DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters. This study linked nearly half the rise in this measure between 1901 and 2021 to the carbon majors. Credit: State Farm , CC BY 2.0

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As governments continue to be intransigent, and the fossil fuel industry uses its influence to hamstring transformational climate policies, courts represent an important lever to bring about change. The success of this case has inspired a wave of similar lawsuits in several other countries, many of them successful.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Of course, nature-related risks are arguably even more complex to tackle than climate risks, due to the myriad threats such as water scarcity, soil erosion, ocean acidification, chemical pollution, and even - as starkly illustrated by Covid-19 - disease transmission all causing very different regional impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2021 study by researchers from the New York University (NYU) Department of Environmental Studies, meat companies “emphasize mitigating energy use, with limited focus on emissions (e.g., Here is a summary of the main criticisms of the meat industry’s claims. cropland and help the U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

With the growth of e-commerce and demand for faster shipping (which means burning more fuel), maritime emissions increased nearly 5% between 2020 and 2021. The drop in sulfur oxide emissions, which ironically have a cooling effect in the atmosphere by reflecting light, has also played a role in record high ocean temps this year.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

But to get there, we need radical collaboration across the governments, the private sector and civil society to set the right policy and investment frameworks, and we need to secure long-term offtake agreements. The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that the past seven years have been the warmest seven years on record.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

All nations, especially the G20 and other major emitters, need to join the net zero emissions coalition and reinforce their commitments with credible, concrete and enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions and policies before COP26 in Glasgow. "We There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. We need immediate action on energy.

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