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A defence of geoengineering

Business Green

That was my first question in early March, when a new book about geoengineering, Hacking Planet Earth , authored by journalist Thomas Kostigen , landed on my desk. In its purest sense, geoengineering refers to the deliberate manipulation of the environment to help thwart the effects of global warming. Intriguing?

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Trends in Food, Agriculture, and Nature-Based Solutions with Mitch Rubin

Elemental Excelerator

If I had to chalk it up to concrete moments of inspiration, I would say there are three books that really shaped my path toward working in climate change. Reading this book was kind of like the moment in The Matrix when Neo is given the choice of the red and blue pill. What inspired you to work fighting climate change?

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

In the well-publicized book The Uninhabitable Earth , author David Wallace-Wells made the case that panic may be warranted , showing what warming of 3, 4, or more degrees Celsius could look like (and it’s not pretty). Environmentalists have long debated whether “gloom and doom” messaging motivates action or just depresses people.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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Exxon Holds Back on CCS

Mr. Sustainability

It is the biggest LaBarge, as the gas operation is known, would have become one of the world’s foremost examples of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), a technology most climate-modeling experts view as essential to slowing down global warming and, eventually, reversing it. Construction was set to begin over the summer.

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Climate Science Denial Looms Large in GB News Linked ‘ARC’ Venture

DeSmogBlog

ARC’s UK Architects ARC has extensive ties to UK politicians and media figures, notably sharing the same owners as startup broadcaster GB News. He argued that economic growth would help humans adapt to 4C of global warming, and added: “Why kill ourselves trying to eliminate a problem that just isn’t that severe?”