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Andrew Steer at the Courage to Lead event in 2017 in New York. Photo by Ayano Hisa. I’m writing this on my final day at WRI, after nearly nine very happy and productive years. Together, we’ve grown the impact and the size of WRI, we’ve internationalized our reach, and we’ve built a well-functioning global team of 1,500 professionals across more than a dozen international offices. Along the way we’ve helped reshape understanding of the relationship between the natural world and economic development, we’ve introduced important new technologies and tools, and we’ve influenced key d...

DeSmog Campaigners Urge UK Government To 'Lock Out' Polluters From COP26 “The UK Government must take a firm stance and kick climate polluters out of the 2021 UN climate talks in Glasgow,” campaigners argue. Mar 25, 2021 @ 02:01 Campaigners are calling for polluters to be denied access to this year’s pivotal COP26 summit and locked out of all future UN climate talks.  A letter published today and signed by over 170 grassroots groups urged the government to “kick out” polluters from sponsoring or even visiting the summit, claiming their presence is “poisoning” the climate deb...

IW Long Reads: No time to waste - Are we doing enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals? Events If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Is any real action taking place – or are old promises being recycled? ºC compared to pre-industrial levels and make every effort to limit this to 1.5 ºC.  Since that historic day in 2016, much has been done in pursuit of this goal. Governments and companies across the world made zero carbon...

In an accompanying fact sheet, the White House claimed this action sends “a clear message that the Biden-Harris Administration will protect scientists from political interference and ensure they can think, research, and speak freely to provide valuable information and insights to the American people.” Unfortunately, the memo does not actually contain any protections for scientists or rules allowing them to publish research findings. Instead, it lays out a roughly year-long process — assuming all deadlines are met — for a newly created Task Force on Scientific Integrity and ...

Company records show Ross founded a company called Praesidium Life late last year with Michael Kelly, an Auckland-based naturopathy entrepreneur. Kelly is also chairman of Advance NZ, the political party Ross formed in 2020. Ross and Kelly are both directors of Praesidium Life; interests associated with each man own the entirety of the company's shares, with Kelly holding a controlling interest. Ross has been largely absent from politics since the election, but remains involved with Advance NZ. Its policy platform largely rejects mainstream science, and advocates treating natural and ho...