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October 22, 2024 by IGSD Ghana Climate Champion Kofi A. Agyarko Awarded 2023 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for Environmental Justice

California, 22 October 2024 – Mr. Kofi Adu Agyarko from the Ghana Ministry of Energy has earned the prestigious 2023 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for Environmental Justice. The award will be presented October 24th in Sacramento, California, at the Board of Directors meeting of the California Air Resources Board (CARB).  Mr. Kofi Agyarko has been […]
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 October 22, 2024
October 8, 2024 by IGSD New IGSD Resource Guide on Preventing the Dumping of Inefficient Cooling Equipment Using Obsolete Refrigerants in Vulnerable Developing-Country Markets

8 October 2024 – The IGSD Resource Guide on Preventing the Dumping of Inefficient Cooling Equipment provides information and resources for government representatives and their advisors, researchers, academics, non-profit, philanthropic and other nongovernmental organizations, and other citizens to understand the practice of environmentally harmful dumping of new but energy-inefficient cooling equipment that uses high global-warming-potential refrigerants. The Resource Guide also provides insights […]
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 October 8, 2024
August 7, 2024 by IGSD IGSD and NCAER Strategic Partnership to Study Economic Impacts of Arctic Sea Ice Melting on India

New Delhi / Washington DC, August 7, 2024 — The Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) today announced a new partnership to investigate the economic impacts of Arctic ice melt on India, its economy and global impact. This collaboration aims to leverage both organizations’ expertise […]
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 August 7, 2024
June 13, 2024 by IGSD Brazil Hearing Puts Human Face on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights

24 – 29 May 2024, Brazil – Amid the worst floods in the history of the Brazilian State Rio Grande do Soul, a historic climate gathering unfolded in the heart of the Amazon: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights convened its second groundbreaking hearing to address the Advisory Opinion on “The Climate Emergency and Human […]
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 June 13, 2024
May 20, 2024 by IGSD Pope Francis, with Governors and Mayors, Calls for Action to Slow Climate Warming, Build Resilience

A cultural transformation is needed says Pope “akin to an ecological conversion” 20 May 2024 – Last week Pope Francis, along with the Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, issued a call for Planetary Call to Action for Climate Change Resilience. The three-day Vatican Summit issued a Compact calling […]
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 May 20, 2024
May 3, 2024 by IGSD Public Hearing in Barbados on the Advisory Opinion on “The Climate Emergency and Human Rights”

Bridgetown, Barbados – The Inter-American Human Rights Court held its first Public Hearing 24 to 26 April on the Request for Advisory Opinion on “The Climate Emergency and Human Rights” during the 166th Regular Session of the Inter-American Court of Justice in Bridgetown, Barbados. There will be four additional days of hearings in Brazil in […]
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 May 3, 2024
March 22, 2024 by IGSD Methane Action in China and Opportunities to Raise Ambition

A new paper released today presents a comprehensive overview of China’s national targets and regulatory requirements relevant to methane mitigation and shares perspectives on opportunities to advance China’s ongoing efforts of developing a comprehensive policy framework for reducing methane emissions.
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 March 22, 2024
March 19, 2024 by IGSD UPDATED Primer on Cutting Methane: The Best Strategy for Slowing Warming in the Decade to 2030

Washington, DC, 19 March 2024 — Aggressively cutting methane emissions is the best and fastest opportunity for slowing warming by 2030. A peer-reviewed study co-authored by IGSD showed that pairing a fast mitigation sprint targeting methane and other super climate pollutants with the marathon to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 can reduce the rate of warming […]
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 March 19, 2024
February 5, 2024 by IGSD Dr. Oran Young Awarded Mohn Prize by Norwegian Prime Minister for Arctic Research

On 1 February, the final day of the 2024 Arctic Frontiers Conference, Dr. Oran Young was awarded the International Mohn Prize by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who presented the award at The Arctic University of Norway. In explaining its selection of Dr. Young for the prize, the Scientific Committee of the Mohn Prize […]
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 February 5, 2024
December 4, 2023 by IGSD Investing in Sustainable Cooling to Protect the Planet

The Montreal Protocol is widely hailed as the world’s most effective environmental treaty, protecting both the stratospheric ozone layer and the global climate. Lesser known is that its financial mechanism, the MLF, is the world’s most efficient source of funding for climate mitigation, costing just $0.07 to $1 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) mitigated, according to a new report.
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 December 4, 2023