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The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission

GreenBiz

This is a threat we know will affect billions of people and displace hundreds of millions more through sea-level rise, desertification and other disastrous impacts by the time our children are grown. We need to shift the whole game, raise the level of ambition, move that needle. The stakes are high.

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Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting

GreenBiz

A global energy company wanted to undertake a physical risk assessment to understand the firm’s potential exposure to climate hazards, such as heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and sea-level rise that could lead to supply chain disruptions and increased operating costs for the business. Finance & Investing. Risk & Resilience.

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Nobody is listening to climate scientists. What if they went on strike?

Grist

Their demand is somewhat understandable. They’ve predicted debilitating heat waves, crushing droughts, and rising seas. The researchers call it a “moratorium,” but perhaps it’s better described as a strike — a refusal to persist in basic scientific research until governments of the world get their act together.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

Forthcoming Court Opinions Could Be “Gamechangers “ These cases include a sweeping climate lawsuit filed by six Portuguese youths against more than 30 European countries , demanding greater climate mitigation ambition and steeper emissions cuts to protect human rights. In the U.S., It’s a big problem,” Tigre told DeSmog. “I

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Can The Fate Of Dolphins and Louisiana’s Fishing Industry Stop A Massive Mississippi River Diversion Plan?

DeSmogBlog

The tide is turning against Louisiana’s proposed $2 billion Mississippi River sediment diversion project, that supporters say is needed to save the coast from rapid land loss due to subsidence, damage done by the oil and gas industry, extreme weather events, and sea level rise quickened by climate change. she continued. .

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? The settlers of Catan squabble over ore #172

Climate Tech VC

While oil demand seems to be nearing its peak , there’s no question that the need for critical metals is on the rise.  🔋 CMBlu , a Alzenau, Germany-based organic solid flow batteries developer, raised $107M in Corporate funding from Strabag.  of global sea level rise.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Novel entities – Emissions of toxic and long-lived substances such as synthetic organic pollutants, heavy metal compounds, and radioactive materials represent some of the key human-driven changes to the planetary environment.