Insights from the Big Apple: how do we turn the glitz of Climate Week into action?
Last week, Climate Week NYC brought thousands together to showcase climate action and highlight the need to do more. Discussion ranged from energy and food transition to health, livelihoods and equality. It was an inspiring week; one that saw the United Nations declare the 2020s, ‘the decade of delivery’. But it was also frustrating in parts: time is running out and while progress has been made, are we delivering enough at the scale and pace needed?
Forum’s Chief Executive, Sally Uren, shares insights from what the team saw and heard on the ground, as well as six areas that we hope all of us can now focus on, whether or not we were in New York.
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How do we ensure 'system change' isn't just a phrase on a placard?
We consider the meaning behind the placard and outline how you can create a meaningful sustainability strategy set to turn ideas into action.
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This month on the Futures Centre
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The top signals of change on the Futures Centre this month suggest a shift in public opinion regarding the social role of big data.
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Legislators acting on tech companies seen to be monopolising information and undermining consumer choice.
50 attorney generals, representing 48 US states and also Puerto Rico and Washington DC, announced they will join Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas in an antitrust investigation of Google and Facebook.
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California's Assembly Bill 5 reclassifies gig workers as employees key to the business operation.
California passes the potentially game-changing bill, which challenges the business model of Uber, Lyft and others by reclassifying gig workers as employees, entitling them to standard protections.
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Applications open for
School of System Change 2020
Ready to skill up?
This is your opportunity to join a global community of change agents and accelerate the transition to a sustainable future.
Applications are now open for Basecamp#8, our first Brussels-based School of System Change cohort. Starting in January 2020, we are offering another 6 month learning journey to help you navigate complex challenges, map and diagnose systems and engage others with deep change processes.
We are looking for inspired and intrepid individuals from business, non-profits, public sector organisations and other enablers of change to form a strong cohort, ready to learn together both in person and online.
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Textile Exchange Conference
Textile Exchange’s annual Textile Sustainability Conference brings together a powerful and inspiring global community across the fashion industry. The 2019 Textile Sustainability Conference takes place October 15-18 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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#OneLess leaders summit: making waves
On 21 November, the #OneLess campaign will be bringing together more than 100 influential organisations to build the motivation for wider, bolder action to eliminate bottled water from London.
Ticket registration is now open!
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Amazon Fires: why a new economic model must come from the ruins
Principal Change Designer Roberta Iley discusses the ongoing fires in the Amazon, the systemic reasons behind them and a way forward.
The fires raging in the Amazon have been covered extensively by the media and labelled an environmental disaster. But does this label tell the full story? To fight the Amazon fires we need more than water cannons and law enforcement - we need a new economic model.
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