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The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission

GreenBiz

This is a threat we know will affect billions of people and displace hundreds of millions more through sea-level rise, desertification and other disastrous impacts by the time our children are grown. We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle. The stakes are high. Like heroism.

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8 cities share how racial justice is embedded into their climate plans

GreenBiz

Boston is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 by focusing on their 86,000 buildings. The city is also investing in seawalls to prevent erosion due to sea level rise. . So as we make buildings more efficient and cleaner from a carbon perspective, can we also make them healthier buildings? Carmel, Indiana.

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How the Climate Conversation Changed in 2021

Planet Pulse

We can see wildfires burning greater areas, heatwaves becoming more frequent and more deadly, hurricanes stronger and more damaging, the sea level rising, floods increasing, droughts getting stronger. The impacts are already here. So if that’s the case, why aren’t we acting?”. Meeting audacious goals with meaningful change.

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The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission

AGreenLiving

This is a threat we know will affect billions of people and displace hundreds of millions more through sea-level rise, desertification and other disastrous impacts by the time our children are grown. We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle. The stakes are high. Like heroism.

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8 cities share how racial justice is embedded into their climate plans

AGreenLiving

Boston Boston is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 by focusing on their 86,000 buildings. The city is also investing in seawalls to prevent erosion due to sea level rise. So as we make buildings more efficient and cleaner from a carbon perspective, can we also make them healthier buildings?

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. Gen Z's first "existential toolkit" for combating burnout while advocating for climate justice Bathroom Battlegrounds A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray (April 2020). Venus Lun, S.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Even if Earth does not have had Arctic sea ice in most of its history, it plays a crucial role in regulating our current climate. Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents. Sea level rising (not because of melting).