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Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change

Andrew Winston

Need to explain the “why” of climate change action? Even ExxonMobil, a company that has spent decades muddying the science on climate change, wrote in a recent report : “[On] a list of the biggest challenges facing humankind … addressing poverty and climate change would be at the top.”)

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“It makes climate change worse:” Carbon credit projects claiming to regrow forests are failing

Renew Economy

The post “It makes climate change worse:” Carbon credit projects claiming to regrow forests are failing appeared first on RenewEconomy. New research from three Australian universities shows forest regrowth projects show little improvement, many going backwards.

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Combating climate change: A study of embodied carbon

GreenBiz

A retrospective study of Portland’s iconic Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building sheds light on how the design and construction industry can do more to combat global warming.

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Hidden Fossil Fuels: Plastic Production Drives Climate Change

NRDC onEarth

Study shows that plastic production could be nearly one third of the global carbon budget and emits four times more greenhouse gases than the airline industry.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Climate change is here. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course? What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course? We see it in many ways already. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0

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Is carbon sequestration on farms actually working to fight climate change?

GreenBiz

There's an emerging market to pay farmers to store more carbon in the soil by using improved agricultural practices. But some scientists are questioning whether these efforts will actually help slow global warming.

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Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change

GreenBiz

Packed with insights, Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change is a deep dive into the Family Forest Carbon Program’s innovative financing strategies.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers.