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A quick explainer for COP26 — here’s how climate negotiations work and what’s at stake

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Here’s what’s happening behind closed doors and why people are concerned that COP26 might not meet its goals. That treaty has since been updated, including in 2015 when nations signed the Paris climate agreement. That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6°F), What is COP26?

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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This bigger network of bike paths and lanes should help the city in raising its already-impressive seven percent of trips taken by bike to reach its ambitious goal of 50 percent. Between 2009 and 2016, it grew from a city of around 1.2 To put that into perspective, the average number of trips by bike in the US is around one percent.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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In the hopes of healing her own life, she sought training in coaching, nutrition, fitness and mindfulness, and her goal became to teach others how to balance a thriving career, body and mind. Celebrated annually on September 25, it is the first-ever global holiday day dedicated to activating ideas, goals and dreams. Paul Epstein.

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