SSP Co-founder and Presidio Graduate School Faculty Chair Marsha Willard, PhD, SEP, shares insights into the emerging trends shaping our sustainability profession and how ISSP is enabling us to meet those challenges.

Gwen Migita, MBA, Global Head of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) & Social Impact Practice at Point B, offers a pro-business and capital markets perspective on integrating fully inclusive equity and justice — as a necessity for planetary and societal survival for all.

At our present GHG emissions level, it is clear that emission reductions alone will not limit global surface temperature increase to the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C by end of century. Justin Macinante, PhD, MEL, LLB, a Climate Change Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, presents a proposed mechanism that could drive the necessary CO2 removals — and meet the Paris target.

Throughout Syria’s war, committed changemakers have worked to expand the narrative and to cultivate empathy for those affected. Lena Arkawi, MIA, founded Sourceable, Inc with a group of Columbia graduate students to enable citizen journalists to share their stories in real-time with media and NGOs. In this blog, she shares how their work is guided by the principles of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The International Olympic Committee, The French National Olympic Committee, and the French government commit to sustainability practices for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. ISSP Board Member Gary Tong, Senior VP at Alix Partners, analyzes what that might look like and why it matters.

Referencing the Hero’s Journey of Joseph Campbell and the Japanese concept of Ikigai, Nitesh Dullabh, CEO of 2POD Ventures and ISSP Governing Board Vice President, explores the key ingredients to building a sustainability culture in an organization.

Marco Tedesco, PhD, Lamont Research Professor at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Climate School, reflects on the importance of emotional intelligence in sustainability. He advises a balance of emotional, rational, and artificial intelligence for a sustainable world.

Bobuchi Ken-Opurum, PhD, Founder of Re-HOUSED Decision Support Toolkit and Director of Research at Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute, shares a people-centered approach to successfully meeting the challenges of flooding and heat stress in the tropical Global South. Recognized by the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Ken-Opurum's Re-HOUSED engages with frontline communities to create scalable, bottom-up resilience and adaptive capacity.

The path toward meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals is accelerated through increased collaboration on interconnected, multifaceted solutions. Michelle Benavides, ISSP Executive Director, highlights the power of a network of individuals, organizations, and partners to create the sustainable future we each need and deserve.

How might the sustainability profession bend the alarming curves across all sustainability metrics—from emissions to wage inequality and to species collapse? Fabian Sack, PhD, Director at Sustainably Pty Ltd and ISSP Governing Board Member, shares insights from a three-decade career in sustainability practice.

A global context of heightening political turmoil has surrounded COP27. In view of the current stakes, John Elkington, Chairman & Chief Pollinator at Volans Ventures and ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame Honoree, urges all of us in sustainability to learn to do politics. And to shift our lens to COP28.

UN leaders from around the world are gathering in New York City this month at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development to discuss progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Chhavi Maggu, MEng, SEP, Sustainability Strategy Manager at Accenture and ISSP Governing Board Treasurer, looks at the issue of urban mobility and its tangible impact on our capacity to continue to advance toward the goals.