Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. David McNew / Getty Images.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

Scientists said the deluge and its aftermath — not the county’s first “100-year flood” in recent years — are a harbinger of the intense and dangerous rainstorms that a warming climate is making more likely. Nicky Sundt, a climate expert and former communications director for the U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 1, 2024

| Photo by George Rose / Getty Images 2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record. It’s been almost a decade since the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to stop global warming. It has demonstrated its resilience.”

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate. Excerpted from " Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change " by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press. Barbara Freese. Sat, 05/16/2020 - 14:20.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference. Before I start my speech, I'd like to add my condolences to the Committee on Climate Change and everyone who knew Professor Dame Georgina Mace. That goal is what my speech today is all about. -.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

By 2100, the likelihood of unusually intense fire seasons happening in a given year will have increased by 31 to 57 percent, depending on the rate of global climate change. The rise in the number and frequency of wildfires will exacerbate global warming by releasing the carbon stored in trees.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Forests are essential for agriculture and preventing climate change. The trees absorb carbon dioxide which contributes to global warming. about 10 million hectares of forest are cut down each year. So, how can we save our forests? One idea is to turn deserts into forests, a technique known as desert greening.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

CSA enhances soil health and builds climate resilience, while aiming to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. We evaluate if this sustainable agricultural practice can serve as a climate-smart agricultural practice in terms of food production, soil health, and environmental sustainability. What is biochar?

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 4, 2022

The post Is Bitcoin Mining Contributing to Climate Change? The catch is that this process uses a lot of energy, emitting significant quantities of greenhouse gases (GHG). According to a BanklessTimes analysis, […]. appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Companies have a part to play in ambitious climate action — not least because it increasingly makes strong economic sense, writes UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo. Today, all business leaders must become climate leaders in their own spheres of influence and raise their voices with ours.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

To avoid the worst consequences of global warming, report after report has stressed the importance of cutting emissions. Climate-resilient infrastructure. More climate-resilient infrastructure adds about 3 percent to upfront costs but provides $4 in benefits for every $1 of cost.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What is climate change and why should we be concerned about it. Climate change refers to a broad array of environmental degradation that is predicted to result from increasing levels of atmospheric CO2, including global warming , alterations in precipitation, sea level changes, and more extreme weather events.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 15, 2021

To learn more about this project, visit our Carbon Mapper page. . In addition, the Carbon Mapper consortium announced its plan to deploy a ground-breaking hyperspectral satellite constellation with the ability to pinpoint, quantify and track point-source methane and CO 2 emissions. To read the press release in full, click here.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the latest round of climate talks taking place in Glasgow, the report finds that net zero pledges could make a big difference. If fully implemented, these pledges could bring the predicted global temperature rise to 2.2°C,

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

California is becoming a poster child for the risks utilities face from climate change, from power lines starting wildfires to heat waves forcing increasingly renewable-powered grids to the brink of system collapse.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Companies are chasing profits from product innovations such as plant-based meat but failing to invest in supply chain resilience, study finds. Yet beyond product innovation, the report warns food firms are not doing nearly enough to build resilience in their supply chains against drought and other climate-related risks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

AXA has teamed up with a host of environmental and agricultural groups on a fresh initiative to study the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on hundreds hectares of forest that the insurance and investment giant owns in France, with a view to developing fresh solutions for restoring damaged forests and boosting climate resilience.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Program Director Emily Jack-Scott and a full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link]. Among the projections: climate impacts worsen nearly 60 percent of infectious diseases. Source: Mora et al.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

From 2007 to 2017, land-based ecosystems like the vast boreal forests of Canada and the Amazon rainforest removed roughly a third of anthropogenic carbon emissions from the atmosphere. A new study from a research team at the University of Michigan found that even a relatively small temperature increase of 1.6

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 30, 2021

Many humans believe that we can outsmart climate change. As global temperatures rise, our brains could face severe roadblocks. The post How Does Climate Change Impact the Brain? After all, we are one of the most intelligent species on Earth, right? Well, this may be a temporary standing.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Hosted in association with Equans, the latest BusinessGreen webinar explored how firms can ensure buildings remain safe and productive as climate impacts intensify Climate action is typically cleaved into two broad categories. Here are some of the key takeaways.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Carbon intensive companies in the U.S. are facing growing pressure to clean up their lobbying activity, with a host of institutional investors this week issuing an urgent call to 47 of the largest greenhouse gas emitters to disclose how their corporate advocacy aligns with the most ambitious climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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Grist

MARCH 20, 2023

Current and future risks from climate change are far worse than previously estimated, but urgent action is still possible to “secure a liveable future for all.” The release is from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, a United Nations body of leading climate experts from around the world.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

In practice, much of our work centers around developing global climate change solutions to save the planet. In 2019, Lance Bottoms and Lyles testified before Congress on Atlanta’s and Charlotte’s steps to create a more climate resilient city. The bold leadership of these women mayors is inspiring.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Fish accounts for about 17 per cent of the global population's intake of animal proteins, but this share can be 50 per cent or higher in some developing countries - meaning it has a vital role in sustaining a healthy global population. These impacts are only expected to get worse with global warming reaching 1.5°C

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. But global warming and other climate change impacts are negatively impacting these economies, particularly the resulting and increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

An area of seagrass and rock on the seabed, Mediterranean sea, France: “Blue carbon” ecosystems could prevent approximately 1 gigatonne of CO2e from entering the atmosphere by 2050, says the report. Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) welcomes seven new and existing signatories to the updated Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment: CannonDesign, Deutsche Bank, GI Quo Vadis, Grab, Lamington Group, QIC Real Estate (QICRE), and Schneider Electric.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Urgent action is needed to shift food and agriculture from a driver of climate change and biodiversity loss to a solution, with positive outcomes for producers, companies and consumers. Cutting methane emissions is the most immediate opportunity we have to slow the global warming rate and prevent irreversible damage to the planet.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2022

Bedford 2030 addresses the urgent issue of climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the preservation of natural resources. organize a grassroots effort in our community to achieve aggressive climate action goals identified in the Bedford Climate Action Plan.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Majority of risk experts and the general public in the UK view climate change as the number one threat facing society, ahead of future pandemics and economic instability. The anecdotal evidence that the public is more concerned about the climate crisis than ever before is now routinely being backed up by comprehensive polling.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Irish Sea is under significant and increasing pressure from climate change and activities like fishing, aquaculture, development, shipping, aggregates, military activity, recreation and pollution. The Irish Sea will also be affected by global warming. Oceans store 20-35 per cent of human-made carbon emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Speaking at the launch of the report yesterday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres rejected suggestions the escalating coronavirus outbreak could provide a silver lining for the climate in the form of lower greenhouse gas emissions this year. "We

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Global warming and climate change are to blame for creating the strong winds and low humidity that are currently turning California into a tinderbox. Climate change is considered a key driver of this trend.” View original here: Climate change heightens Californias drought and wildfire risks.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

The chairs of 14 major UK pension firms collectively managing £267.9bn of assets have come together to form a new net zero alliance, pledging to align their investment portfolios with the Paris Agreement's more stretching target of capping global warming at 1.5C.

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