The politics of climate change and ESG are about to get ugly
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2021
During 2022, climate and mandatory ESG reporting will be on the ballot in scores of states and localities.
Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it. According to the group’s scorecard , Vault 100 firms: litigated 286 cases exacerbating climate change (versus three cases mitigating it).
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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 19, 2021
Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But the scientists also see opportunities: conserving, managing and restoring ecosystems for example can mitigate climate change and enable adaptation to its impacts while also enhancing biodiversity.
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60% of Americans blame fossil fuel companies for climate change
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 27, 2021
A recent poll found that 60% of Americans believe gas and oil companies are to blame for the climate crisis. The poll, commissioned by The Guardian, Vice News and Covering Climate Now, sought Americans' views on the climate issue.
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Are Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner and the like to blame for jet-fueled climate change?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Political leaders should leverage the private jetting industry to drive further advancements in sustainable aviation.
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How to Build a Political Mandate to Get Off Fossil Fuels
Energy Central
APRIL 10, 2024
For years, the priority of many environmentalists has been to get the public to care about climate change via data and science — to agree that we do, indeed, have a problem that needs fixing. And it’s time for the climate community to reorient toward empathy, and approach people’s pressing.
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The Greatest Crisis Facing the Nation May Not Be Climate Change
Energy Central
JULY 7, 2022
Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Chief Justice Roberts are telling us something We the People need to consider as we vote in 2022 and 2024 Before climate change or any other issue of the day is adequately dealt with, the political system must be repaired.
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Saul Griffith on Mobilizing America to Fight Climate Change and Win the Future
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 23, 2020
It will take a massive war-time mobilization effort to effectively address the climate emergency, argues Saul Griffith — inventor, MacArthur genius fellow, CEO of Otherlab , and co-founder of Rewiring America , an organization dedicated to creating millions of American jobs while combating climate change.
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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2021
Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But the scientists also see opportunities: conserving, managing and restoring ecosystems for example can mitigate climate change and enable adaptation to its impacts while also enhancing biodiversity.
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What’s the Role for New Nuclear Power in the Fight Against Climate Change?
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 8, 2021
But some opponents claim new nuclear power could have the opposite effect, slowing the fight against human-caused climate change just when things should be speeding up. Nuclear skeptics such as David Toke, who researches energy politics at the University of Aberdeen in the U.K., Similar challenges have been leveled against U.S.
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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.
Grist
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
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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UK boards ignore climate change, says international research study
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Almost half of UK boards spent zero hours discussing climate change this year. A third of UK boards feel little or no responsibility for climate change. These findings highlight that significant change is needed. A marked change in outlook is needed.”. Nordic boards lead the way on climate change.
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The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility
Andrew Winston
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
They have developed an excellent framework on how companies should think about their political influence. Most companies rely on a dated model of engagement on policy with governments and civil society, compartmentalizing their political influence activities into an organizational silo, just as they used to do with their supply chains. (By
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The political and media establishment ignored climate – but voters didn’t
Renew Economy
MAY 23, 2022
Media outlets and big political parties ignored climate change. The post The political and media establishment ignored climate – but voters didn’t appeared first on RenewEconomy. Will they recognise their mistake, as the issue gets bigger for voters?
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Net Zero Festival: Amber Rudd on the politics of climate change
Business Green
OCTOBER 4, 2021
VIDEO: Former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd speaks to Lucy Seigle about overcoming the political barriers to climate action. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently said the answer to the net zero challenge was "not so much technical as political".
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Italian Oil Giant Eni Knew About Climate Change More Than 50 Years Ago, Report Reveals
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Among the atmospheric changes listed was “climatic modifications.” Another section of the report stated that the increase of carbon dioxide “in the atmosphere is considered a potential cause of climate change.” In 1992, Eni claimed it needed more research before taking action on climate change.
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The world’s first climate change report card is in
The Verge: Energy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
By pushing nations to slash their greenhouse gas emissions, the global accord strives to avoid climate change so extreme that life on Earth would struggle to adapt. The United Nations’ polite prose glosses over what is a truly damning report card for global climate efforts.” The planet has gotten about 1.2
Why Tackle Climate Change? To Save Craft Beer and Outdoor Sports
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 25, 2020
Sports have always been political to some degree. On this show, we speak to Danny and Steve about why they decided to be more outspoken on climate issues, about leadership and corporate responsibility, and about how sports and beer are intertwined with one of the biggest challenges of our time. Do It for the Beer.
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The politics of climate change and ESG are about to get ugly
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 13, 2021
During 2022, climate and mandatory ESG reporting will be on the ballot in scores of states and localities. Excerpt from: The politics of climate change and ESG are about to get ugly.
Canadians need to see climate change solutions work
Clean Energy Canada
DECEMBER 22, 2021
In a time not so long ago, few Canadians would have said they really felt climate change. In a September poll , 60 per cent described the temperatures where they lived as hotter due to climate change, while nearly two-thirds claimed this summer’s wildfires made global warming a more urgent issue for them.
Freak storm or political climate change?
Business Green
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Philip Box of the UK Green Building Council discusses the fallout from the latest changes in Westminster. The PM has already begun spending his Christmas political capital at a rate of knots, clearly hoping he can get the controversy out of the way early (a tactic that Mr Cameron would say can have mixed results).
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Climate Politics
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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Q&A: The Causal Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 3, 2022
Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. But new research suggests the reverse is also true: Not only is climate change contributing to greater inequality, but inequality is also fueling climate change.
