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Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada

Clean Energy Canada

However, a recent UN Climate report suggests that the current climate targets are still projected to result in a 16% increase in global emissions by 2030 compared to 2010, which would lead to a temperature rise of about 2.7°C C by the end of the century. However, the report does not include recent commitments made last week.

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Reaching net zero requires climate intervention and aggressive mitigation

Business Green

To achieve this the IPCC calculates that annual global emissions of CO2 must be reduced to 45 per cent below their 2010 level by 2030, which was roughly 1.9 To limit global warming to a peak of 1.5C, which the impacts we are experiencing at 1.35°C gigatons of CO2 annually (GtCO2/year). Nature is no longer on our side.

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Cities need to act on climate adaptation now

Unsustainable

Around 2010, authorities in Surat began a process that strengthened understanding of how more intensive periods of projected rainfall due to climate change would magnify the risk of floods. The flooding was caused by an emergency release from the upstream Ukai reservoir.

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Businesses Cannot Ignore Climate Risks

Green Market Oracle

Those that view sustainability as nothing more than a buzzword will be punished while those who respond to the risks and seize the opportunities will reap the rewards. Bankruptcy Sustainability is a culture not a buzzword on a company website. Sustainable investment can offer better returns on investment over the long term.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

The pressure had been sustained throughout 2009 and, with the debate at its peak, a new climate summit – COP15 in Copenhagen – arrived at the end of the year. The following year, in 2010, the climate summit took place in Cancún, Mexico. C, while the rise will be between 2-6 meters (roughly 6 to 20 feet) if it is limited to 2°C.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s. The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Arctic sea ice extent averaged for September 2020 was 3.92 million square kilometers below the 1981 to 2010 average. Following the minimum seasonal extent, which occurred on September 15, ice growth quickly began along in the northern Beaufort, Chukchi, and East Siberian Seas. Sea level rising (not because of melting).