Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a group of 14 heads of government [3], ‘The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy’ assesses global to local climate impacts on three of the largest sources of ocean-based revenue and jobs – coral reef tourism, wild capture fisheries and marine aquaculture.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

New report warns climate change is putting humanity at greater risk from infectious diseases and food insecurity. The 2021 Lancet Countdown report has today warned the impacts of climate change pose increasing health risks and are exacerbating existing health and social inequalities. We have a choice.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A scientific paper published in the peer review Journal, Aquatic Conservation says that measures to address climate change and reach the Paris Agreement will not succeed unless the ocean is taken into account. It is also the largest carbon sink on Earth. The six proposals in the paper are: 1.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

In addition to cheap sources of green energy, Gore says we need to price carbon. There are 43 jurisdictions around the world that already have a price on carbon such as Europe and China. It also ignores positive externalities like investments in education and health care, mental health care, and family services.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

dairy brand that committed to going carbon-negative by 2025 ? The twist: No one disputes that these efforts will be good for soil health. But do regenerative methods sequester as much carbon as advocates claim? The ensuing controversy could do huge damage to efforts to pay farmers to store carbon in soils.

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Terra Infirma

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The doomsters seem just as keen on doing down the solutions to climate change as amping up the challenge. None of the climate solutions are perfect – I know electric cars don’t fix congestion, require mining of minerals and have their own substantial carbon footprint, but they are most definitely better than ICE cars.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

Amidst the growing awareness about our planet’s climate crisis , there is now a burgeoning need for more sustainable food resources. In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The inclusion of biodiversity is part of Textile Exchange's Climate+ strategy, which focuses on urgent climate action and recognizes that soil health, water and biodiversity will play a key role in this transition. We cannot win the fight against climate change without addressing nature loss.?.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

When it comes to the climate crisis, it's not just what you make and sell, it's what you do, and for whom you do it. That's the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing - positively or negatively — climate change.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health. Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. The question is whether states can regulate and try cases having to do with climate change. "As The risks of not sharing.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Agricultural practices routinely involve large-scale monocrop operations that negatively impact soil health and utilize unsustainable chemical practices, producing harmful waste streams. Clearly, there’s a tremendous opportunity to rethink and improve our entire food system to address both its negative climate and social impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Their harmful impacts on human and ecosystem health are generally well understood. What receives far less attention, however, is the climate impact of these agrochemicals. According to PANNA , the assessment is the first in-depth scientific review of the relationship between pesticides and climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

We can now harness the carbon scavenging power of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, explains Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, a UK specialist in the topic. From one tonne of knotweed rhizome (wet weight) we can create around 150-200kg of charcoal which is 99% pure carbon. Bagged biochar.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

A huge chunk of COVID-related government spending has necessarily focused on welfare payments and the health response, but the report concludes that even when the focus is narrowed to look only at measures designed to deliver a longer-term economic recovery, only 18 percent of spending has "positive green characteristics.". Meanwhile, $86.1

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2020

While natural disturbances — flooding , landslides, insect infestations, fungi, vine overgrowth, disease, wildfire and even wind damage — negatively impact forests , they do not compare with the magnitude of harm humans have precipitated. Go here to see the original: Climate change, deforestation lead to younger, shorter trees.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. That is, if policymakers and innovators act quickly and equitably.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Morten Nilsson explains why the BTPS is aiming to be net zero on carbon emissions by 2035, and how it plans to get there. Implications of climate change. Increased health problems (resulting from factors such as increased heat or air pollution). Managing the risks posed by climate change.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Do you prefer diversity, safety, and health to always be at the forefront of any workplace? For instance, some of the environmental KPIs are a company’s carbon footprint , waste management, and recycling habits. Meanwhile, social KPIs include worker diversity, gender pay equality, employee health and safety, and employment rate.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? Joel Makower Tue, 10/13/2020 – 01:40 When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

As we are learning, in climate change as in pandemics, the costs of a global crisis are bound to vastly exceed those of its prevention. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? Joel Makower Tue, 10/13/2020 – 01:40 When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous.

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Unsustainable

MARCH 10, 2020

Climate change and global warming are issues that define our times. What does this boy care about climate change? How much is to be invested for climate change? Environments and weather systems the world over are being altered, threatened and destroyed. There are millions of people like him in this world.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Here are my main takeaways: Biodiversity is as big an issue as climate change (and the two overlap majorly), but doesn’t get as much political airtime; However, the public judges biodiversity more highly as it is relatable to everyone (eg David Attenborough TV shows), and negative press coverage can resonate in a way that carbon emissions can’t; (..)

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Human activities produce 40 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in a year as per 2015. To create such amount of carbon, you’d need to burn a forest the size of the African continent every day throughout the year. Fortunately, there are ways you can reduce the carbon footprint in your daily life. Take a look.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Crisp company aims to ‘bring potatoes full circle’ and improve soil health by producing farm fertiliser from potato leftovers its Leicester factory. Walkers plans to significantly cut its carbon emissions by creating low carbon fertiliser for its potato farmers from leftover potato peelings.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Many economic sectors had slowed down or shuttered entirely due to lowered demand and health measures. While the global economic slowdown reduced major drivers of climate change around the world, the true picture of the pandemic’s effect on our planet’s resources and ecological health is somewhat more nuanced.

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Front And Centered

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the next few weeks, the Washington State Department of Ecology is set to deliver a decision on whether to turn Washington’s cap and trade program into a carbon über-market tying our climate future to California and Québec. They even got this desire written into the 2021 Climate Commitment Act.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

A group of leading academics, campaigners, and executives have this week issued a renewed call for governments to accelerate efforts to scale up the deployment of Nature-Based Solutions capable of simultaneously reducing carbon emissions and restoring natural habitats.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Whether it’s a new build or a retrofit (also referred to as greenhabbing , or green rehabbing an older building to be more eco-friendly), the real estate industry is moving towards sustainability because a low-carbon building is proven to have lower operating costs, improved resale value and higher occupancy rates.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 13, 2022

Businesses and individuals need to do their part to neutralize mankind’s negative impact on our planet’s health. Everyone in the sports ecosystem – the equipment makers, the sports teams, the athletes, and the retailers – has to think about their impact on the environment and climate change.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The recent landmark IPCC report highlights the urgent need for collaborative climate action in order to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. With billions of dollars already flowing into climatetech, investors have a big role to play in driving the energy transition and negating the effects of climate change. 21— join us !

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