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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.

Grist

The new research adds to the urgency of conversations about climate change, just weeks before leaders all over the world are expected to travel to Dubai to meet for the United Nation’s annual climate change conference, COP28. Hansen was the first to sound the alarm on climate change in 1988 in testimony to Congress.

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Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. The latter gets you a pink badge and coveted access to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) diplomatic process.

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'Half measures won't halve emissions': The green economy reacts to IPCC's climate solutions report

Business Green

Yet while that very broad assessment certainly remains true, today's intervention from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was always going to be a little different. This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. on the table. And it is damning.

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How the net zero sceptics' medieval arguments are being overwhelmed by a very modern reality

Business Green

Upfront investments in low carbon infrastructure deliver much faster paybacks than they did a year ago, because the fossil fuels they displace are orders of magnitude more expensive. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Climate Related Excerpts from the Ninth Democratic Primary Debate

Green Market Oracle

BIDEN: It [climate change] is the existential threat humanity faces, global warming. I went out to tech -- you have a facility where you have one of the largest, largest solar panel arrays in the world. That is more important than the profits of the fossil fuel industry.

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Inflation Reduction Act: 10 ways it will turbocharge US climate action (and one way it won't)

Business Green

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. After decades of gridlock, the US looks set to pass sweeping climate legislation for the first time. of global warming by 2050.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

But that ethos created an unintended outcome: An expanding body of research shows that the West’s overgrown forests are fueling unnaturally severe wildfires that can cause irreparable ecological damage and massive economic loss. This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity.