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COVID-19 Briefing June 5

COVID-19 Briefing June 5

Mayor John Tory, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, and Toronto Fire Chief and General Manager of the City’s Office of Emergency Management, Matthew Pegg, provide an update of the current situation and City response to COVID-19 in Toronto. This video was first published onSource link . …

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Value of reserves could fall by two-thirds as Covid-19 hastens peak in demand, s…

Value of reserves could fall by two-thirds as Covid-19 hastens peak in demand, s...

[ad_1] Value of reserves could fall by two-thirds as Covid-19 hastens peak in demand, study shows. The coronavirus outbreak could trigger a $25tn (£20tn) collapse in the fossil fuel industry by accelerating a terminal decline for the world’s most polluting companies. A study has found that the value of the …

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Family Literacy in the Time of COVID-19: Impacts Now and Moving Forward

Family Literacy in the Time of COVID-19: Impacts Now and Moving Forward

We are delighted to be launching WFWP Perspectives with “Family Literacy in the Time of COVID-19: Impacts Now and Moving Forward” with Dr. Denny Taylor. She is an author, academic and activist. She has been continuously engaged in research with families living in extreme poverty, and in regions of armed …

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Perspectives on a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

Perspectives on a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

Sustainability was at the top of the agenda for many businesses at the start of this year. Last year, the Government legislated for net-zero emissions by 2050 and declared a climate emergency. Across the globe, many parliaments began to take similar steps. 2020 was expected to be the year of …

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Why can't we deal with climate change as urgently as COVID-19?

Why can't we deal with climate change as urgently as COVID-19?

Nuala speaks with Chair of @TheEldersorg and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, and President of the International Science Council, Daya Reddy. Plus, she learns how astronomers found the universe’s missing matter from Associate Professor Jean-Pierre Macquart from Australia’s Curtin University. This video was first published onSource link . We …

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COVID-19 and Climate Change

COVID-19 and Climate Change

Luis Quintero, Assistant Professor at the Carey Business School, explores how the COVID19 and climate change crises are similar in many ways, how they are directly connected, and how the pandemic can change the prospects of our abilities to become more sustainable and avoid address the threat of irreversible damage …

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Anna Francis FTC Covid19 Sustainability Transitions Case Study Interview

Anna Francis FTC Covid19 Sustainability Transitions Case Study Interview

Here, we ask Anna Francis, Resilience Manager at Frome Town Council (Somerset, UK) about recent innovations that have taken place in the town as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and whether these might have a lasting effect on the town council’s efforts to respond to a climate emergency. Find …

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EU pledges to stay away from fossil-fueled project in Covid-19 recovery strategy – Frans Timmermans

EU pledges to stay away from fossil-fueled project in Covid-19 recovery strategy - Frans Timmermans

The European Commission pledged today to stay away from fossil-fueled projects in its coronavirus recovery strategy, and to stick to its target of making Europe the first climate neutral continent by the mid-century, but environmental groups said they were unimpressed. To weather the deep recession triggered by the pandemic, Commission …

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XR Shoe-In Climate Crisis & Covid-19 Pandemic

XR Shoe-In Climate Crisis & Covid-19 Pandemic

400 shoes represent human beings lost to the climate emergency or the COVID-19 pandemic, interconnected perils. What may be the first in the local Boston area of a real life, real time, real place, actual, non digital public proclamation about the climate crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. Boston City Hall, May …

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Greens COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan

Greens COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan

The Greens are launching our COVID-19 economic recovery plan. Now is the time for bold government investment to set us up for a fairer, more sustainable future. If we make the right decisions, we can create hundreds of thousands of good jobs, ensure everyone has an income they can live …

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