GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. The battle against climate change is vital.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Blistering heatwaves and devastating flood events are set to take an ever greater toll on the UK's mental and physical health, according to the Climate Coalition. Governments must urgently recognise the threat posed by climate change and set the recovery on a green pathway that enshrines planetary and public health above all else.".

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Grist

JUNE 1, 2021

A new study suggests that climate change was responsible for many of those deaths. The paper, published Monday in Nature Climate Change, scrutinized summertime deaths in 43 countries between 1991 and 2018 — the largest collection of heat mortality data ever assembled. on Jun 1, 2021.

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Grist

JANUARY 24, 2024

.” Pedja Stojicic, instructor at Harvard’s school of public health The spotlight As climate impacts intensify, health care professionals are increasingly finding themselves at the front lines. From the perils of extreme heat to the spread of infectious diseases, climate change is a health crisis.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 17, 2019

As we all know that climate change is one of the most significant challenges that we are facing in this century. Vietnam, known for its beaches, rivers, and bustling cities, is considered as one of the countries which are significantly impacted by global climate change. Current Status of Climate Change in Vietnam.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A group of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), in New South Wales, will lead a symposium on the impact of climate change and other environmental challenges on Antarctica, and what can be done to preserve the continent’s biodiversity in response to these threats.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 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]. Among the projections: climate impacts worsen nearly 60 percent of infectious diseases. Source: Mora et al.

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2022

This story is part of Grist’s Coming to our Senses series, a weeklong exploration of how climate change is reshaping the way we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste the world around us. But loons, like so many other birds, are threatened by climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Canada’s major pension funds are dragging their heels on climate change, according to a new report from Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health. Shift Action is a charitable initiative that seeks to protect pensions and the climate by tracking pension fund investments and comparing them with climate policies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

“ The Future of Workplace Sustainability Report ” explores how sustainability, climate change and COVID-19 are shaping the future of the workplace. ” This year Unily seemingly embarked on its own sustainability journey to actively review how they can do more as a company to reduce the impact of climate change.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The study details how increasing incidences of heat stress are leading to worsening working conditions, increasing the risk of short and long-term health complications for workers, and undermining productivity in many markets around the world. Dasgupta said.

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Grist

APRIL 21, 2023

Common wisdom says that the average person doesn’t care about climate change because they think its effects will unfold in the far-off future or in faraway places. This point is repeated ad infinitum in tips about how to talk about the climate crisis, in books, articles, and guides for public officials. One problem?

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. In 2022, an estimated 600,000 people were exposed to rising seas along these coastlines.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I think it’s funny that humans have this enormous taboo about a biological function that’s ultimately going to help us survive climate change,” said Sarah Everts, the author of The Joy of Sweat. Worryingly, climate change is also driving up the moisture content of the air, especially in the tropics.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

The reality of climate change came home for Dr. Samantha Ahdoot one summer day in 2011 when her son was 9 years old. She is the lead author of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ newly updated policy statement on climate change, which appeared earlier this year. There was a heat wave.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Director of Policy & Advisory Services | Dylan Green | Remote. The successful executive must know how to manage and mentor a team of individual consultants specializing in climate change issues. Health Insurance. Duties and Responsibilities. Departmental growth and new business responsibilities. Job Type: Full-time.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

CALGARY — Alberta Ecotrust Foundation , Calgary Climate Hub and Clean Energy Canada announced today that a recent poll shows 63 percent of Calgarians believe Calgary’s future as a vibrant city is at risk if we do not become a leader in addressing climate change. Brian Singh, data science and behavioural economist of ZincTank.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Concerned by potential climatic consequences, the foundation had proposed a conference on the “ Carbon Dioxide Content of the Atmosphere ” — an informal symposium that would allow a selected panel of experts to clarify their thinking and crystallize their ideas for “future scientific research” on the topic. Government.

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Sustainability Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We all know climate change has impacted our lives over the decades—from delaying when the leaves change each season to the erosion of magnificent places like the Arctic and the Rockies. But you may not have considered how climate change will impact our food options. She added “.a

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a group of 14 heads of government [3], ‘The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy’ assesses global to local climate impacts on three of the largest sources of ocean-based revenue and jobs – coral reef tourism, wild capture fisheries and marine aquaculture.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

By 2100, the likelihood of unusually intense fire seasons happening in a given year will have increased by 31 to 57 percent, depending on the rate of global climate change. That will create a vicious cycle in which climate change and wildfires intensify each other. The stakes are high.

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The City Fix

JULY 7, 2021

As countries are raising their ambitions in advance of COP26 in Glasgow, more and more attention is turning to the role cities can play in addressing climate change. For urban residents, this is not an academic discussion. As the planet. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus On Thursday, January 4th – just four days prior to the start of the 2024 legislative session in Olympia – we’ll gather at Amazon’s Day 1 Building in Seattle to preview a critical year for carbon policy and clean energy innovation.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Today’s children are facing climate crisis-related health issues, warns The Lancet ’s Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the annual research collaboratively conducted by 35 global institutions.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Climate change disinformation on YouTube has morphed into a misleading new narrative, according to a report published today. With compounding disasters making it harder to deny that climate change is happening, creators spreading disinformation have pivoted to content that targets clean energy.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Ahead of next week's Net Zero Nature Summit, Sarah McDonald, vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare, reveals how the company is collaborating on a call to action to ensure climate and health strategies are better aligned. What's already happening and what's missing?

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

UK and US researchers have run the numbers on the huge costs of runaway climate change – and the myriad benefits of achieving net zero emissions. How much could climate change impacts cost the UK economy, and how much will it cost the UK to decarbonise and avoid the worst of these impacts? per cent by 2050 rising to 7.4

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Published on 20 Februar in Nature Climate Change , the study appeared to find that exported used vehicles generate at least 13-53% more emissions per mile than those that are scrapped or on the road in Great Britain.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On a more hopeful note, the report points out that “the degree to which climate change will continue to worsen is largely in human hands,” and “the benefits of deep emission cuts for current and future generations are expected to far outweigh the costs.” Let them know you support policies to cut GHG emissions and improve resilience.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2021

The racial and social disparities exposed by the September fire are emblematic of a broader picture: Communities of color, low-income people, and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, according to community activists across Cascadia. But can they?

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 15, 2023

The lawsuit is the first in US to rely on a state’s constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment to challenge policies that fuel climate change. The post Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent appeared first on RenewEconomy. It won’t be the last.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Hence, as climate change worsens, so do healthcare costs. Both the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) jointly warn that because of these serious healthcare and medical costs, climate change is essentially a public health crisis.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 29, 2020

There’s one image that comes to mind when people talk about climate change and Covid-19. Most people are ‘thinking ‘climate advocates must be celebrating this as victory’. The big problem in this logic is simple: the general public is incorrectly linking economic loss with climate change gain.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 29, 2020

There’s one image that comes to mind when people talk about climate change and Covid-19. Most people are ‘thinking ‘climate advocates must be celebrating this as victory’. The big problem in this logic is simple: the general public is incorrectly linking economic loss with climate change gain.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 29, 2020

There’s one image that comes to mind when people talk about climate change and Covid-19. Most people are ‘thinking ‘climate advocates must be celebrating this as victory’. The big problem in this logic is simple: the general public is incorrectly linking economic loss with climate change gain.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2021

Working under the banner 'Health Care Without Harm', the new group has formed "in recognition of the severe health implications of climate change" and has committed to deliver on a new Road Map that aims to reduce the sector's emissions by 44 gigatons of CO2 over 36 years.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. On the policy front, it is worth looking at the detail of what is being proposed. How wrong was I?

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