Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ahead of world leaders gathering in Egypt for the COP27 climate summit in November, here is an A-Z of common terms: 1.5°C. This is the global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels targeted by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The hope is that limiting global warming to 1. Biodiversity. Climate finance.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nothing could have prepared the man who played Star Trek ’s Captain Kirk for the profound shock of seeing his home planet from 65 miles above. In interviews afterward, Shatner made a plea for the planet as TV hosts tried to steer him toward topics lighter than death and global warming. Joe Raedle / Getty Images.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Progress on protecting life on land has been agonisingly slow, as deforestation and habitat loss has accelerated, but hopes remain that a step change in global land management can yet be engineered. And then there are the big picture climate threats that poorly managed land can rapidly amplify. Cristiana Pa?ca

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

How to divert energy flows from fossil to renewable using electricity and biomass Summary - Up to 20% of our energy needs could be met by sustainably harvested biomass, in particular food and agricultural waste, as well as manure. In part II we learned that the world needs 435 TWh of energy per day. Or is there?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Put in place by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2005, it works by giving financial value to emission reductions from avoided deforestation.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world and its oil addiction An overview of global oil consumption The world runs on oil (1). The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. million b/d in 1986. million b/d in 1986.

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