My Vote for the Most Under-Appreciated Impact of Climate Change
Energy Central
JULY 24, 2023
Just like politics, climate change is playing out both locally and globally these days. I saw a bit of it last week here in Vermont, as you probably know from the national media attention to the rain and floods that the state faced.
A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics
DeSmogBlog
JULY 26, 2023
This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”.
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Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC’s Top Business Lobby Group
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 29, 2023
A business lobby group that regularly meets with top elected officials and policymakers in British Columbia is now being led by someone who once argued that human-caused climate change is an “untested proposition.” The post Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC’s Top Business Lobby Group appeared first on DeSmog.
Why Words Matter in the Fight Against Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 19, 2022
Your answer could say a lot about your views on climate change, explains Genevieve Guenther. But a growing concern about the climate crisis caused her to switch gears — and her research — to climate communication. How did you go from being an English professor to a climate activist?
Will climate change swing India's election?
Eco-Business
MARCH 30, 2024
As the world's largest democracy heads for the polls, India's political parties have been concerningly quiet about climate change.
Here's Why Coronavirus And Climate Change Are Different Sorts Of Policy Problems
Forbes Green Tech
MARCH 15, 2020
The contrast between the rapid response to Coronavirus and policy waffling on climate change reveals (a) how citizens think of risk and how this shapes their willingness to incur costs for the collective good; (b) that politicians respect science when its recommendations serve their political ends.
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Net zero has become ‘unhelpful’ slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog
The Guardian: Energy
APRIL 22, 2024
Chris Stark said populist response and culture war around the term was inhibiting environmental progress The concept of “net zero” has become a political slogan used to start a “dangerous” culture war over the climate, and might be better dropped, the outgoing head of the UK’s climate watchdog has warned.
Give Climate Change the Name It Deserves: Fossil-Fueled Destruction
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The violence of the atmospheric shifts, their deeply uneven impacts and the implications of mass extinctions that are expected at current emission levels, add up to much more than “climate change.” Climate change” seemed to encompass more possibilities for derangements of the global ecosystem.
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How businesses can get tongues wagging on climate change
Business Green
AUGUST 11, 2022
Everyone talks about climate change when it’s unbearably hot. Climate Outreach's David Powell explores how businesses can keep the conversation going - and what’s in it for them. And for the first time I can remember, everyone I was with was talking about climate change. It was a few weeks ago.
Labour left call U-turn on green investment ‘environmentally irresponsible and ‘strategically incompetent’ – UK politics live
The Guardian: Energy
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Labour MP Barry Gardiner, former shadow climate change minister, criticised Starmer’s plan to scale back the £28bn plan The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen for the third month in a row, PA Media reports. An estimated 7.60 million patients, down slightly from 7.61 million treatments and 6.39
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New Study Reveals Billions of Dollars in Political Spending by US Trade Associations, Most of It on PR
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Industry trade associations in the United States that work on climate and energy issues spent more than $3 billion over 10 years on political activities, according to a new study that sheds light on trade associations’ role in influencing policies and obstructing climate action. billion on climate-related political activities.
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The Greatest Crisis Facing the Nation May Not Be Climate Change (2)
Energy Central
JULY 13, 2022
Before climate change or any other issue of the day is adequately dealt with, the political system must be repaired. Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Chief Justice Roberts are telling us something We the People need to consider as we vote in 2022 and 2024.
The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change? It’s wrong.
Grist
MAY 4, 2021
She collects anecdotes and advice from science communicators who are wrestling with all of the feelings and opinions that climate change, genetically modified foods, and vaccines tend to stir up. MYTH: If people just know the facts, they’ll change how they act. You can see this same story play out vividly with COVID-19.
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Who’s talking about climate change on TV? Mostly white men.
Grist
MARCH 12, 2021
If you watched news about climate change on TV last year, chances are you saw a white man on-screen. The study found that broadcast coverage rarely mentioned the connections between coronavirus and climate change, such as how both disasters disproportionately impact people of color and lower-income communities.
Calgarians want an economic recovery that tackles climate change, poll shows
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.
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A new climate politics: The 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia
Renew Economy
MAY 18, 2022
Climate change has figured little in the 2022 federal election campaign. The post A new climate politics: The 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. But the need for sensible, long-term measures is now dire.
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Time is running out to adapt to climate change, new IPCC report says
Grist
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. David McNew / Getty Images.
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'We put climate change back on the political agenda': Assessing Extinction Rebellion's impact three years on
Business Green
MAY 5, 2022
Lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin considers XR’s cultural, political, and business impact three years after it drove London to a standstill in 2019. The world is in a fractious state - geopolitically, economically, and climatically.
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Addressing Inequities In The Mental Health Burden Of Climate Change
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.
Not me guv, or why Climate Change is always someone’s fault
Terra Infirma
JUNE 19, 2023
I try not to spread doom as doom is demotivating, but last night I tweeted on my political twitter feed about the heat wave currently underway in the North Sea, just a few miles from where I live. The post Not me guv, or why Climate Change is always someone’s fault appeared first on Terra Infirma.
Exxon Could Have Helped Stop Climate Change 30 Years Ago, ‘Proprietary’ Docs Show
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
If Exxon had back then used its vast political and financial power to aggressively push for a national carbon tax to be adopted in major economies around the world, global emissions might have already peaked by now. This is exactly what would be needed in order for a global economic power like Canada to do its part to halt climate change.
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