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Climate Adaptation at the Cancun COP Meeting  - December 13

With the proceedings in Cancun just completed over the past weekend, we can begin to evaluate what was achieved -- and what was not addressed -- at COP-16.  Real progress was made on several issues, including climate adaptation.  A Green Climate Fund under the UNFCCC will support climate adaptation efforts in developing countries.  Also, a Cancun Adaptation Framework was announced under which countries are invited to submit to the UNFCCC secretariat by 21 February 2011 views on the composition and procedures of an adaptation committee... | read all

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Ira Feldman of greentrack strategies

EPA Requests Sustainability Guide

At an announcement ceremony in Washington, DC, after speeches by National Academies President Ralph Cicerone, Administrator Jackson, and Goldstein, the first person to the microphone during a 15-minute question period was Ira Feldman, a former special counsel in the Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance at EPA.  Feldman developed and directed EPA’s corporate Environmental Leadership Program, the first of its kind at the agency. Feldman is a big-picture environmental and sustainability consultant... | click here for the full article

Recent and upcoming presentations

Date Sponsor Event Name Location
Sept 8, 2010
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET)		 BNA The Challenge of Climate Adaptation: Local, State, National, and Global Perspectives Webinar
    http://ehsstore.bna.com/Pagemanager.aspx
Oct 7, 2010 ISSP Corporate Sustainability and the Financial Sector Webinar
    http://sustainabilityprofessionals.org
Oct 13, 2010 ABA and ELI Sustainable Business Practices and the Triple Bottom Line Teleconference
    http://www.abanet.org/
Nov 3, 2010 ABA/SIL The Globalization of Law Paris, France
    http://www.abanet.org
Nov 17, 2010 Washington College of Law @ AU 3 Emerging Legal & Strategic Shifts to Sustainability Wash., DC
    Select PPT slides from event; contact us for full presentation.
Mar 18, 2011 ABA/ SEER Climate Adaptation Salt Lake City, UT USA

More about Substantive Topics

  • Climate Change Adaptation
    To date, the international community has dealt with climate change, the quintessential sustainability issue of our time, principally by promoting the mitigation of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”). The rationale for such mitigation efforts, simply stated, is that if GHG concentrations are stabilized or reduced, ultimately the severity of climate change can be alleviated.... | more
  • Sustainable Communities
    Sustainable communities are communities of any size, from large metropolitan areas to college campuses and rural villages, that are dedicated to using natural resources in the most efficient and beneficial way possible. The goal is to be able to create a community that provides for all the needs of every member while maintaining a healthy balance with the environment... | more
  • ISO 26000 & CSR
    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a model in which an organization acknowledges its accountability to its stakeholders and environment. In this context, the term “stakeholder” encompasses everyone the organization affects, including the traditional investor and customer corporate stakeholders, as well as employees, communities... | more
  • Sustainable Business Practices
    Sustainability in business has come into prominence in the last two decades; as sustainable development becomes a concern for communities around the globe, the cry has gone out for sustainable policies in every aspect of life. As the public becomes better educated about environmental concerns, the expectations grow for the corporate world... | more
  • Soft Law, generally
    Soft law is a term used to describe a quasi-legal function. Soft law can be found in documents, statements, guidelines, codes of conduct, principles, action plans, declarations, resolutions, and codes of ethics traditionally found in the international arena, although it is surfacing in domestic instances as well. The terminology evolved because of the particular... | more

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