Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

They warn that if the trend is left to continue and food production systems are not reformed to cut harmful fertiliser use, the world will fail to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, established in 2015 to stave off the worst and most devastating impacts of global warming.

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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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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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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Did you realize that by throwing food out, you’re also wasting water and causing climate change? Food production, processing, packaging, and transportation all have an impact on global warming. Did you throw out your dinner because you were worried about overeating, felt full, or were turned off by the flavor?

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Rising heat and humidity caused by climate change is expected to significantly dampen labour productivity throughout the world, with costs to the global economy potentially reaching up to $1.6tr each year from lost working hours if global warming exceeds levels of around 3C, fresh scientific analysis suggests.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

Sweeping new strategy aims to place climate action at heart of UK foreign and security policy. The government is to "establish tackling climate change and preserving biodiversity as the UK's number one international priority in the decade ahead". The UK was the first advanced economy to set a net zero target for 2050.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial temperatures — the target named in the Paris Agreement that would prevent the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And, as the film's director Adam McKay explained in a recent podcast with Volts David Roberts , no metaphor is ever going to be exactly right, especially for something as complicated as climate change, but a comet that the world chooses to ignore is not the worst parallel for our current predicament. billion and 3.6

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Grist

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As many as five billion people will face hunger and a lack of clean water by 2050 as the warming climate disrupts pollination, freshwater, and coastal habitats, according to new research published last week in Science. People living in South Asia and Africa will bear the worst of it.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. In its comment to DeSmog, the AHDB spokesperson also used GWP* to claim that “methane from UK livestock since 1990 has not caused global warming”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Better cities are not just about adapting to climate change - they should also be designed so the benefits of urbanisation are fully shared and inclusive, writes Liontrust's Peter Michaelis.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. Climate impacts 2. Climate action 4. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

For more information, read our full investigation into the meat industry’s messaging on climate change. Animal agriculture isn’t a serious driver of climate change’ Meat industry leaders are increasingly marketing meat as sustainable, arguing that meat production in countries such as the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Deforestation and fires have soared in the Amazon Rainforest in recent years, while huge global demand for products such as palm oil, soy, and timber is also driving destruction of critical forests in Asia, Africa, and beyond. Corporate efforts to combat the issue have also largely failed.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Second, that inaction or delayed action on climate will create immense risks and costs,and populations across the world demand leaders to respond - and to respond now. In short, climate is a space where national and global interests align. That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

World’s top scientists have sounded alarm over intensifying impacts of climate change, warning that nature protection must be at the heart of efforts to tackle the problem. Hoesung Lee, chair of the IPCC, said the findings were a "dire warning" about the consequences of inaction on climate change. "It

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Business Green

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The world's 10 most expensive climate-related weather disasters in 2020 together cost more than $145bn in uninsured losses and disrupted the lives of millions of people, according to Christian Aid. While six of the ten most costly events took place in Asia, the charity notes that that extreme weather was felt all over the world last year.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Biden-Harris administration has already taken major early steps in its clean energy and climate change agenda, including a directive for federal agencies to procure clean energy and zero-emissions vehicles to reduce their climate impact. Meet imperatives to expand clean energy access and social equity. The Washington D.C.-based

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Flanders moves to ban gas boilers, GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific network, and New Zealand steps up efforts to tackle agricultural emissions. China tops EV market league table, as global demand continues to surge. GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific Network.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Climate change is impacting billions of people - and more severely than previously thought. Climate change impacts are not a distant prospect, but today's reality, affecting nature, people's lives and infrastructure everywhere, and scientific evidence on the scale of the threat is becoming stronger all the time.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

Today has seen some of the starkest warnings yet on how the failure to grasp the severity of the impacts that climate change and biodiversity loss will have for human could trigger conflict, disease, and mass migration - how should businesses respond? warming between 2030 and 2052.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The recently-released United Nations Global Biodiversity Outlook opens with these words: "Humanity stands at a crossroads with regard to the legacy it leaves to future generations.". Here's why: The science is absolutely clear: we cannot stabilise the climate without eliminating deforestation completely.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The UK, the EU, France, Germany, the US, Italy, Canada, Japan, Norway, and Denmark have all backed the plan, which mirrors similar agreements reached with Indonesia and South Africa. Vietnam is a dynamic, emerging economy at the heart of South East Asia," he added. A global clean tech race has started.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Leaders of the world's biggest economies have today signalled their continued support for an ambitious outcome from the tense on-going climate negotiations at the COP27 Summit, emphasising their support for capping global warming at 1.5C, ramping up climate finance, cutting back on coal power, and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here are all the references to climate change from the Canadian federal leaders English Language debate that took place on October 7, 2019. They spend your money to buy a seat at the UN Security Council, and also, they are giving your money to other countries to fight climate change in Asia and build roads in Africa.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal. will go down significantly, leading to more economic activity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

We have determined a way forward on a decades-long conversation on funding for loss and damage - deliberating over how we address the impacts on communities whose lives and livelihoods have been ruined by the very worst impacts of climate change. "In Tackling climate change and promoting climate justice is not a zero sum game.

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Climate 4.0

AUGUST 17, 2022

Its proposed $369 billion expenditure to address climate change represents less than 2% of the country’s annual GDP. The red-coded tier, represent very difficult challenges, includes Japan, South Korea, much of Southeast Asia and Europe (including Germany), and some of South America, among others.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Released on Wednesday, the stricter guidelines - the UN body's first major air pollution policy update since 2005 - recommend new limits to protect health by reducing levels of six key pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. Study: Renewable energy could deliver 25 million jobs in Africa and Asia.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As the world wakes up to the catastrophic impact of climate change, from rising sea levels and drought to wildfires and crop failure, scientists have warned of a need to rapidly shift away from fossil fuels. A 2018 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report showed warming beyond 1.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Glasgow Climate Summit is unlikely to bring the world into line with the Paris Agreement's goals, but there is growing optimism it can deliver a lot more than 'blah, blah, blah'. Global carbon emissions fell by a record 5.8 For Mabey, Glasgow is the most crucial UN meeting on climate change since Paris.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

Read more » Climate Change is a Women's Issue and so is the Clean Economy In terms of climate change impacts women have the most to lose and in terms of engaging climate action they have the most to gain. Climate change is a critical issue for everyone, but it is especially hard on women. .

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