Category: UN
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Our Food Footprint
A conversation with the long-time director of the UN Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who also directs the Yale Climate and Energy Institute.
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Hope in Action
Rather than dwell on self-defeating pessimism, some environmental experts are focusing on powerful local initiatives as well as steps individuals can take toward a future that is both sustainable and attainable.
Also, a conversation with Bill Moomaw, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, and his wife Margot Moomaw, a consultant on energy use by homeowners, about the gorgeous all-solar house they built in an effort to live a climate-friendly life.
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Renewables
Renewable energy (including low-carbon sources like solar and wind) is rapidly shifting to a higher profile sector of the way Americans derive electricity to power homes and workplaces.
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The UN’s Optimist in Residence
Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary General of the UN, radiates faith and positive thinking as the only antidote to bleakness in our world.
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The World Core Curriculum
An eye-opening proposal for truly “global education” is advanced by UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Muller.