AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A study recently published in Nature found that glacier-based freshwater systems are highly threatened by climate change. Narratives on climate change must shift to include discussions on mountain ice melt and loss and not just revolve around sea level rise. ” + Nature Image via Ashish Verma.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

An all-you-need-to-know guide to the IPCC's must-read scientific dossier on the true scale of the climate crisis now facing the global economy. For 30 years, the science underpinning climate change, and humanity's role in driving it, has never been in much doubt. Warming is likely to reach 1.5C within next 20 years.

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Grist

AUGUST 10, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its sixth report on the science of climate change Monday, and the United Nations is calling the conclusions a “code red for humanity.” It’s probably one of the most important things we can be doing in the climate community right now.”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, and some parts of the Middle East and China. Changing Extremes. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Her work in that role encompassed a variety of issues that intersected with climate change issues such as extreme weather and sea-level rise. Gilbert explains that in her previous role, heat wasn't the initial concern when making connections between the climate crisis, public safety and city planning.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

As the former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger noted: "the main lesson we have to learn is this: Covid-19 is a dress rehearsal for climate change…". To understand and respond to the threat of climate change we need to imagine the risks of inaction, the range of responses available to us and their implications," Looney argued.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

The UN Secretary General has once again called on political leaders to meet their international climate finance promises, as he this morning addressed the launch of a two-day climate conference co-hosted by G7 host Germany and the Egyptian COP27 Presidency. And let's ensure that those who need funding most can access it.".

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

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Grist

AUGUST 9, 2021

Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now at their highest point for at least 2 million years. Sea level rising so fast? of heating, heavy rain and flooding are projected to intensify in Europe, North America and most regions of Africa and Asia. “We When was the last time we saw heating this fast? Oceans so acidic?

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 1, 2020

Europe suffered through brutal heatwaves that broke records in more than a dozen countries. It is know to be related to wildfires , drought, extreme weather, sea level rise and crop failures. As people suffer through these severe climate impacts, the actions of the federal governments in both the U.S.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting some of the most dangerous climate impacts. We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order to keep global warming below 1.5 2022 saw flooding, drought and severe.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

But in the context of one of the world's biggest security issues - climate change - threats and adaptations are evolving at pace. In summer 2021, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raised the threat level posed by climate change to a ' code red for humanity'. Carbon bootprints.

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Grist

JULY 31, 2019

Greenland does melt in the summer, but this year it started early: by May , temperatures were already breaking records and sea ice was retreating faster than usual. And now, the extreme heat wave that was plaguing Europe for the past week has moved up to the icy country. Well it turns out that heat in Greenland is everyone’s problem.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. He dubbed his project “ Dirty Pearls: exposing Shell’s hidden legacy of climate change accountability, 1970-1990.”

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

In the words of Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary General of the United Nations, "Climate change is the single greatest threat to a sustainable future but, addressing the climate challenge presents an opportunity to promote prosperity, security and a brighter future for all.".

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to the IPCC's latest sobering warning on the worsening climate crisis The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has this afternoon published a major report setting out why action to tackle greenhouse emissions is so critical and where efforts to tackle the crisis should be concentrated.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 3, 2021

Oil and Gas Majors Receive New Marching Orders It was a big month for how oil and gas companies approach climate change. First, in a landmark ruling, Dutch courts ordered Shell to cut emissions 45% by 2030, in order to be consistent with the Paris Climate Accords. degrees celsius. Department of Energy.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

for a new fund that focuses on digitization and decarbonization investments in Europe. Exits 🛵 Cake , a Stockholm, Sweden-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, was acquired by Espen Digernes for an undisclosed amount. New Funds Verdane , an Oslo, Norway-based investment firm, raised $1.2b

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal. Sea level rising (not because of melting).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Former Attorney General Suella Braverman was probably the most vocal in her opposition to climate action during the Tory leadership race, vowing to “suspend the all-consuming desire to achieve Net Zero by 2050”. Badenoch has insisted she does “believe in climate change”, but said “there is a better way of going about these things.”.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

words by Henry Lewis Introduction As the clock continues ticking toward the collective future of the human species on planet Earth, there are still some among us who are either skeptics or out-right deniers of climate change. coal first and then later oil and natural gas?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” He estimates that 70 metres of his property has been swallowed up by sea level rise since he moved there in 1998, with trees and wetlands washed away as the ocean advanced bit by bit with each passing year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

In the same week as the IPCC warned the world was on track for escalating climate impacts unless it moves swiftly to slash emissions to net zero, the Italian island of Sicily looks to have registered the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe. Brazil announces $4bn 'sustainable' coal mining plan.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Meanwhile, Gulf states have indicated their determination to extract every drop of fuel from their land, with COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber even casting doubt on the science of climate change at the conference in Dubai earlier this month. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. HH: Right, that’s the thing.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

The idea that there are "12 years left" on climate change comes from the big IPCC 1.5 As I say below, what it means is that humanity has until 2030 to dramatically cut emissions (in half) to avoid some of the worst of a changing climate.nobody is saying the world will end in 2030. So let me clarify it a bit. Watch this space.

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