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Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University thought that it might be useful to begin thinking about âthe day after coronavirus.â For a research center dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-COVID-19 world might look like.
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no âgoing back to normal.â
The project took on a life of its own. Over 190 days, we released 103 videos. Each was around five minutes long, with one simple question: How might COVID-19 impact our future? Watch the full video series here (The World After Coronavirus: A Pardee Center Video Series | The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future (bu.edu)).
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #3
Posted on 17 January 2021 by John Hartz
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Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage – UN report
Almost three-quarters of nations have some adaptation plans in place, but financing and implementation fall far short of what is needed
Annual adaptation costs in developing countries are estimated at USD 70 billion. This figure is expected to reach USD 140-300 billion in 2030 and USD 280-500 billion in 2050.
Pardee Center Co-Hosts Webinar on the Future of Sustainable Development
On December 14, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) co-hosted a webinar titled “The Future of Sustainable Development in
The World After Coronavirus.” The webinar, which served as the Plenary Dialogue of SDPI’s 23rd Sustainable Development Conference, built on one of the major themes from the Pardee Center’s
The World After Coronavirus (#WorldAfterCorona) video series. Bringing together four of Pardee School Dean Adil Najam‘s guests from the series, the conversation explored the future of sustainable development in a COVID-19 world.