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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Over time, if significant action is not taken to check rising global average temperatures, climate change impacts could impair the productive capacity of the economy and undermine its ability to generate employment, income and opportunity. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5

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The Just Futures Project Provides a Community Vision for Economic Recovery in Washington State

Front And Centered

How Frontline Communities View the Economy. Instead, most of us experience it as an invisible entity we have no control over: My community experiences the economy in a way that’s foreign, it’s outside. I represent the incarcerated community, and the way we experience the economy is it’s designed to exclude us. Rebecca Berry.

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Instagram Influencers Paid to Boost UAE’s Climate Credentials Over COP28

DeSmogBlog

New research by the Climate Action Against Disinformation ( CAAD ) group, shared with DeSmog, suggests the host nation was behind a significant social media push to improve their online image to a younger generation. The posts shared the same hashtags and tagged the same official COP28 Instagram account. Credit: Instagram.

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Study: Heat pumps cheaper to install and run than gas boilers

Business Green

Exclusive: Research from Nesta points to major savings heat pump deployment can deliver for the UK economy, the government, and consumers as gas prices continue to soar. per cent of the nation's GDP, according to the report.

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How investing 1.3 per cent of GDP could decarbonise the global economy - and unlock massive financial savings

Business Green

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. Again, it sounds like a lot but it is equivalent to around 1.3

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UK's first green number plates hit the roads

Business Green

The plates will feature a green tag or 'flash' on the left hand side of the plate to make it easy to identify zero emission models. Only fully zero emission electric and fuel cell cars will be eligible for the green plates, with hybrids and plug in hybrids deemed ineligible.

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Media Brief: Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations

Clean Energy Canada

The effects of the climate crisis could cost Canadians some $700 per year by 2025—a price tag that is expected to double or triple by 2050. Impacts on jobs and the economy Canada’s clean grid offers a competitive advantage to Canadian industry. In addition, clean electricity projects themselves are benefitting Canada’s economy.