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The shift to a zero-carbon future is underway. It is creating good jobs, driving sustainable growth, building resilience, protecting people’s health and building a better future for us all. This platform tells stories of progress, from across the planet, being delivered by business, governments, cities, civil society, faith groups and more.

Together they show, if we pick up the pace, that this is a race we can win. Stories come from the coalition of net-zero initiatives that make up the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero Campaign, and beyond, built on a platform conceived and developed by the We Mean Business coalition.

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Economy

Climate Champions welcome Biden-Harris Administration

The new US leadership team is, once again, placing climate action at the top of its agenda

  • Pioneers
People

Reduce, Replace & Repair – Cut a Tonne in 21

New report shows how individuals can reach Net Zero, starting with ‘Cut a Tonne in ‘21’.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
Resilience

Race To Resilience

Catalysing a step-change in global ambition for climate resilience

  • Just Transition
  • Pioneers
Economy

2020 breakthrough year for climate action

Against the odds, 2020 marks breakthrough year for climate action at the outset of the Climate Ambition Summit

  • Business Action
  • Pioneers
Energy

Green Hydrogen Catapult

World’s green hydrogen leaders unite to drive 50-fold scale-up in six years

  • Business Action
  • Pioneers
  • Technology
Economy

1.5°C Business Playbook

4 ways for companies to be climate leaders, become resilient, drive innovation and create growth at the same time.

  • Business Action
  • Pioneers
Economy

A new call for multilateralism

UN Race to Zero Dialogues finale calls for newfound inclusivity, a 9-day event series, which featured more than 300 speakers from 65 countries.

  • Business Action
  • Just Transition
  • Pioneers
Economy

Applications Open for the Race To Zero Youth Fellowship

The deadline for submitting complete applications is 5pm GMT on Sunday 13 December.

  • Pioneers
Cities

1,000 cities racing to zero emissions

Campaign announced to mobilise 1,000 cities for a green and just recovery to address global climate emergency

  • Pioneers
Economy

Kicking off Race to Zero Dialogues

Rapid breakthroughs are pushing eight key sectors closer to the tipping points necessary to reach zero emissions by 2050 and avert the worst impacts of climate change, according to the Climate Action Pathways.

  • Just Transition
  • Pioneers
  • Policy
  • Technology
Water

The power of water

As water has allowed humans to thrive in the past, so it can continue to in the future

  • Business Action
  • Culture
  • Pioneers
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius
Cities

Keeping cities cool as the planet warms

Cities around the world are looking to innovative solutions to combat rising temperatures in urban centres, as a way to improve health, save lives and reduce dependence on electrified air conditioning.

  • Challenges
  • Demand
  • Pioneers
  • Technology
People

Residents of Freetown unite to plant 1 million trees and build resilience

As mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is committed to addressing her city’s challenges using an inclusive, data-driven approach to urban development.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
People

Coupling clean energy with community development and investment

Microsoft’s “first-of-its-kind” initiative with Sol Systems ties the purchasing of renewable energy to environmental justice and equity in under-resourced communities.

  • Business Action
  • Investment
  • Pioneers
  • Technology
People

‘Earthrise’ poem dares us to dream a different reality

In Earthrise, Amanda Gorman – first ever American youth poet laureate – uses the power of her words to call on all of society to take action.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
People

UK schools pledge to go carbon free by 2030

Let’s Go Zero 2030 campaign brings together students, parents, teachers, and school staff to create a more sustainable future, starting in the classroom.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
Land Use

A ‘forest generation’ living in harmony with nature

We need to care for and live in harmony with the environment, says climate and gender activist Ernestine Leikeki Sevidzem.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
  • Policy
Economy

Christiana Figueres: The case for stubborn optimism on climate

“This decade is a moment of choice unlike any we have ever lived,” says Christiana Figueres, the architect of the historic 2015 Paris Agreement.

  • Challenges
  • Pioneers
Economy

The climate and Covid-19 emergencies demand more urgency

Covid-19 and climate emergencies demand huge political leadership, massive investment and clear corporate strategy. But we are beginning to see real evidence of a mutually sustaining loop of pressure between politicians, CEOs and the world of finance.

  • Business Action
  • Investment
  • Pioneers
  • Policy
Land Use

A new recipe for corporate sustainable agriculture

Companies with large agricultural supply chains can do something about the water crisis by joining the Ceres-WWF AgWater Challenge.

  • Culture
  • Pioneers
  • Supply
  • Technology
Land Use

Who says beef has to come from cows?

Innovative alternatives to meat products are springing up and being welcomed by consumers, while helping to cut emissions from the food sector.

  • Culture
  • Demand
  • Investment
  • Pioneers
  • Technology
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