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The Overview Effect

Grist

The 90-year-old man, the oldest person to go to space, said humans can’t continue “burying our heads in the sand” about climate change, and that “we’re at a tipping point.”. climate conference in Poland they needed a “ reality check ” on climate change. Sending everyone into orbit clearly isn’t an option.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

The objective of the convention was to: “ Stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climatic system.” – UNFCCC , What is the United Nations Framework on Climate Change? ppm in 2020.

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