Energy Innovation

APRIL 2, 2019

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Earth’s rapid warming since the 19 th century offers a unique challenge to the research community in projecting the extent of sea level rise (SLR) by 2100 and beyond.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As things currently stand, these homes are at high risk of mortgage default if they are uninsured when an extreme weather event occurs. Property values are currently failing to take into account the impacts of worsening climate change, according to XDI, with the analysis calculating that homes are already over-valued by an average of 1.4

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2021

Calls for action to address economic risks from worrying climate scenarios have come from natural scientists for decades - now economists are lending their voices, writes the University of Delaware's Dr James Rising. Does unmitigated climate change carry the risk of economic collapse? every five years. A loss of 0.7

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

Preparing for the effects of climate change is not just about being ready for the next extreme weather event, like a hurricane, wildfire, or heat wave. Scientists have long warned that rising seas will bring high tides closer to buildings and roads and eat away at the shoreline.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 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]. Achieving and sustaining that level of action requires that people are not incapacitated by climate anxiety or despair.

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Christopher Kemper

JUNE 20, 2020

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION I have a deep love for the environment at all levels?—?not At a conceptual level, I believe that the ecosystem must be balanced and that among the largest issues facing the world?—?poverty climate change is among the largest issue that our generation faces. outdoors and wildlife.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

Preparing for the effects of climate change is not just about being ready for the next extreme weather event, like a hurricane, wildfire, or heat wave. Scientists have long warned that rising seas will bring high tides closer to buildings and roads and eat away at the shoreline.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Attempts to sue polluting companies and governments over their responsibility for climate change would have a greater chance of success if they made better use of the latest science, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. The study reviewed 73 climate litigation cases against polluters across 14 jurisdictions.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Whether we say climate justice, climate equity, the intersection of climate change and people or the social impacts of climate change, one thing is clear: Business has a role to play in addressing the structural inequity that causes low-income populations and communities of color to bear the brunt of the climate crisis. .

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Grist

AUGUST 10, 2023

As it flowed south on its way to the sea, the river continually poured sediment into the basin, gifting it with fresh, nutrient-rich river mud that replenished the land and prevented coastal erosion. But some scientists warn that sea-level rise is ultimately a wild card. Slowing down the bleed.”

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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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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Journalists from the Miami Herald to the BBC have crowned Miami, FL, Ground Zero, for the effects of Climate Change. In 2017 the city of Miami Beach dove into the second stage of its $400- to $500-million investment project, (which began in 2013), to raise roads and install pumps in response to annually rising sea-levels.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 7, 2021

IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It’s the United Nations’ climate-science-focused organization. The purpose of these reports is to provide everyone, particularly governing bodies, with the information they need to make important decisions regarding climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2021

Greater clarity about the trajectory of climate change – and the need for decisive action – appeared to be forthcoming from the latest summary from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on 9 August. And RCP8.5 Taking out the uncertainty. Policy response.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns, “India will see increased heat waves and heavy rainfall events, while glaciers will melt further, along with more compound events from rising sea-levels like flooding.” The report further states that “unequivocal human.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Photos I shot on a flight on September 4, 2021 illustrate what United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meant last month when he described the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report as a “code red” for human-driven global heating. Isle de Jean Charles on Aug. 22, 2021, before Ida arrived.

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Grist

MARCH 16, 2024

The unprecedented event reminded Joel Harper, a University of Montana glaciologist who works on the Greenland ice sheet, of a strange anomaly in his data, one that suggested that in 2008 it might have rained much later in the season — in the fall, when the region is typically in deep freeze and dark for almost 24 hours a day.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Accusing people of alarmism has long been a favorite tactic of climate deniers and those who oppose climate action. In Italy, daily newspaper Il Mattino published multiple interviews with climate deniers saying the record heat is “influenced by the sun’s cycles” and “isn’t news.” Changing Extremes.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

After decades of intense public debate and misinformation campaigns, nearly three-quarters of Americans now accept that climate change is happening ; not only that, more than half understand it is caused by human activity. But science education advocates aren’t too worried about the impact of the materials.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

The Art Island serves primarily as an events space and would be home to a large north-facing meadow that can host open cinemas, performances, markets and other events. Here is the original post: CX Landscape proposes futuristic coastal park in response to climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 23, 2021

They held banners with the phrase “The climate needs you” and giant alarm clocks to emphasise the urgency of tackling climate change. The action was organised by The Climate Coalition, a group of civil society organisations pushing for greater action on climate change. target alive is closing.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Anybody who’s watched the news over the past month will know that the effects of climate change are becoming too pressing to ignore. It sounds like the start of a disaster movie, but this is real life, just one month’s notable events in 2021. The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared to 1901-1971.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — the consortium of scientists responsible for summarizing the world’s climate knowledge and releasing it in roughly decadal, 3,000-plus-page installments — published its latest report on Monday, the findings were just as grim as usual. JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

2021 has been a scorching year for extreme heat events across North America - cities across the usually temperate Pacific Northwest reached temperatures as high as 117 degrees Fahrenheit in July. Her work in that role encompassed a variety of issues that intersected with climate change issues such as extreme weather and sea-level rise.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet, bringing with it increases in rainfall, flooding, drought, heatwaves, and sea levels that are already having significant implications for economies around the world.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 3, 2020

The study was inspired by a continuous rise in the number of coastal floods across the world, and it builds upon previous research from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Currently, about 148 million people experience flooding events across the world, but this could increase to 287 million by 2100.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Welsh Government said the updated planning policy - which is set to come into force on 1 December - would apply to local development plans and planning decisions in areas at risk of flooding and coastal erosion, in a move designed to boost the resilience of communities and the built environment against the worsening impacts of climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2022

As climate change brings more extreme weather, we must redouble our efforts to build a more resilient nation," said Floods Minister Rebecca Pow. "We Today, 9,000 kilometres of open English coast is at risk from sea flooding, erosion and landslips, and by 2100 once-a-century sea level events are set to become annual events," she said.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

Vano , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. Extreme weather events. Climate scientists often use global climate models (or Earth system models) to understand climate change impacts.

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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. Document 1: 1959. View on DocumentCloud. How did you trip over this first?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. In 2015, the Hague District Court in the Netherlands issued a landmark ruling — subsequently upheld on appeal — in a climate lawsuit brought by Urgenda and Dutch citizens against the national government. Climate action is a legal duty!

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

The findings offer new insight into corporate actors’ responsibility for the climate impact of worsening wildfires and strengthen the rapidly growing scientific field known as attribution science , which quantifies the influence of climate change on extreme weather events and connects pollution sources to observed climate impacts.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

The consequences of that imbalance are felt in water cycle disruptions, sea-level rises, far stronger storms and the spread of tropical diseases northward, he noted. It’s well-documented that climate change has a disproportionate impact on communities of color. Climate Change. Innovation. Technology.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

NOAA made this point in a recent statement: "Most models agree that climate change through the twenty-first century is likely to increase the average intensity and rainfall rates of hurricanes in the Atlantic and other basins." They are also about storm surges that exacerbate sea level rise and cause widespread flooding.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

Research shows ensuring businesses and communities know what local flood risks they face can boost resilience, writes Sara Mehryar at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. And in some cases, they can also create a false sense of security. Knowledge is power in flood-risk areas.

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Grist

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For issues as broad as climate change, the thinking goes, these creative folks could take academic findings and translate them for people who don’t speak the language of facts and numbers fluently. So how would working with artists help climate scientists communicate? Ingram: It’s an event, like regular bingo.

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