DeSmogBlog

JULY 23, 2021

It will warn of a rise in heatwaves, destruction of 90 percent of global reefs, accelerated sea level rise and stronger hurricanes and typhoons. Greenpeace UK’s Executive Director, John Sauven, said: “These pivotal climate talks require bold policies, tough targets and political will from all governments.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. External costs include everything from pre-mature deaths due to air pollution to the sky-rocketing insurance costs for properties vulnerable to sea level rise.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? Political Origins of 2°C. The next key moment in the 2°C story is no longer scientific, but political. For a long time, the debate focused more on CO2 concentrations than on warming levels. It is 2009 and the 35th G8 Summit.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. Sea level rising (not because of melting). Global conflict and geo-political upheaval.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 29, 2020

Business needs to, in the words of Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp , “unleash the most powerful tool they have to fight climate change: their political influence.”. Senate in 2009 , and climate policy entered the wilderness for years, the partnership petered away.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Braverman’s Head of Communications David Scullion is deputy political editor of The Critic magazine, which regularly publishes articles attacking climate action by Craig Mackinlay , a Conservative backbencher who runs the NZSG with Baker. He has previously held ministerial positions at the justice and health departments.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 10, 2022

Tice claimed the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) suggested sea level rises would not occur for hundreds of years, adding: “Why are we investing all this money in getting to net zero? If you were worried about sea level rises, you’d be better investing the money in defences.”

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