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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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Why We Should All Be Concerned About the Environment

The Environmental Blog

What is climate change and why should we be concerned about it. Climate change refers to a broad array of environmental degradation that is predicted to result from increasing levels of atmospheric CO2, including global warming , alterations in precipitation, sea level changes, and more extreme weather events.

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Texas ERCOT Board Approves Program for Texans With Home Solar+Battery to Provide Energy to the Grid

Green Living Guy

By Jennifer Runyon on Renewable Energy World Homeowners across the world have been investing in rooftop solar PV for at least two decades, with much of that investment taking place over the past five years. As battery pricing has dropped, many of those same solar enthusiasts have added energy storage to their arrays so they […].

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Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil, research warns

Business Green

More than nine million hectares of land earmarked for potential palm oil cultivation in Indonesia risks becoming stranded assets if investments and regulations shift towards supporting the global climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, new research suggests. The research warns that under a 1.5C

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Campaigners have long argued that while major fossil fuel companies are spending big sums on publicly pushing messages that suggest they are committed to decarbonizing by investing in greener forms of energy, in reality, the overwhelming majority of their capital expenditure still goes towards oil and gas. Climate Strategy.

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Greener buildings: How to make offices, warehouses, factories, and shops more climate resilient

Business Green

Hosted in association with Equans, the latest BusinessGreen webinar explored how firms can ensure buildings remain safe and productive as climate impacts intensify Climate action is typically cleaved into two broad categories. This is a kind of mindset issue, as opposed to a huge investment issue," Limbert said.

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This is climate tech

Business Green

The stunning array of technologies emerging to decarbonize the world and make it more habitable for flora, fauna and humans goes far beyond cleantech 2.0. Research released several years ago by the World Bank estimated the opportunity for smaller climate tech firms at more than $1.6tr. They are in service of helping the climate.".