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The problem with COP26

Low Impact

I could end this article here, but I won’t, because that’s not the main problem. I wouldn’t be as impolite, of course, as to call what’s coming at COP26 an ‘ avalanche of climate b t ’, but here’s how I would put it. We can’t solve a problem within the system that caused it. The UK will miss by a mile.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Andrew Winston

degrees Celsius (and the dire consequences of not doing so). I wrote this last month about what businesses should be doing in the wake of the IPCC report. This week brought some sobering news on the near future of our planet and species. The UN then asked the IPCC to study what it would take to achieve that goal.

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A Founder’s Guide to Government Grants

Elemental Excelerator

It’s been more than a year since the Inflation Reduction Act passed, and the extreme weather this summer underscored that the stakes for our planet have never been higher. That’s why we teamed up with Climate Tech VC (CTVC) to unravel the complexities of accessing non-dilutive government funding in the U.S. Total funding: $1.2T

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How Big a Difference Can Biodegradable Straws Make to the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

Disposable plastics are posing serious problems for our planet. As a result, businesses need to find an alternative – an alternative that is acceptable to consumers while doing good for the environment. This makes them much less damaging for the ocean and the environment at large. What are Biodegradable Straws?

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Net Zero Nature: Can business and nature join forces in the climate fight?

Business Green

In recent years an increasingly popular school of thought has sought to bang the drum for humanity as a fundamental force for good, in a bid to dispel what its proponents view as the corrosive influence of fatalism on society. Yet, for all our apparent progress, there are some hard truths which urgently need confronting.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

As I began identifying leaders to include on this third annual list, I was inspired by the introduction to " All We Can Save ," an essay and poem collection co-edited by marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (who you can find on this year’s list) and Katharine Wilkinson (who we recognized on the first Badass Women list in 2019). .