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Chengchen Qian
Chengchen Qian
This GGKP blog reflects on infrastructure from a gender perspective as its design often fails to account for women's use patterns. By considering women's needs in the design and planning process of future infrastructure projects, making infrastructure more gender inclusive.
Robert Brears
Robert C. Brears
Victoria Madsén
International institutions, governments, local authorities, water utilities and water-intensive industries are all important for ensuring a safe and adequate water supply chain. But when it comes to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation, there has been little to no progress in the European Union over the past five years.
Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller
Global production networks provide us with a range of opportunities to accelerate transitioning to a net-zero world.
Rana Ghoneim
Gökçe Mete
Anthony Hobley
COP26 commitments must now be turned into concrete actions – a complex but urgent task.
Yash Kashyap
Yash Kashyap
Public policy and financial support are urgently required to align two of the countries largest CO2-emitting industrial sectors with long-term, low-carbon pathways.
Tools and Initiatives
Jordi Pascual Torner
Ana Birliga Sutherland
Jordi Pascual Torner
Circular economy strategies will be crucial for cities looking to scale their impact and reach net zero. While going circular in a linear world can be challenging, the Circle Carbon Scan can help cities link material use to emissions for any sector, pinpointing exactly where change-makers should focus their attention.
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Lisa Sachs
Lisa Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
While public interventions are crucial, global transformation requires the deep engagement and alignment of the private sector
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Tilman Altenburg
Tilman Altenburg
Manuel Albaladejo
Smeeta Fokeer
Nele Wenck
Petra Schwager
Green hydrogen holds the key to decarbonization and can act as a catalyst for industrial development.
Tools and Initiatives
Stella George
Financial support for micro-enterprises is key to India's just transition to a low carbon, green and inclusive economy, Drawing from India's Country Strategy for Green Inclusive Micro Enterprises Financing, Stella George describes why and how systemic changes should accelerate financing for green and inclusive micro-enterprises.
Laxmi Haigh
Ivonne Bojoh
We don’t have time for a one-by-one approach: digital tools can accelerate the much needed circular transition. An interview with Ivonne Bojoh, Head of Digital and Interim COO at Circle Economy, written by Laxmi Haigh, Lead of Editorial at Circle Economy.