Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Her work in that role encompassed a variety of issues that intersected with climate change issues such as extreme weather and sea-level rise. Miami is known internationally for its risk for coastal flooding and sea-level rise," Gilbert said.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. The EV supply chain dominated, with critical minerals, batteries, vehicle assembly and charging equipment making up 84% of Q4 investment.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree We need immediate action on energy. degree goal will fall quickly out of reach.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

One example is the role we play in maintaining healthy forests, which are critical to regulating the carbon balance on our planet. billion tonnes of carbon dioxide is absorbed by the world's forests every year. Droughts, floods, melting glaciers, sea-level rise and storms occur more frequently owing to changing climate.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

The UN reports that temperature increases in the Sahel region of Africa will be 1.5 Carbon bootprints. Many coastal naval bases are, for example, at risk from sea level rises. In addressing their carbon bootprint, militaries enhance their role in sustainable security. times higher than the global average.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

. · Companies that supported the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework will have more informed and more efficient allocation of capital and help facilitate the transition to a lower-carbon economy. · Major global companies face $284 billion carbon pricing costs in 2025, representing 13% of earnings.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

If we are to draw parallels between the climate crisis and the pandemic then the correct analogy is not between carbon emissions and the coronavirus, but between climate breakdown and the wildlife trade. What happens if sea levels rise and five mega-storms make US landfall in the same year?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The findings highlight how human-induced climate change, alongside deforestation, pollution and land use change, is hampering nature's ability to provide services essential to human life, such as coastal protection, food supply or climate regulation through the capture and storage of carbon from the atmosphere. The facts are undeniable.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting some of the most dangerous climate impacts. 2022 saw flooding, drought and severe.

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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. Last month, the worst heatwave ever recorded hit Japan. Keith Berry looks down into flooded streets searching for survivors.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. In 1962, Shell’s chief geologist, Houston-based Marion King Hubbert, produced a book-length report on energy for the U.S. Shell had other plans.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The situation, too, is only set to worsen as the planet warms, underscoring the urgent need to simultaneously drive down greenhouse gas emissions while also boosting preparedness for droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, coastal erosion, sea level rise, resource shortages and much, much more. The facts are undeniable.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

Compared to men, women litter less, recycle more, and leave a smaller carbon footprint." A study published by France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economics shows that women emit less carbon than men. kilograms of carbon per day, women emit an average of 32.3 kilograms of carbon per day.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. A significant proportion of global carbon emissions come from farming meat. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

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. This ‘active ingredient’ in natural gas, is up to 28 to 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Lot’s of Methane.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

To avoid some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, the world must slash carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, and completely decarbonize by 2050 (while, in the meantime, emissions are still rising ). That’s the clear message from a monumental study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). So even if U.S.

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