alastair Johnstone / Climate visuals)

On the week of the US Inauguration, amid the recovery efforts in Los Angeles and the breach of 1.5°C warming globally in 2024, Patrick Schröder and I reflected on US climate leadership, or the lack thereof, in our latest expert comment. The fires showed US vulnerability to severe climate events – and the need to prioritize financing for climate resilient infrastructure, regulation of construction, and funding of emergency services. “These day one actions ignore an uncomfortable truth: not only is climate change accelerating faster than anticipated, but the US is highly vulnerable and unprepared for the consequences. “The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, though a clear abdication of global leadership, has long been anticipated and may prove less consequential for the green transition. Other nations can take decisive actions to fill the gap.” Chatham House Chatham House Environment and Society #1point5degrees #LAWildfires #ClimatePolicy

Here some key snippets from the latest Chatham House article I co-authored with my colleague Bhargabi Bharadwaj on Donald Trump's Day 1 actions: Not only is climate change accelerating faster than anticipated, but the US is highly vulnerable and unprepared for the consequences. The Trump administration’s intention to cut public spending and deregulate would steer the US off course, leading to a further regression against its target to reduce emissions to 66 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035. That, in turn, increases the risks of recurring extreme weather events. Doubling down on oil and gas exploration might lead the US to fall further behind China in the rapidly expanding global green technology trade. Chatham House Environment and Society Chatham House #climatechange #1point5degrees Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/edTCBv_w

🚨 🎙️ !NEW PODCAST ALERT! 🎙️ 🚨   Episode 48: The 2025 international climate agenda Former US Climate Envoy Todd Stern and Director of Chatham House's Environment and Society Centre Ana Yang join hosts Ruth Townend and Anna Åberg to talk about prospects for climate action in 2025. Following Trump's inauguration, what are the likely consequences for climate diplomacy, and how will Brazil balance domestic demands against international obligations as COP30 and BRICS president this year? Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eFJHs_pC

With Trump taking the promised axe to US domestic climate policy and international diplomacy, what now for global climate action😟? Who better to discuss on the 🚨 🎙️ new pod 🎙️ 🚨 than former US Climate Envoy 🗽 Todd Stern & Chatham House Environment and Society's Director Ana Yang? We talk turbulent times, US withdrawral from Paris & Brazil's prospects as COP30 & BRICS president. Listen up at https://lnkd.in/eexhG9Aq

🌍 National Circular Economy Roadmaps update! 🌏 In May 2024, we (Chatham House and UNIDO) published the first global stocktake of national circular economy roadmaps and strategies (see link to the report in the comments). In less than a year a **flurry** of new roadmaps & strategies have been published. This includes Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Türkiye, Panama, Vietnam. Other countries have since announced plans to develop a national CE roadmap including: Belarus, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, England, Georgia, Morocco, Qatar, South Africa, Egypt, Ukraine. 💡 Key takeway: The CE global policy landscape is evolving quickly. This is promising as it shows real ambition across all continents to harness the benefits of the CE. BUT we are enterring a geopolitically fragmented world and there is a high risk that the CE is applied as a tool for economic competition rather than a tool for achieving global development and environmental goals. This risk needs to be taken seriously - the creation of a permanent home within the intergovernmental/multilateral system is vital and urgent to provide a safe, transparent and structured forum for collaborative discussions between governments on the CE. So to summarise: 👉 62 countries have published at least one circular economy call to action/roadmap/strategy 👉 86 Calls to action (n=30), Roadmaps (n=39), Operational Strategies (n=17) have been published (some countries have published multiple iterations with either supersede or support the previous versions).  👉 16 countries are in the process of developing a national roadmap/strategy See the updated interactive map in the comments below!