Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Though it’s insulated from sea level rise, the state of Iowa faces many dangerous climate change impacts — which in turn threaten the nation’s food supply. We know Des Moines is definitely the leader, but others are interested in doing it. Originally published on ILSR.org . They just don’t want to be the first.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

Floodplains are expanding into new areas with dense populations due to sea-level rise and land-use change, but the researchers also think people are building at an accelerated pace in flood-prone areas. The study does not investigate the drivers of the trend, but there are a few possible explanations.

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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 When was the last time we saw heating this fast? At least 2,000 years ago and probably 100,000 years. Temperatures this high? At least 6,500 years. At least 3,000 years.

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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. O’Connell: There’s definitely stereotypes of artists being flighty or not serious.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

And indeed, some aspects of climate change, such as sea level rise, will go on well beyond that. Climate change is very definitely throwing up those kinds of risks, and we are not thinking clearly about what lies ahead.". But he stressed that the Covid-19 crisis underscored the importance of long-term, resilient planning.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

Second, risks related to doing business in a changing physical environment, including increasingly severe extreme weather events, changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and sea-level rise. For analysis of climate extremes : Extreme events, by definition, are rare and therefore less well understood.

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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. There's no way I wil see the end of the century, unless we start to see human heads preserved alive in jars, ala Futurama. It's time to act.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The purchasing manager felt the results could help identify raw material suppliers that may be affected by these hazards and provide an opportunity to speak with them about steps they are taking to address these risks.

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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. But the solutions are there On the other hand, the report stresses there is still time to deliver a low-carbon, sustainable economy where climate-resilient development becomes the norm.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

As such, it is worth unpacking Kirk's argument so as to reveal the many simplicities and fallacies that underpin his assertion that the world will definitely "cope" with climate impacts and economic growth will confidently continue at historic 20th century rates deep into the 22nd century. We will cope with it.". Will we though?

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Wetlands are a unique habitat that filters water, sucks up carbon dioxide, and protects our coasts — but the triple threat of sea-level rise, pollution, and development is putting them at risk. Geiger’s team used a two-part, clinical definition of hope.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2021

They also write that Harvard’s fossil fuel investments threaten its own physical property by exacerbating flooding and sea-level rise. There’s no agreed-upon definition for what net-zero means in the financial sector, and Harvard hasn’t yet landed on a methodology.

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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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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

And that is exactly where it hurts most: once there is no more multi-year ice, the Arctic is per very definition ice-free during summer and the unit is broken. Arctic sea ice extent averaged for September 2020 was 3.92 Sea level rising (not because of melting). And we are dangerously close.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

It’s time to update that definition to include sudden, dramatic swings among judges and juries. That's one takeaway from the landmark ruling last week by a three-judge panel in the Netherlands ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Rising seas: A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences illustrates that global greenhouse gas emissions from 2016 to 2030 would cause a 20-centimeter rise in sea levels — and that’s even if countries keep their Paris Agreement pledges. So, with the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

There, the court heard firsthand how climate change and sea level rise are impacting the islands’ First Nations inhabitants and how the proposed mine would worsen those effects. Cases against corporations are definitely one area where we’ve seen new, creative litigation strategies being used to good advantage.”

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

It's time to update that definition to include sudden, dramatic swings among judges and juries. That's one takeaway from the landmark ruling last week by a three-judge panel in the Netherlands ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Some scientists believed the build-up of atmospheric CO2 could trigger enough heating to result in a “complete melting of Arctic sea ice,” “widespread disruption of agriculture,” and sea level rise of “more than twenty feet.”

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

It’s time to update that definition to include sudden, dramatic swings among judges and juries. That’s one takeaway from the landmark ruling last week by a three-judge panel in the Netherlands ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And who definitely won’t? In June 2022, Clarke delivered a speech during a House of Commons debate saying that a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was “really devastating”, noting the threats of sea level rise and biodiversity loss if global temperatures aren’t limited. The Obstructors.

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