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The Role Of Managed Retreat In Adapting To Sea Level Rise

Energy Innovation

As societies around the world continue emitting heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, they face the consequence of sea level rise. Since 1900, sea levels have increased 8 inches on average globally, and by 2100, sea levels will likely rise between 1 and 4 feet (Sweet et al.

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Flood City Fights Climate Change with Infrastructure and Social Media

Unsustainable

In 2017 the city of Miami Beach dove into the second stage of its $400- to $500-million investment project, (which began in 2013), to raise roads and install pumps in response to annually rising sea-levels. By Emily Blitstein In Miami, flooding has been a serious development topic over the last decade.

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? The settlers of Catan squabble over ore #172

Climate Tech VC

  ⚡ Husk Power , a Fort Collins, CO-based rural minigrids developer, raised $103M in Series D funding from STOA, the US International Development Finance Corporation, Shell Ventures, Proparco, and Swedfund  and Debt funding from the European Investment Bank and International Finance Corporation. 

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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. According to a Nature article , CO2 emissions in 2017, have a global impact of more than $16 trillion. According to the U.K.’s The costs are already being felt. Reducing fossil fuel dependence in the U.S.

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Climate Science And Financial risk: Forging A Path To More Climate-Resilient Businesses

Energy Innovation

Second, risks related to doing business in a changing physical environment, including increasingly severe extreme weather events, changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and sea-level rise. TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures), 2017. 24390-24395. TCFD, 2021.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. The skills developed in analyzing non-recourse cash flow-based finance are applicable not only to green energy, but also apply more widely in project finance and infrastructure investing.