Clean Tech: Special Edition

Take a moment to look at our past coverage of environmental issues, clean tech, and funding mechanisms available in Europe for climate change mitigation

Jul 18

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The heatwave in Europe reminds us that air conditioning is a key driver of the rise in electricity demand in buildings worldwide Without major improvements in the energy efficiency of air conditioners & cooling equipment, their electricity demand could grow by up to 40% by 2030

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Climate change is humanity’s “code red” warning! 🚨Disasters due to #ClimateChange are already affecting billions of people around the world🌎. How has progress on the #GlobalGoals been affected by today’s global crises? Find it out in the #SDGreport: https://t.co/JkOsvfF7Ap https://t.co/bABj9kEwff

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The next Twitter Spaces will be on #Cybersecurity

28 of July at 8 PM CET

The topic continues to make headlines and everyone needs to know what news organisations to follow that will provide reliable information without the doom and gloom hype that the sector is often cloaked-on. (See what I did there, cloak and dagger metaphors, I am so clever).

Seriously, this is a very important issue and no CISO or IT team can overlook it and must regularly review its sources of information as cybersecurity is a very dynamic space that keeps evolving. So we lined-up great speakers who are leaders in the field and in news media.

Our speakers are CyberScoop Magazine Editor-in-Chief Mike Farrell; Serge Droz, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; Alex Urbelis, Senior Counsel at Crowell & Moring LLP and former CISO at NFL; and Laura Kirkpatrick, reporter who broke some pretty good news stories for PassBlue.

Their Twitter handles so you can follow and interact/send questions, before the day:

Serge Droz @SergeDroz

Mike B. Farrel @MikeBFarrell

Laura Kirkpatrick @piper5078

Alexander Urbelis @aurbelis

Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our social channels on Twitter @MayaPlentz and on LinkedIn. Connect with The UN Brief there too.

We consumers also must be on the alert as we entrust our digital lives to a variety of vendors every single day, and handover info on social media that ends-up-who-knows-where. It is a daily battle with bots, malicious actors that weaponise mis-and-disinformation, and of playing catch-up to keep the internet a safe place for all.

We will tackle issues from the policy side that will unveil the current peace and security landscape, what should you watch for, how is the news media covering it, with a few actionable tips on what to pay attention to for keeping your machines on the clear.

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Set a reminder for our upcoming Space on #Cybersecurity on 28 July at 8 PM CET https://t.co/lcI77QOcsa

Set a reminder for our upcoming Space on #Cybersecurity on 28 July at 8 PM CET

Special Edition: Clean Tech

Climate Change Mitigation? Yes, We Can Do It

The UN Brief has covered some of the UN agencies that are tackling climate change mitigation in the past year. From COP26 to the launch of ambitious campaigns by the UN Environment Program that devised a campaign with a nature-based solution such as reforestation, UN agencies continue to address the causes and roll-out funds and programs that will deliver the SDGs targets. There is cautioust optimism in the air.