Archive for tag: climate change
Science Based Targets initiative confirm EDGE’s carbon targets are in line with 1.5°C
We received a letter from the Science Based Target initiative, notifying us that as of later this year, all official science based targets will have...
Can science-based targets be applied to infrastructure projects?
Since the Paris agreement, there’s been a lot of discussion of the need for organisations of all kinds – from Governments to private companies large...
Resilient Wineries
In an era of climate change, wine making and viticulture is giving us examples of tolerance, adaptation, and resilience. This article looks at how some...
Climate Adaptation; Learn , Collaborate and Act
Edge attended the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Conference in Melbourne between 8 – 10 May. The theme of the conference was Learn, Collaborate...
Make More Good for March: The best way to curb climate change? Girls’ education and family planning.
The best way to curb climate change? Girls’ education and family planning. In Paul Hawken’s recent book, The Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed...
Make More Good in February – The Wilderness Society
This time fifteen years ago I was in the middle of my first stint in Australia. Like many other Brits, I’d come here on a...
The Marshall Islands – “We will not stand down”
I recently had the honour and privilege of sharing dinner with Mr Christopher Loeak, the ex-President of the Marshall Islands and was afforded a window...
A healthy response to climate change
Climate change is often thought of through its physical manifestations – sea level rise, increased rain variability and more severe weather events. We envisage flooded...
Australia’s first approved Science Based Target offers cause for climate Optus-mism
As climate negotiators meet in Bonn to continue to flesh out the Paris Accord, the political outlook on climate change remains mixed. But the economics...