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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 3. Application of Ethics.

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Macquarie eyes coal exit by 2024 as bank ramps up green investment plans

Business Green

Macquarie, Asian Development Bank, and Church of Scotland all strengthen their restrictions on fossil fuel investments. Climate change is one of the most complex and critical challenges facing the world, and the finance sector has a vital role to play in efforts to limit global warming," it said.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

In a way, we are seeing this crisis as an illustration of how expensive the failure to build resiliency can ultimately prove. As we are learning, in climate change as in pandemics, the costs of a global crisis are bound to vastly exceed those of its prevention. We are more resilient and adaptive than we think.

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How to start a community garden: Part 1

Low Impact

It also helps tackle global warming because intensive small-scale sites can be ‘farmed’ or gardened more sustainably, with less recourse to fossil fuel-powered vehicles or machinery. The more biodiverse an ecosystem, the more resilient it will be. They aim to make ethical the new normal. About the author.

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'Adapt to survive': UNEP publishes six-step guide for delivering a sustainable business

Business Green

Some corners of the corporate world have already embraced this reality, with the wave of net zero emissions pledges unleashed by companies over the last 18 months evidence of a private sector that is increasingly reckoning with the need to ensure that business better protects the ecosystems that support human life and the global economy.

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The Aftermath of Greenhouse Gases

Unsustainable

Some people still deny that greenhouse gases are culpable for climate change and global warming. Scientists are developing substitutes for fossil fuels and working on technologies that could contribute to decreasing the amount of emissions into the atmosphere. The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. Yes, we are small.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. Realising the Triple Dividend of Resilience edited by Swenja Surminski and Thomas Tanner, 2016 This book offers a new business case for disaster risk management. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.