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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.".

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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.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal. Sea level rising (not because of melting).