The Environmental Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for around 7 million premature deaths each year. Additionally, in the US, transportation is responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions, with CO2 accounting for about 97% of the overall global warming impact from transportation-related emissions.

Pollution 195

Pollution Health Transportation Climate change 195

Grist

MAY 18, 2022

“There’s not a whole lot being done about it,” said Rachael Kupka, executive director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution and one of the report’s coauthors. International organizations are tightening pollution standards, too — like the World Health Organization, which in September halved its guideline for annual PM 2.5

Pollution 87

Pollution Health Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 87

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Novel entities – Emissions of toxic and long-lived substances such as synthetic organic pollutants, heavy metal compounds, and radioactive materials represent some of the key human-driven changes to the planetary environment.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, in the face of severe biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services. The nine planetary Boundaries are: Stratospheric ozone: filters ultraviolet rays (UVR) coming from the sun, which would otherwise place the system is at risk.

Biodiversity 53

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Resilience Real Estate 53