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Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?

Business Green

It is a point that was echoed late last week by BP CEO Bernard Looney, who in a quietly remarkable blog post stressed that the pandemic would not compromise the company's newly announced pledge to deliver net zero emissions. What happens if sea levels rise and five mega-storms make US landfall in the same year?

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. In this blog I aim to figure out how much longer will we still have Arctic sea ice. Sea level rising (not because of melting).

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The Story of Sustainability in 2018: “We Have About 12 Years Left”

Andrew Winston

(Hi to my blog readers. The year 2018 brought extreme change — in weather and environmental ecosystems, in political winds and power, and in the expectations of business. And in a quieter move, a major real estate investor in Miami began pulling money out of coastal assets to avoid risk of sea level rise.