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The #ICJ released an important #advisoryopinion regarding state responsibilities concerning #climatechange. What are its implications for #climatelitigation on both sides of the Atlantic?

Explore the latest edition of the FACET newsletter for more insights: lnkd.in/dnMfrctB
The Future of Transatlantic Climate Litigation: A Deep Dive into the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
By Thomas Protzman It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its highly anticipated advisory opinion on state obligations for climate change. It elaborates t...
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September 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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#Militaries cause more #CO2 than civil #aviation & #shipping combined. Still, their GHG footprint is overlooked in climate pledges & reporting. The defense sector remains unaccountable, a blind spot in global climate action. Enjoy yr top transatlantic climate & energy newsletter:

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The Transatlantic Carbon Blind Spot: How the Arms Industry and Militaries Sabotage Climate Action
By Pierre Courtemanche Militaries and the global arms industry account for a greenhouse gas emission larger than civil aviation and shipping combined — yet they remain invisible in climate pledges and...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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What if the #energytransition focused on changing ppl opportunities AND changing technology?

This NL is on #CommunityBasedTrainings for #SustainableDevelopment.

#BarefootCollege #SolarMamas in #Rajasthan transform villages, #empowerwomen, and electrify thousands of homes.

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Villages to Voltage: How Community-Based Training Lights Up India
Jacin Mathew India is recognized as one of the global leaders in renewable energy, and states like Rajasthan pioneering both large-scale solar parks and small-scale community-driven initiatives. Yet, ...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Germany's industrial strategy stresses #TechnologicalOpenness as key to #prosperity - but what does this mean for the ecological & geopolitical #disruptions of our time? Does evidence justify such optimism?

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#climate #protectionism #freedom
The Machine Age Mindset: Why Germany’s Elite Fails to Grasp Climate Change
By Thomas Reinsch Germany’s current industrial strategy is built on the belief that technological openness and export competitiveness can safeguard prosperity – but is this an adequate response to tod...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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#Supplychains sit at the nexus of #climate, #energy, #sustainability & #trade.

#Transatlantic manufacturers must navigate the complexities of divergent import #regulations and #tariffs

Hope you enjoy this week's #FACET newsletter. Please comment, repost, like. Thank you!

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Resilient by Design: Why Supply Chain Risk Management Must Go Product-Level and Converge Across the Atlantic
Pierre Courtemanche Supply chains sit at the nexus of today’s most urgent challenges: climate, energy, sustainability — and increasingly, cross-border trade. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic a...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Young people are often called leaders of tomorrow. Yet, they should be active partners today. #YouthEngagement helps make inclusive, innovative & effective decisions for #SustainableDevelopment.

Read our latest #SustainableDemocracies NL featuring the #GlobalShapersCommunity of the ‪@weforum.org‬.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Our latest newsletter focuses on #DK2020 which makes #Denmark the 1st country where all #municipalities draft #LocalClimateActionsPlans to meet the #ParisAgreement

#InnovativeGovernance #Democracy #Climate #LocalGovernment #MunicipalGovernance #Samsø #Aarhus #CAPF

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Denmark’s DK2020: Local Action for Global Climate Goals
Jacin Mathew In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion affirming that all nations have a binding legal duty to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep gl...
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August 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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#UrsulavonderLeyen & #DonaldTrump agreed on a framework for an EU-U.S. #tradedeal. In our weekly FACET newsletter, Max Gruenig discusses why the deal was necessary, and how Europe's negotiation leverage remains heavily constraint due to its security and #energydependence.

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Paying for Dependency: The Art of the EU-U.S. Trade Deal
Max Gruenig On July 27, 2025, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and U.S.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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#ParticipatoryBudgeting allows citizens to directly shape how public money is spent; gives a voice to community priorities, builds trust in government; revitalizes civic engagement, drives bottom-up progress toward the #SDGs.

Read our latest blog on PB: www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-...
Power to the People’s Purse: How Citizens are Shaping Public Budgets
By: Sachi Lakhina Participatory budgeting allows citizens to directly shape how public money is spent, giving a real voice to community priorities and building trust in government. By empowering colle...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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It is a #DoubleFailing of Europe to increase #MilitarySpending at home, leading to cuts in other budget categories, including #climate & #development, while still feeding the #RussianWarMachine, argues Max Gruenig in the latest FACET NL.

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#Ukraine #Russia #war #invasion #sanctions
Europe Must Ditch Russian Gas and Oil and Stop Funding the Russian War
Max Gruenig Europe’s payments to Russia for fossil fuels exceed its support for Ukraine. The EU must finally become serious about its economic might.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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4th part of our miniseries From Pilot to Policy is on #PublicPrivateAcademicPartnerships. We showcase policy experimentation in #Cambodia's ‘Policy and #InnovationHub for #SustainableDevelopment,’ a @undp.org supported laboratory where #publicpolicy could be designed and tested.

