GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

In Indonesia, climate change is already a pernicious threat. More than 30 million people across northern Java suffer from coastal flooding and erosion related to more severe storms and sea level rise. In some places, entire villages and more than a mile of coastline have been lost to the sea.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Every four years, the federal government is required to gather up the leading research on how climate change is affecting Americans, boil it all down, and then publish a National Climate Assessment. The report outlines steps every level of government can take to combat the climate crisis.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

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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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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GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2020

But if the pandemic has laid bare America’s so-called "digital divide," climate change will only worsen the inequality that stems from it. Unless, that is, we can bring everyone’s internet up to speed, which is what Democratic lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis are hoping to do.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns. And indeed, some aspects of climate change, such as sea level rise, will go on well beyond that.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Anthropocene: Pushing Society Past Its Limits.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Tree-planting gained President Trump’s support in late January as a tool to fight climate change. The concept of nature-based solutions broadly refers to working with and enhancing nature to address major challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and poverty alleviation.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Building more resilient supply chains is a business imperative, especially as the likelihood for more disruption increases. In fact, workplace disruptions caused by climate change could lead to more than $2 trillion in productivity losses by 2030. Building resilience: Where do we go from here? . And so too is mitigation.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

With real collaboration and a healthy dose of courage, some gutsy decisions were made both in government and business. This year’s Climate Week commitments notwithstanding, we haven’t shown the same guts and drive on climate as on COVID. We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2021

Cost of climate change could hit $30tr a year by 2075 - upwards of five per cent of GDP - according to major new survey from Institute for Policy Integrity. In the US, President Biden made the launch a major review of the federal government's climate impact modelling one of his first acts as President.

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

As COVID-19 rampages through vulnerable minority populations with tragic consequences, and protests for racial justice surge among a similar demographic, city climate planners see a renewed focus on climate justice. The city is also investing in seawalls to prevent erosion due to sea level rise. .

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is helping to bring transparency to climate risk throughout capital markets, with the aim of making markets more efficient and economies more stable and resilient. . Risk & Resilience. Finance & Investing. Trucost, S&P Global. Sponsored Article.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

New study identifies 20 local authorities across England where thousands of properties could be lost to the sea by 2050. Nearly 200,000 English properties are at risk of being abandoned by the 2050s due to climate change-induced sea level rise, according to a major new study published today.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Efforts to prevent global warming from worsening, known in the jargon as climate mitigation, have long dominated governments' response to the climate crisis. In contrast, strategies to ensure the world can better cope with the threat posed by escalating climate impacts have been somewhat sidelined.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2022

The government has today announced the launch of a new £36m programme to help coastal communities respond to escalating climate-related flood and erosion risks. As climate change brings more extreme weather, we must redouble our efforts to build a more resilient nation," said Floods Minister Rebecca Pow. "We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2020

New research highlights relationship between climate risk and sovereign risk, and outlines steps governments can take to avoid 'ever-worsening' spiral of climate vulnerability and unsustainable debt burdens. There is an urgent need to boost investment in climate adaptation and resilience.

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Grist

MARCH 16, 2021

Now, the boot is losing a football field of land every hour to the rising tide. In order to save the state from sea-level rise, the Louisiana state government is embarking on a series of years-long, multi-billion dollar projects to slow the rate of land loss. But there are efforts underway to change that.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Cyclone Amphan slammed into countries surrounding the Sea of Bengal this May. The storm was the second most powerful the region has seen in two decades, affecting over 12 million people in four countries. In Bangladesh, the water surged up to 4. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Bears Ears National Monument, Utah: Trump ended tribal governance. That's the main thing that the government is afraid of, that's why they don't want these protests going on.". Bureau of Land Management] and all these other government entities as part of the planning for the whole monument.". We've already been written off.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Hundreds of cities around the world are facing significant climate hazards such as flooding, extreme heat, and devastating storms, yet many still do not have adaptation and resilience plans in place to address these intensifying threats, according to a sobering new report from CDP.

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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Planning policy amendments designed to drive development away from areas at risk of flooding and coastal erosion, according to Welsh Government. The same tests are set to apply to developments deemed "less vulnerable" in areas at high risk of flooding.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Stark new report argues governments and businesses risk coming to COP26 with 'grievously undercooked' climate resilience plans. The watchdog found that the UK is poised to face a significant intensification of climate-related impacts over the coming decades, even if governments prove successful at curbing emissions.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Most often, climate change is associated with a decrease in groundwater, fueled by worsening drought and evaporative demand. But in some areas, this water is actually creeping higher, thanks to rising sea levels and more intense rainfall , bringing a surge of problems for which few communities are prepared.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

World’s top scientists have sounded alarm over intensifying impacts of climate change, warning that nature protection must be at the heart of efforts to tackle the problem. temperature goal agreed by governments. temperature goal agreed by governments.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 3, 2019

Climate Action Planning Creating Low Carbon Resilient Communities, an adaptation blueprint for communities, will take place on August 7, 2019 1:15 to 2:45 PM EDT. The panelists are the authors of Climate Action Planning (published by Island Press). This is an Island Press Webinar Series. Meet the Panelists Tammy L.

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Grist

MARCH 7, 2022

From scenes of scared Americans fleeing to Mexico in The Day After Tomorrow to the Biden administration’s discussion of migration as a matter of national security , climate migration is often viewed by wealthier nations as one of the many negative impacts of climate change.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

State and federal officials move forward plans and policies for water conservation, conveyance, and climate resilience. Kermanian , and Julie Miles The winter of 2022-23 brought historic levels of precipitation to California after years of deep drought , dwindling reservoirs, and groundwater depletion. By Michael G.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thousands of the world's leading climate scientists, after over three years of work, today delivered yet another landmark report on the state of the climate and ecological emergency the world now faces. Today's IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership. 2/2) [link].

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Today the world's leading climate scientists delivered the clearest picture yet of the scale of the climate crisis that is already unfolding, as well as the likely impacts of further temperature rises over the course of century. If we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe.

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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

MARCH 20, 2023

Current and future risks from climate change are far worse than previously estimated, but urgent action is still possible to “secure a liveable future for all.” The release is from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, a United Nations body of leading climate experts from around the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

His comments were echoed by Emma Cox, global sustainability and climate change leader at PwC, who stressed that the report was a valuable business resource. Climate science should remain the hard basis for all decision making and target setting. Under higher emissions scenarios, two metres of sea level rise cannot be ruled out.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

When fossil fuel companies found out about the link between their product and climate change decades ago , they did everything they could to hide it. Today, denying the reality of climate change isn’t as easy, and it is certainly more controversial. They lied, manipulated, and deceived.

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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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