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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

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). Naturally the ice which is ‘floating’ in the Arctic will not directly impact sea levels when it melts. The amount and intensity of storms is only expected to increase. +

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

But with their emails taken out of context and posted on climate denial blogs, the scientists suddenly found themselves under vicious attack — and public faith in climate science suffered a severe, albeit temporary, setback. Multiple enquiries would clear the researchers of any wrongdoing. There was no suggestion of a link with Shell.

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

Andrew Winston

(Hi to my blog readers. Other studies tell us that sea level rise is going to be worse than we thought, Antarctica is melting three times faster than a decade ago, and Greenland is losing ice quickly as well. Happy new year. Part of the reason may be the title, which attracted some heated exchanges. Watch this space.