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** Navigating the skies towards a low carbon future
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How does the aviation industry fit into a low carbon world? Oriana Brine, Senior Sustainability Strategist at Forum for the Future APAC, recounts insights from Air New Zealand's recent Sustainability Masterclass, run by Forum's Founder-Director and Chair of Air New Zealand's Sustainability Advisory Panel, Jonathan Porritt.
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** The Futures Centre is being rebuilt
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This summer we will launch a new Futures Centre, which will focus on supporting and enabling futures for system change and will aim to become the go-to place for all sustainability-focused applied futures.

In the meantime, you can visit our temporary home for the Futures Centre here ([link removed]) or view the Future of Sustainability 2019 report here ([link removed]) .

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** This month on the Futures Centre
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The Futures Centre spotted two potential wins for ecological and cultural regeneration.
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** Signal of Change /
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The world's first programming language written in classical Chinese is attracting a community of enthusiastic coders. Could linguistic revival through computer programming help put socio-cultural regeneration at the heart of digital developments?

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** Signal of Change /
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Iceland moved away from commercial whaling in 2019, with two major businesses halting their activities. Will the significant contribution of whales to ecosystem maintenance and regeneration finally be valued above their cultural status as a culinary delicacy?



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** Future Plates: Transforming culinary skills and training
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Our new pilot programme looks to integrate sustainable food and protein into mainstream culinary education and recognises the crucial role chefs play for the future of food.
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** Events & opportunities
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** Responsible Business Summit Europe: 26-28 May 2020
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How to lead the decade of action: Finance, adaptation, collaboration. 2020 is THE year for business to act on the environmental and social issues that we face. Set the next generation of goals and raise the bar on what your business needs to do to help lead the way. Now is the time to seize the opportunity and move from dialogue to large-scale action.

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Net Impact Approaches 2020
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The leading annual event that focuses on impact measurement, valuation and net zero/positive target setting for environmental, social and economic outcomes in a business context. This event will bring together the different communities involved to share best practices, highlight key initiatives, move the topic forward by addressing pressing issues, and facilitate collaboration with key players. Held on 20 May in London.

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Join The Liveability Challenge
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Are you working on a game-changing urban food production, circular packaging or decarbonisation solution for cities in the tropics?
Then submit your ideas to The Liveability Challenge ([link removed]) , and you could secure more than US$700,000 in funding at Singapore’s Ecosperity Conference on 8 July 2020.

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** Responsible Business Summit New York: 17-18 March 2020
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The Responsible Business Summit New York 2020 ([link removed]) will convene 750+ CEOs, Chief Sustainability Officers, ESG investors and leading NGOs from across the globe to share their latest strategies.

Save 10% with our discount code FFTF100.


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** Top lessons for Fashion month
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We are now two months into the decade of delivery ([link removed]) , and while there are hopeful signs, the apparel industry needs wholesale change to avoid sleepwalking into a +1.5 degree world.

Elizabeth Rich, Sustainability Strategist at Forum for the Future Americas, reflects on recent work in light of Fashion month.
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** Related news
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* What's the beef with alternative protein? Hear from Roberta Iley, project lead for the Protein Challenge 2040, in this podcast hosted by EIT Food ([link removed]) .
* Interested in creating sustainable value chains? Take a look at these new resources for organisations working to pilot and scale alternative business models ([link removed]) that have the potential to balance nature, people and economy.
* Why is exploring multiple futures vital in our response to the climate crisis? ([link removed]) Find out from Forum's CEO, Sally Uren, in this article in GreenBiz.
* We're hiring! Forum is currently recruiting a Climate Change Expert and an HR Officer. Find out more ([link removed]) .
* Sustainable Singapore: How to implement systemic changes within businesses to improve sustainability? ([link removed]) Karen Sim, Senior Strategist in Forum APAC, shares her thoughts on MoneyFM on how to drive transformative change.

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