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Oil Drilling in the ‘Land of Water’: ExxonMobil Hunts for More Fossil Fuels in Guyana Amid Sea Level Rise Fears

DeSmogBlog

Exxon is now putting Guyana at the heart of its plans to press on hunting for new fossil fuel supplies despite the climate crisis. ExxonMobil says it’s made 18 oil discoveries in Guyana since 2015 — the same year the Paris Agreement was adopted — and the company started production in earnest in December 2019.

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5 ways businesses can take action to reduce environmental racism

GreenBiz

Extreme heat and storms, sea level rise, intense wildfires — climate change may threaten everyone, but many BIPOC communities are more vulnerable to climate impacts. Business action, supported by government regulations, investments and incentives, is absolutely critical for transitioning to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Net Economic Gains from Climate Action

Green Market Oracle

s National Oceanographic Centre, the costs of sea level rise alone could exceed $14 trillion a year by 2100. In 2013 the stock of manageable assets was $143 trillion as estimated by the Financial Stability Board, updated based on EIU data in 2015 suggests that number is $207 trillion. According to the U.K.’s

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Can the world overshoot its climate targets — and then fix it later?

Grist

Policymakers are also beginning to seriously invest in carbon removal research and development , however, these solutions are still nowhere near being able to turn temperature rise around. Scientists say sea level rise is one of the irreversible impacts of an overshoot scenario. Mark Wilson/Getty Images.

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Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada

Clean Energy Canada

Overview: The 2015 Paris Agreement includes a requirement for countries to submit more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (greenhouse gas emissions targets) every five years. Between 2015 and 2020, Canada delivered $2.65 until November 12, with a particular focus on relevancy for Canada. CLIMATE TARGETS.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

In 2015, Jacobson began work on WWS maps for individual countries, with Ukraine being the first. Congress between 2015 and 2019. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org By February 2014, Jacobson, with the help of students and colleagues, finished a draft of the roadmaps for all 50 U.S.

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The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch

Andrew Winston

billion in 2015. But that’s not likely to happen with current levels of commitment in global governments: The important Paris climate accord of 2015, in theory, agrees to hold warming to 2 degrees Celsius. Many highly populated coastal areas will be in consistent trouble, as sea levels rise.