Grist

MARCH 3, 2022

On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a stark warning that time is running out to adapt to climate change. Climate change is no longer a future prospect; it’s making people sick right now. degrees Celsius (1.96 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 19, 2023

No one wants to confirm it’s Africa, Asia & South America that’s the real problem! He cited research that, if my memory serves, could be summarised as “Everybody wants something done about climate change, but are not so keen on the idea of doing something themselves.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat. I think it’s funny that humans have this enormous taboo about a biological function that’s ultimately going to help us survive climate change,” said Sarah Everts, the author of The Joy of Sweat.

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Climate change Cooling Health Solar Energy Monitor 89

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Adapting to climate change is now a challenge for every industry, regardless of location. All strategies addressing the effects of climate change, including destructive floods, call for the drawing-up of long-term scenarios and plans, particularly for cities and city planning.

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North America Climate change Soil Asia 147

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

” Key Findings: · Ecological threats, such as rapid population growth, water risk, and food insecurity will be exacerbated by climate change, causing mass migration and conflict. · Since 2019, the world’s concern over climate change has decreased by 1.5%. 23 of the 27 are in sub-Saharan Africa and MENA.

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The City Fix

APRIL 4, 2024

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

French economist Thomas Piketty argues they are an example of class inequality and must be tackled if we are to deal with climate change. Dubai is surrounded by conflict zones, which block land routes from Europe, Asia and Africa and makes flying there essential. Private jets are still not advisable, however.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

UN Conference on Trade and Development fears that slowdown in foreign investment could impact flows of climate-related finance. Investment in projects that tackle climate change is expected to decline in 2022 as global foreign direct investment flows drop, according to a report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Nevertheless, the quality of global water resources is increasingly coming under pressure due to population growth, economic development and climate change. This is especially the case for developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”, Jones explains. Difficult puzzle.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations draws to an end in Egypt this weekend, you could be forgiven for feeling pessimistic. Countries' emissions targets have hardly changed since a year ago. So, is the cause of international cooperation on climate change hopeless? Far from it.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Our overall dependence on groundwater is expected to rise as surface water availability becomes increasingly limited due to climate change. Certain regions, such as Saharan Africa and the Middle East for example, hold substantial quantities of non-renewable groundwater supplies that can be extracted in order to maintain water security.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Pollution Africa 230

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. In South Africa, the IFC helped one KFC supplier bolster its operations across the region. The EBRD sold its stake in the company in 2019.

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Africa Agriculture Health Investment 96

Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Tool designed to provide investors and companies with greater clarity on the climate resilience of physical infrastructure. A new tool has been launched that helps asset owners and investors assess the risk posed to critical infrastructure by climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Speaking at the launch of the report yesterday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres rejected suggestions the escalating coronavirus outbreak could provide a silver lining for the climate in the form of lower greenhouse gas emissions this year. "We

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

The UN confirmed this morning it has selected UN Convention to Combat Desertification chief Ibrahim Thiaw to temporarily head up the UN climate secretariat when Patricia Espinosa formally steps down from the role next month. As such, candidates from Africa and Asia were widely expected to be among the frontrunners for the high profile role.

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Asia Africa COP Climate change 49

Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

WRI warns that flooding could aggravate coronavirus crisis in South and Southeast Asia and Africa, urging for increased investment globally in flood prevention. Land sinkage alone is set to put an additional two million people at risk of coastal flooding by 2030, it said.

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Asia Africa Climate change Investment 83

AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change? Aubrey McCormick Fri, 04/09/2021 – 02:00 Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books. Particularly, Laguna L?ng

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

These family-owned and often impoverished producers each manage only a few hectares of land, but they provide a third of the world’s food and up to 80 percent of food in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. percent of climate finance. For these communities, climate change is existential.

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Energy Monitor COP Climate change Agriculture 89

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With 11 murders in 2022, the Philippines continued to be the deadliest country for environmental defenders in the Asia and Pacific regions, Global Witness found. Underreporting of attacks and murders in Asia and Africa presented a significant challenge to assessing risks to activists in these regions.

