China is now shifting its energy mix to focus on renewable energy, using clean technologies to drive growth. Breakthroughs in technology, such as energy storage and energy efficiency, vital to the country’s future. Policies are being put in place to make every step of recycling profitable. China will prioritize green development and focus on clean […]
We are living in a time of immense challenges to sustainable development. Billions of people on Earth continue to live in poverty and are denied a life of dignity. There are rising inequalities within and among countries. There are enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth, and power. Gender inequality remains a key challenge and unemployment is […]
According to CNN, the outlook for certain coastal cities in the United States does not look good. For some time now, scientists have been attempting to education people on the dangers of rising seas due to climate change. A comprehensive list now has been created of cities, large and small, that may not make it […]
Sweden is implementing a revolutionary technique of using algae to curb the carbon emissions from concrete. In February, the country’s green party introduced a bill that would commit the country to reaching net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045. On June 15, the bill became the Climate Act and the Scandinavian country is now legally […]
Growing up in the Netherlands, Henk Ovink was well aware of the country’s problems with water and its construction of an elaborate system of dykes and flood control systems to hold back the sea. At the time, this made the Netherlands an international oddity. In the era of climate change, the Dutch aren’t outliers anymore, they […]
Across the world, companies are beginning to position their sustainability strategies with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The SDGs are being used to shape strategy and decision making, which is driving innovation and creating value. The UN Secretary General’s 2017 Sustainable Development Goal Progress Report has has highlighted this recent trend. Even though […]
Leaders from all over the world have dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that the Paris Agreement can be renegotiated. Shortly after Trump’s announcement, the leaders of France, Germany and Italy released a joint statement rejecting Trump’s assertion that the climate deal can be redrafted. German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Emmanuel Macron and Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni released […]
Earlier this week at a meeting in Bologna, Italy, leaders of the G7 pledged their commitment to join the G20, as well as other countries in turning the power of the global financial system to sustainable development. The Group of 7 (G7) is a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. […]
Dear Friends, On Saturday, April 29 in Beverly Hills, YK Center co-produced the first in a series of intimate gatherings called Meaningful Influencers with and on behalf of our dear friends at Lifestyles Magazine, for 45 years the premier print platform for higher philanthropy. The purpose of the event was to ignite the unfathomable potential […]