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5 Ways We Can Stop Ocean Acidification

The Environmental Blog

Although it may not be discussed frequently, ocean acidification is one of the biggest problems humanity (and the environment) faces today. The rising acidity of the ocean is not only harming biodiversity and marine ecosystems, but is impacting human industries that rely on the ocean’s resources.

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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. Remember – the entirety of human civilisation, the flowering of culture, religion, agriculture and cities – has taken place only in the last 10–12,000 years. What changed? The climate, for one.

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

With this in mind, this article presents the 20 best climate change and sustainability documentaries. These documentaries exhibit how video storytelling can be used to promote sustainability and climate action. Summarized below are 20 of the best climate change and sustainability documentaries.

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

Business Green

But in the context of one of the world's biggest security issues - climate change - threats and adaptations are evolving at pace. In summer 2021, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raised the threat level posed by climate change to a ' code red for humanity'. Carbon bootprints.

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution we have been steadily increasing climate warming GHGs. The wanton burning of fossil fuels, new agricultural methods, chemical manufacturing and production processes have all contributed to unprecedented pollution that are poisoning our air and our water.

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The critical role of biodiversity in creating business value

Business Green

Yet lost ecosystem services cost the global economy more than $5tr a year already and business activities, from resource extraction to agriculture, are major contributors to that loss. As ecosystems degrade, they release more carbon, adding to climate change. The business risks of biodiversity.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

For more information, read our full investigation into the meat industry’s messaging on climate change. methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. This factsheet is part of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database project.