Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

170401 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-valuable-goodwill-sam-ghosh http://www.coindesk.com/the-law-of-the-dao/ http://theconversation.com/toilet-talk-meeting-one-of-the-worlds-grand-challenges-with-innovation-50646 170402 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGUTsJm1Hw&feature=em-subs_digest CROSS WIND LANDINGS https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wheres-sustainability-billionaire-tim-gieseke http://cfed.org/about/team/our_board/ https://www.a360.digital/p/g14_blog http://www.abundance360summit.com/ http://go100.me/50StateTargets https://www.climaterealityproject.org/content/download-make-it-a-reality-action-kit http://www.prosperity.com/rankings?pinned=&rankOrScore=1&filter=&v=gap 170407 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1011353610122&ca=7c491820-7c0a-4910-9e9f-01ddde7c7a9f http://regenerativefuturesummit.com/speakers/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/07/donald-trump-jumped-quagmire-eyes-shut http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/04/is-exxon-mobil-about-to-jump-into-this-troubled-play/ http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/04/retailers-facing-coming-tsunami/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HNMIQUX1I http://theconversation.com/northern-nsw-is-no-stranger-to-floods-but-this-one-was-different-75701 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-models-agency-potential-collapse-closure-sources http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/syria-trump-military-action-breaking http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=40608ac93880d1cb2444f1d20&id=cde62a1e98&e=adc995d1c4 http://bemaven.co/community-building-101-the-basics/ 170408 http://history.alberta.ca/energyheritage/coal/the-early-development-of-the-coal-industry-1874-1914/early-methods-and-technology/from-pit-ponies-to-locomotives.aspx http://www.ecowatch.com/blm-website-coal-2349325685.html https://medium.com/@AndrewWinston/16-ways-your-company-can-walk-the-walk-on-climate-change-this-april-29-bf3cdb3bd99 https://peoplesclimate.org/transportation/#charter-buses https://hbr.org/2016/04/the-data-says-climate-change-could-cost-investors-trillions http://regenerativefuturesummit.com/speakers/ http://www.coalpost.in/16-coal-mines-given-state-run-units-september/ 170410 http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2017/april/made-in-america-trump-embracing-offshore-wind/ http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3008119/national-grid-braces-for-oversupply-as-demand-falls-and-renewables-smash-records http://iiha.blog.fordham.edu/2017/04/10/tackling-the-complexity-of-the-yemeni-crisis/ 170412 http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/government-publicity-stunt http://www.alternet.org/economy/capitalisms-invisible-hand-doesnt-generate-public-good-just-market-efficiency http://www.alternet.org/environment/how-lower-colorado-shows-whats-really-stake-americas-rivers-trump-rolls-back-protections http://historygarage.com/of-the-fastest-aircraft-in-the-world/43/ 170413 http://www.alternet.org/environment/our-rivers-and-lakes-contain-scary-number-pesticides-and-pharmaceuticals http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b00012 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/secrets-of-flight-attendants-from-free-upgrades-to-mile-high-club-fails https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/2017-famines/ https://www.bullionvault.com/help/FAQs/FAQs_aboutUs.html http://pacinst.org/app/uploads/2013/02/clearing_the_air_final3.pdf http://grist.org/briefly/meet-the-fixer-this-startup-founder-built-a-fitbit-for-the-planet/ https://grist.org/grist-50/2017/ http://integratedreporting.org/resource/international-ir-framework/ http://integratedreporting.org/ http://www.supplychain247.com/article/tesla_semi_all_electric_truck_arriving_in_september/purolator http://www.supplychain247.com/article/3_ways_amazons_alexa_could_create_10_billion_in_revenue_by_2020 170414 http://www.triplepundit.com/2017/04/big-data-comes-financial-sustainability-reporting-frameworks/ https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/wp-content/private/pdf/checkpoint/whitepapers/Checkpoint-Sustainability-Reporter.pdf http://tsss.ca/2017/04/will-wall-street-embrace-b-corps/ https://bthechange.com/will-wall-street-embrace-b-corps-5df5c91c4f4a http://www.intecsea.com/technology/latest-technology-initiatives/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13042017/canadian-oil-sands-tar-sands-climate-change-conocophillips-exxon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA9fARnbBXI&feature=youtu.be Haiti Fonkose Brian Gately https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input?qtc_tLabels1=9374869901700045243216 https://www.wsj.com/articles/dubai-aims-to-be-the-transportation-city-of-tomorrow-1492092911 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/2017-famines/ https://grist.org/grist-50/2017/ https://www.trucost.com/about-trucost/company-history/ http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/about/rewiring-the-economy/rewiring-the-economy-model http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/publications/publication-pdfs/rewiring-the-economy-report.pdf txt00013038 170415 https://data.baltimorecity.gov/browse?category=Financial https://data.baltimorecity.gov/ http://dataportals.org/ http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/DBpdfs/EmergencyResponse/Humanitarian-Response-Guidance-for-Using-Big-Data-2015-Review-Document.pdf http://www.campusactivism.org/philly/condition.php https://pcdnetwork.org/the-pcdn-team/ 170416 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/scots-guardsman-beckside.html https://mitpress.mit.edu/vanishing https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-republicans-tax-reform-failure-by-nouriel-roubini-2017-04 https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnists/b http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Overpass-Collapse-Public-Transportation/2017/04/16/id/784620/ http://people-celebrity-news.com/trump/9/index.php http://www.fablabconnect.com/mr-mel-king-director-and-founder-of-the-setc-moderating-at-fablab11/ http://colab.mit.edu/people/faculty-council http://www.epi.org/policywatch/ 170417 http://www.itep.org/pdf/35percentfullreport.pdf https://skytopstrategies.com/cecp/nyc-may26/ 170418 http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/energy-policy/lessons-livermore-look-big-picture-figure-out-where-we-have-go/page/10/#slide-top http://www.windenergyupdate.com/offshore-usa/register.php https://www.good.is/articles/u-s-government-buys-40-million-in-chicken-nobody-wants 170419 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/04/why-millions-are-at-risk-from-a-silent-killer-heat http://saharareporters.com/2017/04/19/sanusi-killing-softly-northern-nigerias-alibi-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo http://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/application/pdf/nwpexpert_mcgranahan_balk_anderson_2007.pdf The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones GORDON MCGRANAHAN, DEBORAH BALK and BRIDGET ANDERSON ABSTRACT Settlements in coastal lowlands are especially vulnerable to risks resulting from climate change, yet these lowlands are densely settled and growing rapidly. In this paper, we undertake the fi rst global review of the population and urban settlement patterns in the Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ), defi ned here as the contiguous area along the coast that is less than 10 metres above sea level. Overall, this zone covers 2 per cent of the world’s land area but contains 10 per cent of the world’s population and 13 per cent of the world’s urban population. A disproportionate number of the countries with a large share of their population in this zone are small island countries, but most of the countries with large populations in the zone are large countries with heavily populated delta regions. On average, the Least Developed Countries have a higher share of their population living in the zone (14 per cent) than do OECD countries (10 per cent), with even greater disparities in the urban shares (21 per cent compared to 11 per cent). Almost twothirds of urban settlements with populations greater than 5 million fall, at least partly, in the zone. In some countries (most notably China), urbanization is driving a movement in population towards the coast. Reducing the risk of disasters related to climate change in coastal settlements will require a combination of mitigation, migration and settlement modifi cation. KEYWORDS climate change / coastal / global / hazards / population distribution / urbanization http://www.alternet.org/world/how-lose-next-war-middle-east https://www.theglobalist.com/how-to-assess-the-trump-economy-in-a-global-context/ https://www.theglobalist.com/united-airlines-and-borussia-dortmund-no-mere-accidents/ https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/apr/12/donald-trump-coal-mining-renewable-energy https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/apr/13/cool-roofs-beating-the-midday-sun-with-a-slap-of-white-paint https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10584-008-9515-9 https://action.storyofstuff.org/donate/all_hands_on_deck_2 http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/oceans/tuna-guide/ https://www.hy-vee.com/company/sustainability/responsible-choice-seafood.aspx http://www.wildplanetfoods.com/thewild-way/sustainability/ 170420 http://flashbak.com/ban-the-bomb-movement-walks-from-aldermaston-to-london-1952-1963-2458/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index http://inflation.us/central-bank-balance-sheet-assets-hit-record-high/ http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-la/ http://care.chobani.com/ics/support/KBResult.asp http://fundintelligence.global/ http://theconversation.com/the-state-of-us-forests-six-questions-answered-71134 170421 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboola http://www.sooperarticles.com/news-society-articles/environmental-articles/solid-waste-greenhouse-gas-emissions-how-right-green-coating-can-help-minimize-both-752240.html https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tackling-the-complexity-of-the-yemeni-crisis-tickets-33855416462?aff=erelexpmlt http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/engineer-who-keeps-clock-ticking https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/14/six-megatrends-that-could-alter-the-course-of-sustainable-development Esuna Dugarova and Nergis Gülasan are policy specialists in the strategic policy unit at the UN Development Programme. Follow @Esuna_Dugarova on Twitter. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/20/a-tale-of-two-droughts-one-killed-260000-people-the-other-none-why http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2017/04/21/resettled-zimbabwe-farmers-left-high-and-dry http://www.triplepundit.com/special/sustainability-whirlpool/food-waste-next-frontier-circular-economy/ http://www.alternet.org/environment/how-world-breaks-interview-stan-cox-and-paul-cox http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/two-cheers-deep-state 170422 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53dn.html about Watson and Crick and DNA https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/04/19/theres-no-strategy-behind-trumps-wars-only-brute-force ---------------------------------------- Skoll and Bono on development impact .................. What is TPG https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1913772/1913772-6258560214551924740 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltH21dG8aUU&feature=youtu.be&t=28m10s ----------------------------------------- https://consciouscompanymedia.com/sustainable-business/patagonia-balances-social-value-business-value/ https://ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/clima/files/ets/docs/clean_dev_mechanism_en.pdf How additional is the Clean Development Mechanism? 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