October 2014

Community News Archive

Cities and communities have a key role to play in energy! Get in to the action by joining QUEST’s vast network at QUEST2014: Innovation and Implementation.

QUEST’s 8th annual conference & tradeshow is taking place in Vancouver, December 1-3 and will engage leading decision makers and practitioners from: Cities & local government; utilities; the real estate sector; technology & service providers; the energy industry; the finance sector; provincial & federal governments; and other community energy stakeholders.

In December 2015, the world’s leaders will gather in Paris, France to finalise negotiations for an ambitious global agreement that limits the world to a less than a two degree Celsius rise in global temperature. Many believe it is the most significant global negotiation with towns and cities having a critical role to play.

Over the next year, Sustainability Solutions Groups's Pathway to Paris initiative will investigate and enquire to provide you with the answers to the key climate change questions municipalities are asking: 

  • What and what else can my community do to reduce GHG emissions?
  • How can my community engage in the negotiations?
  • What are other communities committing to do?
  • What are other sectors of society doing?
  • What are the highlights of key reports on climate change science, investment, energy technologies that will be released in the run-up to the Paris meeting?

We will deliver this information through a biweekly newsletter (sign up here), periodic webinars and e-dialogues. During UN negotiations in Lima (December, 2014) and Paris (December, 2015), we will provide a live stream of developments through @SSG_News and a digest in the newsletter. Our goal is to empower municipalities, counties and regional districts in transitioning to a low carbon existence. 

 

 

The 2014 Women’s Congress for Future Generations is happening in Minneapolis, MN, November 7-9.
 
This Congress follows the first Women’s Congress for Future Generations in Moab, Utah that created the Bill of Rights for Future Generations and Bill of Responsibilities for Present Generations. The focus of this event will be adding to that Declaration with a Bill of Rights for Water.