Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question. C or well below 2C - provided governments with the "foundation to act".

Sea level rise 81

Sea level rise Ocean acidification Climate change Global warming 81

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Eras in the Earth’s history are defined by major climactic events and distinguished through the fossil record, carbon dating, and other methods. Nitrogen and phosphorous are both essential for plant growth, thus they are made into fertilizers that pollute waterways and coastal zones, and accumulate in the world’s soil and land.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns. And indeed, some aspects of climate change, such as sea level rise, will go on well beyond that. We cannot expect nature to mop up all that carbon if it's too dry for the trees to grow.

Climate change 65

Climate change Resilience Government Biodiversity 65

Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

But climate resilience remains a much less chartered territory for firms, with sustainability strategies typically focusing on water, carbon, and waste reduction, and having little or nothing to say about climate resilience. At the local level, overheating or flash flood risks can vary from street to street and building to building.

Resilience 40

Resilience Climate change Cooling Sea level rise 40

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. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change, edited by Melissa R. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century.

Climate change 95

Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There’s good news on that front: President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress have managed to pass historic climate measures that are expected to reduce the country’s carbon footprint between 32 and 51 percent by 2035, putting the U.S. California’s clean car program and the Northeast’s regional carbon cap-and-trade program are two examples.

Climate change 145

Climate change Agriculture Fossil fuels Sea level rise 145