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Asia Law Government Africa 108

Grist

JUNE 13, 2023

Climate change is involved, but natural variations in global weather, and an unfortunate dose of serendipity, are also at play. Global warming itself hasn’t suddenly accelerated this year,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a live briefing on Monday.

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Africa Climate change Global warming Asia 108

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In its recent report to the UK Parliament, the Climate Change Committee noted that the UK has lost its global leadership position on climate action. It has been slow to react to the U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act as well as the EU’s proposed Green Deal Industrial Plan.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The group has set a target of unlocking $100bn in public and private capital to improve access to clean power across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The world is undergoing an economic upheaval, in which the poorest are falling farther behind and being battered by climate change's effects," said Dr. Rajiv J.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2024

Major new analysis from the Potsdam Institute warns climate impacts through to 2050 could do significantly more economic damage than previously expected How bad could it get? One of the biggest uncertainties surrounding climate change is precisely how severe climate impacts could prove to be.

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Climate change Global warming North America Agriculture 101

Grist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It was part of an arctic heatwave that would have been “almost impossible” without human-caused climate change, according to a recent attribution paper in the journal Climatic Change. It’s an example of a feedback loop, where climate change begins generating more greenhouse gases, leading to faster warming.

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Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Climate change North America 140

Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Professor Hanqin Tian, co-leader of the study and director of the International Centre for Climate and Global Change Research at Auburn University, said that the research underscored how global food production systems were undermining efforts to combat climate change.

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Africa Agriculture South America Asia 99

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, and some parts of the Middle East and China. The month before, extreme rainfall and floods in South Africa killed more than 400 people. Accusing people of alarmism has long been a favorite tactic of climate deniers and those who oppose climate action.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Africa 98

Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Minister warns that global climate goals at risk if cities lock in new wave of high carbon infrastructure. The UK government has today launched a new Urban Climate Action programme, backed by £27.5m of funding, that aims to help cities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America establish ambitious new net zero strategies.

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Asia Africa Climate change Government 59

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Prince of Wales has launched a new channel on Prime Video dedicated to films that explore how businesses and innovators are stepping up efforts to tackle climate change. RE:TV will feature films on the most innovative recycling and reuse ideas.

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Sustainability North America Recycling Recycling 83

Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2021

Government-backed climate risk research programme REACH highlights social impacts of water insecurity and climate change. Climate change can impact not just physical health directly, but also areas such as women's empowerment and children's education, especially in certain parts of the world," she explained. "We

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Pollution Resilience Education Africa 97

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Chantelle Ludski is serving as the North America and Asia Pacific COO for the Anthesis Group sustainability consultancy. Advocating. The former U.K. On the move.

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Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Startups 349

Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience. Similarly, Africa is confronting a critical phase in its energy development, characterised by rising demand, security challenges and a transition towards cleaner energy.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Energy 59

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As such, a significant contingent of participants in the WGC 2023 came from Africa. Ernest as an Academic Associate at the University of South Africa (UNISA) found the preparation of the conference not easy from his institution. The technical committee and IGA were very supportive.

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Africa Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 64

Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

From our favorites like bees and butterflies, to the lesser appreciated organisms such as wasps and mosquitoes, insects are facing threats such as climate change, and a myriad of other ills such as habitat loss and pesticide use. There are more than 200,000 protected areas around the globe , including marine protected areas.

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North America Biodiversity Health Agriculture 128

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Business Secretary pushes green finance agenda as he unveils £12m climate fund to support projects Africa, Asia and South America. The talks come as the government draws up its hotly-anticipated coronavirus recovery economic stimulus strategy, which is expected to be unveiled next month.

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Investment South America Asia Africa 67

ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 21, 2023

The geothermal sector is expected to play an important role in the decarbonization of the energy sector across Eastern Africa. By harnessing this clean energy, East African nations can significantly reduce their carbon emissions and contribute to global climate goals.

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Geothermal power Organic Africa Policy 98

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Construction Resilience Cooling Climate change 130

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“What we are trying to do as a fund is define what climate change entrepreneurship needs to look like,” Karthik Chandrasekar, the founder of early stage cleantech venture capital firm Sangam, said in an interview at his office early last year. Above it all lies a blanket of yellowish smog.

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Startups Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 246