GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
political will. Extreme heat and storms, sea level rise, intense wildfires — climate change may threaten everyone, but many BIPOC communities are more vulnerable to climate impacts. This year’s COVID-19 crisis and racial justice movement have highlighted the systemic inequities in the U.S.
Grist
APRIL 8, 2022
When nations gathered in France in 2015, they initially were aiming to keep global temperatures “well below 2 degrees Celsius.” Scientists identify the missing ingredient for climate action: Political will. degree goal was added into the Paris Agreement as a kind of afterthought. JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images. Far from it.
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DeSmogBlog
JULY 23, 2021
Climate groups are increasingly concerned about a lack of action from the government ahead of the summit, the largest of its kind since the historic Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. It will warn of a rise in heatwaves, destruction of 90 percent of global reefs, accelerated sea level rise and stronger hurricanes and typhoons.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Using the courts has become especially critical, say climate experts and lawyers, given the insufficient political responses to the climate emergency. “In A two-week hearing on the case before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany concluded on Monday. In the U.S., The Juliana v.
Energy Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2022
Tackling climate change will require economic and social transformation, but this level of change can only be achieved with political pressure from a critical mass of individuals and communities spanning demographics, socio-economic status, and geographies.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 29, 2021
At a Columbia University symposium, physicist Edward Teller warns oil executives about rising levels of carbon dioxide and the likelihood of global warming and sea level rise by the end of the century. He concluded that limiting CO2 to a “relatively safe level for the environment” would require immediate action.
Green Market Oracle
MARCH 3, 2020
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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