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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned

Green Market Oracle

The world's leading scientific organizations have also repeatedly warned us about climate change. In 2006 the Stern Review warned us that we had to urgently reduce our emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. A 2019 IPCC report warned that we are seeing accelerated ice melt and sea level rise.

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

Basu analyzed 60,000 summertime births — those taking place between May and September — from 1999 to 2006, across 16 California counties. As temperatures rise, so does drought and air pollution, which also increases the risk of preterm birth or low birthweight babies. She found higher rates of preterm births during higher temperatures.

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Cities need to act on climate adaptation now

Unsustainable

In 2006, flooding in Surat left more than 75 percent of the city underwater, causing major economic and other losses. The city took a series of coordinated action so that the experience of 2006 was not repeated. And most of the cities, which are still rapidly expanding, are not prepared for it, although there are a few exceptions.

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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. River and marsh bottoms typically have low oxygen levels, which slows the decomposition of organic material that collects there. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

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These scientists are trying to save melting Arctic ice

Grist

Arctic ice levels are both a primary indicator of rising global temperatures and a key determinant of how bad climate change might get. Serious ice loss means sea levels rise, more heat is absorbed by the ocean and planet, and weather and ocean currents could change. Even international organizations like the U.N.

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Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal

Grist

“Our hope is that attorney general Maura Healey, if she chooses to take action on this, will hold Harvard accountable for its dangerous fossil fuel investments,” said Sofia Andrade, a sophomore at Harvard and one of the organizers of Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard. except for Pennsylvania, has adopted. “An

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Corporate Action on Climate Change Has to Include Lobbying

Andrew Winston

This is the logic and imperative behind an announcement today from 11 environmental and sustainability organizations that have significant influence on the world’s largest companies and on policymakers. In 2006, some of these same NGOs formed the U.S. This isn’t the first attempt.