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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

An all-you-need-to-know guide to the IPCC's must-read scientific dossier on the true scale of the climate crisis now facing the global economy. For 30 years, the science underpinning climate change, and humanity's role in driving it, has never been in much doubt. Warming is likely to reach 1.5C within next 20 years.

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Review of Climate Policy Options

Low Carbon Prosperity

Abstract: There is a growing recognition among businesses, policymakers, and the general public regarding the economic and societal risks of climate change. Chart 5 – Support for a revenue neutral carbon tax in the 2018 Yale Program on Climate Change Communications poll is at 68% nationally, and 69% in Washington State.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

On Tuesday, the United States government published the Fifth National Climate Assessment — an exhaustive summary of the leading research on climate change and how it affects life in every part of the country. That’s partly the result of more Americans feeling the effects of climate change in their daily lives.