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How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

The City Fix

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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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

As underscored by recent flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires across parts of North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, the report makes clear that climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet. Climate impacts are happening now, worsening and in some cases irreversible.

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The State of Green Business report 2021

Sustainability Consulting

GreenBiz has released its highly anticipated State of Green Business Report 2021 which details the top 10 sustainable business trends for the year ahead. and global companies have made towards meeting sustainability goals. Overall, 2020 was a good year for the sustainability field. s Sustainable Development Goals.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

French and sustainable cuisine in the spotlight during the Games. The organising committee said it would work with NGOs and commercial partners to slash the impact of the estimated 13 million meals that will be served during Paris 2024 and showcase the best of sustainable food. RWE issues €2bn green bond.

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'The next decade will determine our future': A business guide to IPCC's atlas of climate impacts and resilience

Business Green

These impacts are "hindering efforts to meet basic human needs and they threaten sustainable development across the globe", leaving all life on Earth vulnerable, the report states. Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise. Even in a world with low greenhouse gas emissions - warming below 1.6C

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Climate change is creating security threats around the world - and militaries are responding

Business Green

Climate crisis is forcing countries to review both their security strategies and their military sustainability, writes University of Oxford lecturer Timothy Clack. The UN reports that temperature increases in the Sahel region of Africa will be 1.5 Many coastal naval bases are, for example, at risk from sea level rises.

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'Grave and mounting threat': IPCC again raises alarm that climate impacts are proving worse than feared

Business Green

By restoring degraded ecosystems and effectively and equitably conserving 30 to 50 per cent of Earth's land, freshwater and ocean habitats, society can benefit from nature's capacity to absorb and store carbon, and we can accelerate progress towards sustainable development, but adequate finance and political support are essential.".