-
How can we shape future demand?
Technology and new business models make it possible to do much more with much less. Will governments and companies seize the opportunity?
-
Will the new industrial revolution bring sustainability?
Digitalization, big data and circular and ‘sharing’ economies are reconfiguring global economic activities. Alignment with environmental goals is key.
-
How can land deliver all we need?
Land delivers critical services, from food, climate response to cleaner air and water. Reconciling competing demands for land use is a good start.
New Horizons for Sustainable and Healthy Built Environments
Our workshop summary explores how built environments can transform from primarily 'users' of natural resources to 'providers' of societal value.
Read the summaryImage: Wang Peike/VCG via Getty Images.
Flattening the Curve: COVID-19 and the Climate Emergency
The coronavirus pandemic offers a rare moment of reflection on how to inform a better response to the other defining emergency of our times — climate change.
Read the articleImage: UK. Image Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
Shifting to Sustainable Consumption for 1.5°C
The coronavirus pandemic has shifted people's consumption patterns. Our summary outlines how sustainable consumption and demand-side policies can reduce emissions.
Read the summaryImage: FlickreviewR via Wikimedia Commons
Sustainable Food and Land Use Systems: The Role of International Trade
Our report explores how trade can promote healthier and more sustainable food and land use systems.
Read the paperImage: Han Jiajun/Visual China Group via Getty Images
Recent publications
-
Artificial Intelligence: The State of Play
Article by Marjorie Buchser and Matthew Oxenford
Collection: Artificial Intelligence and Deep Decarbonization
8 Oct 2020 • 23 min read
-
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Decarbonize Industrial Sectors
Event summary by Nina Gillespie
Collection: Artificial Intelligence and Deep Decarbonization
8 Oct 2020 • 18 min read
-
Flattening the Curve: COVID-19 and the Climate Emergency
Article by Iseoluwa Akintunde and Vassilis Ntousas
19 Aug 2020 • 8 min read
-
Subsidies and Sustainable Agriculture: Mapping the Policy Landscape
Report by Christophe Bellmann
11 Dec 2019 • 3 min read
-
Closing the Gap: Overcoming Barriers to Investment in Forests
Event summary by Ana Yang and Tomos Harrison
9 Oct 2019 • 24 min read
-
COP26: A Roadmap for Success
Long read by Laurence Tubiana, Emmanuel Guérin and Joss Garman
23 Sep 2019 • 41 min read
Events
-
Stakeholder Priorities for a Forward-Looking WTO Agenda on Environmental Sustainability and Trade
Virtual Roundtable by Hoffmann Centre, Geneva Trade Platform, UNEP Environment and Trade Hub & Global Governance Centre
18 November 2020, 08:15–09:45 GMT • Online
-
Reinventing Air Travel
Webinar by Hoffmann Centre
19 November 2020, 17:30–18:45 GMT • Online
-
Material Transitions: Working with nature for built environments
Virtual Roundtable by Hoffmann Centre
25 November 2020, 14:30–17:00 GMT • Online
