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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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Arctic fires released more carbon in two months than Scandinavia will all year

Grist

Combined with the fact that some of this year’s fires appear to be burning into carbon-rich peat soils , the ultimate climate impact of this year’s fire season could be much greater than what scientists are currently estimating. Following months of warm weather , fires began flaring up in northern Siberia around the start of May.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

While these distinctions are helpful, they’re definitely not exhaustive or absolute. But now, with global warming knocking on our door, the case for mitigation and adaptation solutions is making more and more financial sense. Kettle provides reinsurance to insurers, then holds and transfers risk to buyers.

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The Rise of the ‘Climate Friendly’ Cow

DeSmogBlog

Tyson told the Progressive Grocer it is “trying to be upbeat and different”, with something that speaks definitively to younger Millennial and Gen Z consumers. warming, we need to slash emissions dramatically – and at speed. Animal production also emits 65 percent of global nitrous oxide emissions.

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COP26 is over, now what? Here's what it could mean for business

Business Green

Another pledge by more than 100 countries to cut methane by 30 per cent by 2030, essential for reducing this potent and prevalent greenhouse gas. degree Celsius warming trajectory. degrees Celsius, not enough to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. One aim of the conference was to 'keep 1.5

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Above the canopy: The peatland rainforest towers aiming to transform climate science

Business Green

If you took a cubic-metre sample of the soil here, around 90 per cent of the content would be water, with the rest made up of partially decayed vegetation and organic matter that contain vast amounts of carbon. In fact, peatland contains up to 50 per cent carbon content, compared to the two per cent typically found in mineral soil.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

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National Academy of Sciences that explicitly warned of the risks human-induced global warming could pose to earth’s weather and “ecological balances,” the U.S.-based This apparent early acknowledgement of the company’s responsibility for its emissions was soon followed by attempts to downplay the scale of global environmental risks.