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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

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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Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration

Green Tech Challenge

Aquaculture and Ocean Acidification When mixed with seawater, carbon dioxide produces an acid which corrodes calcium, making shell formation and bone growth particularly difficult. In other regions, select fish species are unable to survive the heat resulting from climate change. million metric tons.

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5 Diet Tips For A Healthy Planet

Green Living Guy

The delicate balance upholding all life on Earth is in danger, and to prevent the worse from befalling all living creatures, there’s the need for major changes. Some of these changes will even affect our choice of food because as more people become conscious of the effects of human activity on the planet, they’ll begin asking more questions.

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Habits of Waste unveils free app to help you be an imperfect vegan

AGreenLiving

The truth is that even small changes make a big impact. Sometimes, we lose sight of that when we’re feeling hopeless about the state of pollution, global warming, climate change , deforestation, etc. The problems with meat and seafood It’s well-documented that a plant-based diet is a huge win for the planet.

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Biden’s Call to Increase LNG Export Capacity on Gulf Coast is Tantamount To Sarah Palin’s Call to ‘Drill Baby Drill’ According to Environmental Advocates

DeSmogBlog

million tons of carbon dioxide a year, two known carcinogens, and other emissions that are harmful to the environment, including particulates and oxides of nitrogen. Anne Rolfes, founder of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade questioned what the project would do to the seafood industry. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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The results are in from the Arctic’s annual checkup

Grist

This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The permafrost continues to thaw, potentially releasing up to 600 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year. The impacts of a changing Arctic are not confined to those who live there.