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What will it take for the world to get serious about water?
What will it take for the world to get serious about water? | Sustainability | GZERO Live

What will it take for the world to get serious about water?

Why did it take over twenty years for the UN's marquee climate conference to start talking about water? "It's undervalued and therefore, it's not getting the attention it deserves because people don't see the actual value addition of engaging with it," says James Dalton of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

"Roundabout 90% of global water policy is out of date," says James Dalton of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. "We're effectively 40 years behind where we need to be on the policy calendar when it comes to being able to better manage our water resources."

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“Fine words” on climate aren’t enough: UN Environment Chief Inger Andersen
“Fine Words” on Climate Aren’t Enough: UN Environment Chief Inger Andersen | GZERO World

“Fine words” on climate aren’t enough: UN Environment Chief Inger Andersen

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks with Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program. Will the UN Climate Conference (COP26) produce lasting change or just more hot air? The world's top 20 economies, Andersen says, are responsible for over three-quarters of global carbon emissions, so if they "make the requisite shifts, frankly we are out of the climate crisis."

Watch this episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: Surviving a warming planet

Eurasia Group’s Gerald Butts: US climate change debate has moved from finger-pointing to solutions
EG’s Gerry Butts: US Climate Change Debate Moves From Finger-pointing to Solutions | Global Stage

Eurasia Group’s Gerald Butts: US climate change debate has moved from finger-pointing to solutions

Five years ago, for the US president to say it's time to move away from fossil fuels sounded like an episode of The West Wing. Not anymore, says Eurasia Group Vice Chairman Gerald Butts. In his view, the climate debate in the West has (finally) moved from who's responsible, to what we're going to do about it — "much more productive ground." Butts admits the enormous inertia in the US political system that'll fight change on climate, but ultimately believes that "when you take the very long view, the direction of travel of has set in."

Companies moving from climate pledges to judging performance, says Microsoft’s Lucas Joppa
Companies Moving From Climate Pledges to Judging Performance, Says MSFT’s Lucas Joppa | Global Stage

Companies moving from climate pledges to judging performance, says Microsoft’s Lucas Joppa

As governments haggle climate deals to curb emissions way into the future at COP26, Microsoft chief environmental officer Lucas Joppa says the private sector is moving beyond lofty pledges to talk about performance. Instead of what your commitments are, he explains, corporations are asking each other how they're scoring on what they promised to do. "How are you measuring carbon? How are you accounting for carbon? What are the systems that need to be put in place to actually make this whole Net Zero thing work?"

Joppa spoke during a live Global Stage event, Climate Crisis: Is net zero really possible? Watch the full event here.

Surviving a warming planet
Surviving a Warming Planet | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Surviving a warming planet

Fires, floods, and droughts. Climate change is already happening but so far humans have been slow to react. Will the UN Climate Conference (COP26) produce lasting change or just more hot air? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks with Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program. Plus, a look at what's driving the United Kingdom's fuel shortage.

'One minute to midnight': World leaders meet at COP26 as climate clock runs out

'One minute to midnight': World leaders meet at COP26 as climate clock runs out

The COP26 summit, officially known as the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is now underway.

Over 100 world leaders are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12. US President Joe Biden is there, as are European leaders and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Among those that aren’t in attendance: China’s President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, leaders of two of the world’s top four emitters.

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