DeSmogBlog
JUNE 28, 2021
Attempts to sue polluting companies and governments over their responsibility for climate change would have a greater chance of success if they made better use of the latest science, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. The study reviewed 73 climate litigation cases against polluters across 14 jurisdictions.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 21, 2022
The first page of Menlo Park, California’s 2030 Climate Action Plan shows a map predicting which parts of the city will be underwater by the end of the century, flooded by the rising waters of San Francisco Bay. Sea level rise is just one imminent threat for Silicon Valley.
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Grist
AUGUST 9, 2021
Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now at their highest point for at least 2 million years. Sea level rising so fast? We will definitely hit 1.5 More emissions also means the land and oceans become weaker at soaking up that carbon pollution, making heating even worse. Temperatures this high?
Grist
DECEMBER 2, 2019
It was looking at the history of the waterfront and how climate change is affecting it, because sea-level rise has been a huge problem, especially with increased storms. It would challenge how we scale and produce textiles in one of the biggest polluting industries in the world. What about you two?
Business Green
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
So, our current generation of politicians and business leaders - on the whole even older than me - definitely aren't making plans for New Year's Eve 2099. If we make it cheaper and easier to pollute then we make it even harder to reach net-zero. It's time to act.
Business Green
MARCH 21, 2023
of warming is just about still feasible, and keeping temperature increases below 2C is definitely achievable if rapid action is taken. Reports that high-polluting nations like Saudi Arabia pushed for an emphasis on such technologies to be included in the final report will do little to quell these fears.
Grist
OCTOBER 9, 2019
But as sea levels rise and the islands continue to subside, the costs of fortifying and maintaining the structures may exceed the value of the land and agricultural production behind them, says Alf Brandt, counsel to the State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Let’s fine-tune these wetlands to make them as amazing as possible.”.
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