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From Pilot to Policy (Part 4): Public-Private-Academic Partnerships for Policy Experimentation in Cambodia
Sachi Lakhina Cambodia’s partnership with UNDP’s ‘Policy and Innovation Hub for Sustainable Development’ created a laboratory where public policy could be designed and tested. From 2019–2022, the Hub ...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Beim #Zollstreit-Deal zwischen #EU und #USA soll Europa Energie für 750 Mrd.$ kaufen. Das wären ca.25.000TWh Flüssiggas, das mind. 5Mrd.t CO2 verursachen wird. Wird Öl oder Kohle gekauft, ist die CO2-Menge noch größer.
Ein mieser #Deal für unsere Kinder!
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July 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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5 Mrd t CO2. Wtf. Das sind 100 Jahre Ausstoß der 50 Zementwerke in D ohne irgendeine Dekarbonisierung.
volkerquaschning.bsky.social Volker Quaschning @volkerquaschning.bsky.social · Jul 27
Beim #Zollstreit-Deal zwischen #EU und #USA soll Europa Energie für 750 Mrd.$ kaufen. Das wären ca.25.000TWh Flüssiggas, das mind. 5Mrd.t CO2 verursachen wird. Wird Öl oder Kohle gekauft, ist die CO2-Menge noch größer.
Ein mieser #Deal für unsere Kinder!
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July 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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This week's Sustainable Democracies NL features the application of the #SubsidiarityPrinciple: #Denton is the only city in #Texas & 1 one of 6 in all US to operate on 100% #Renewables. It demonstrates how #LocalLeadership can bring about real change.

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Subsidiarity in Action: Denton, Texas, and the Future of Local Climate Leadership
By: Alexander Ochs and Sachi Lakhina The subsidiary principle is a governance concept that argues for decisions to be made at the most local level, only involving higher level authorities when necessa...
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July 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Our new edition features the pertinent issue of #datacenter #energyconsumption. 8K centers worldwide consume 1–2% of global, 2–4% of US #electricity. Demand tripled over past decade raising concerns about #gridcapacity #resourceavailability & #utilitycosts.

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Transatlantic and Global Searches for the Data Center Fix
By Peter Asmus Today, there are more than 8,000 data centers worldwide that consume roughly 1 to 2% of the global energy use. Over half of all data centers in the world have been deployed in the Unite...
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July 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Hey friends of friendly #transatlantic relations! After much debate about last week's NL promoting Europe as a #CCS leader, our brandnew edition is on how American & European municipalities innovate #foodwaste solutions through policy & community action.

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From Excess to Success: Nine Cities Addressing Food Waste
How municipalities across North America and Europe are innovating food waste solutions through policy and community action By Bowie Yin Sum Kung Credits: Rachel Claire / Pexels Food waste is a giant c...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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If the world is going to meet the #SDGs, much of the work will take place in #cityhalls #communitycenters & #engineeringlabs. Our editor @ochsnews.bsky.social highlights the importance of #verticalintegration of #globalcommitments & #localaction

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SDG Localization: From Global Goals to Local Action
By Alexander Ochs, Editor-in-Chief A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to present on the above topic to a group of engineers from all over the world. The session was co-organised by Engineering ...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Wooohooo! In just six weeks, we gained more than 1000 subscribers to our newsletter on LinkedIn. Check it out: #SustainableDemocracies at www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
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SD Strategies | This series curated by SD Strategies explores innovative governance approaches for sustainable development.
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July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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In our latest NL, ‪‪@wilburns.bsky.social‬ discusses Europe's (potential) leadership role on carboncapture & #sequestration solutions such as #DirectAirCapture and #bioenergy. As always, we are very interested in your thoughts.

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The European Commission’s Climate 2040 Target: Can It Help Drive Carbon Dioxide Removal?
By Wil Burns Credits: Alexey Demidov Introduction With the United States under the new Trump administration largely abdicating its commitment to carbon dioxide removal support, the European Union’s ro...
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July 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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If you subscribe to our #SustainableDemocracies news RIGHT NOW, you will be our #1000thSubscriber. Should this not be an incentive, maybe the quality and timeliness of our contributions is?

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July 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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In the latest issue of the FACET newsletter, P. Courtemanche asks whether we are taking the right turn by massively switching to #EVs. He reminds us we do not move vehicles but people & goods; an EV charged from a #coal plant is a coal vehicle. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-tak...
Are We Taking the Right Turn by Massively Switching to EVs? A Transatlantic Perspective
By Pierre Courtemanche Many governments have pledged to rapidly replace Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEVs)with electric vehicles (EVs). This is no mere technological swap—it’s a sweeping tran...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Our LI newsletter #SustainableDemocracies features 1 innovative tool or approach for smarter governance toward sustainability every week.
Recent issues featured #Forecasting, #GenderEquality & #SocialInclusion (#GESI), #RightToTruth, and #PolicyExperimentation through #Sandboxing and #InnovationHubs
July 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Check out the 1st post of our new miniseries on #PolicyExperimentation. How can #ModelPilotPrograms, #Sandboxing & #InnovationHubs help us achieve more #sustainable economies and societies? Follow us for case studies over the coming weeks.
#innovation #governance #experimentation #2030Agenda #SDGs
July 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Why #transatlantic collaboration in #science matters more than ever. Check out the newest edition of the transatlantic #sustainability newsletter FACET:

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#climate #biodiversity #energy
June 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM