The Environmental Blog

JULY 17, 2019

The number of cold fronts has decreased over the span of the last 20 years but at the same time, anomalous events have occurred more frequently.High-intensity Typhoons tend to occur more frequently as the mean sea level rose at a rate of 3 mm per year.Above is an overall image of climate change in Vietnam. Sea-Level Rise.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Across Europe, National Road Administrations (NRAs) are having to deal with more frequent and severe weather, greater sea level rises and increased stress on infrastructure leading to higher deterioration rates. The impact of climate change on our road network is climbing the list of national priorities.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 7, 2021

Instead, you can read their shorter chapters on the scientific consensus on topics like extreme weather or regional changes in sea-level rise. With these models, scientists can ask: If the globe heats up by a specific amount, what might happen in terms of sea-level rise, droughts and the ice sheets?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Isle de Jean Charles sits about 80 miles southwest of New Orleans, where sea-level rise and coastal erosion are intensified by oil and gas canals and climate change, and it took a major hit from Hurricane Ida. Isle de Jean Charles on Aug. 22, 2021, before Ida arrived.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2022

Local authorities are to receive funding to help communities on areas of the coast that cannot sustainably be defended from coastal erosion, supporting both short term measures to slow erosion and long-term efforts to transition communities away from high risk land. Where it isn't we will support communities to adapt.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Severe weather events have limited access to sources of some crucial materials, and are exposing vulnerabilities across business operations and those of their suppliers. Investments in better data and technology can also help companies design and operate more sustainable and resilient supply chains.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 23, 2021

Ben Margolis, Interim Director, said: “Time is quickly running down until the UN climate talks arrive in Glasgow in November for the biggest diplomatic event the UK has seen in decades – essential to limiting warming of the Earth to 1.5C The Prime Minister has pledged that the UK will show global leadership on climate change.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

There are real indications that this COVID-19 pandemic has actually accelerated the shift toward more sustainable technologies and as much as anything else, I would say there has been a very dramatic change in attitudes," Gore told me at the beginning of our chat, prerecorded before the Climate TRACE announcement. .

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay warned that without urgent action the world risked missing a number of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without sustainable access to water, we will be unable to achieve goals such as quality education or the development of more prosperous, fairer societies," she said.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

With a projected global sea-level rise of 7-15 inches by 2065, according to the Southeast Florida Climate Compact 2015 projections, Miami communities stand to undergo drastic changes in development to combat the effects. Some “green” proposals also affect commercial properties such as coastal golf courses.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 21, 2021

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.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

But as US write Alex Steffen has long argued the climate crisis is not an event, but an era. His comments were echoed by Emma Cox, global sustainability and climate change leader at PwC, who stressed that the report was a valuable business resource. Under higher emissions scenarios, two metres of sea level rise cannot be ruled out.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

Tackling climate change will require economic and social transformation, but this level of change can only be achieved with political pressure from a critical mass of individuals and communities spanning demographics, socio-economic status, and geographies. The impacts of extreme events on the human psyche can be direct and indirect.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

These events may not be related one-for-one, but it’s clear the CHIPS act and IRA have set the gameboard for a global Catan-like race to acquire metals resources.   🧪 EcoBean , a Warsaw, Poland-based sustainable chemicals from coffee beans developer, raised $7M in funding from the FENG program. 

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2020

The Art Island serves primarily as an events space and would be home to a large north-facing meadow that can host open cinemas, performances, markets and other events. The Sports Islands would function as public outdoor recreation space for both active and passive programs.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. In one of these cases, small island states are seeking an advisory opinion that defines countries’ legal requirements for protecting the oceans from harmful climate impacts — such as ocean acidification and sea level rise – that threaten their very existence.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

But climate resilience remains a much less chartered territory for firms, with sustainability strategies typically focusing on water, carbon, and waste reduction, and having little or nothing to say about climate resilience. At the local level, overheating or flash flood risks can vary from street to street and building to building. "So,

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Giant inflatable Christmas decorations, including polar bears and penguins wearing Christmas hats, grace yards — some of which still have tell-tale signs of damage from extreme weather events. Living with the aftermath of an extreme weather event is personal for me — and is another front on which I’ve experienced gaslighting this year.

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Earth Gratitude

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The Hand in Hand Hurricane Relief Benefit (a Comic Relief event) raised over $44 million. The map below, which has been assembled by the Union of Concerned Scientists , shows the cities along the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern Seaboard that are most at risk from sea level rise. cities most vulnerable to sea level rise.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

A specific example of an event occurring after material was submitted for AR6, and its probable catastrophic consequences, is discussed in this short video, Arctic Rain. With respect to the warnings of the severity of climate change, this is presently far from the case.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

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. And the private sector is playing a starring role in this collective failure, as the actors that make the real economy work.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . Resilience Thinking and Sustainability. Bring people from different roles and levels into decision-making.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Extreme heat and storms, sea level rise, intense wildfires — climate change may threaten everyone, but many BIPOC communities are more vulnerable to climate impacts. Achieving this not only addresses the climate crisis writ large, but it also improves local environments and economies to be more sustainable for everyone.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

International racing teams will be scored on their sustainability performance as they participate in global sailing competition, sport body reveals. The Olympic gold medal winner urged other sports to follow in SailGP's footsteps and make sustainability a "fundamental part of the fabric of the sport".

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Everything in the news about global warming, pollution, and sea level rise, that’s one side of the story. That sounds so dramatic, but humans have been engaged in practices that are diminishing ecosystems’ capacity to sustain life. The planet has witnessed five extinction events and we humans are creating number six.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. This summer, we have already seen the extreme weather events caused by a heating world. C we are still facing half a metre of sea level rise.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

His speech to the Financial Times' Moral Money event yesterday was essentially a financiers' reworking of the 'let's just adapt' to climate change argument from the likes of Bjorn Lomborg and Matt Ridley have been pedalling for over a decade.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The event would likely incur tens of billions of dollars’ worth of damage and could take a year and a half to repair. There is also an intermediate option, a wetland that sustains a crop: rice in flooded fields. Nor is the flooding of delta islands unprecedented.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

By restoring degraded ecosystems and effectively and equitably conserving 30 to 50 per cent of Earth's land, freshwater and ocean habitats, society can benefit from nature's capacity to absorb and store carbon, and we can accelerate progress towards sustainable development, but adequate finance and political support are essential.".

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Sustainability and business 3. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. This book explains how events like these are influenced by climate change and offer ways you can get involved in the fight for solutions. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. The EV supply chain dominated, with critical minerals, batteries, vehicle assembly and charging equipment making up 84% of Q4 investment.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

French and sustainable cuisine in the spotlight during the Games. The organising committee said it would work with NGOs and commercial partners to slash the impact of the estimated 13 million meals that will be served during Paris 2024 and showcase the best of sustainable food. WMO raises alarm over latest climate records.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2024

He set up a non-profit called Fishermen Involved in Sustaining our Heritage (FISH), with the mission of fighting the Louisiana LNG expansion and also providing mutual aid to struggling fishermen. And it used to be sustainable. As Gas Outlook spoke with him on his shrimp boat on a foggy late January day, there was a knock at the door.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Climate crisis is forcing countries to review both their security strategies and their military sustainability, writes University of Oxford lecturer Timothy Clack. Many coastal naval bases are, for example, at risk from sea level rises. The urgent always takes priority over the important. Carbon bootprints.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Those that view sustainability as nothing more than a buzzword will be punished while those who respond to the risks and seize the opportunities will reap the rewards. Bankruptcy Sustainability is a culture not a buzzword on a company website. Sustainable investment can offer better returns on investment over the long term.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

It was 1988, and the expert was already warning about the existence of anthropogenic global warming and how it was influencing extreme events such as heat waves. The pressure had been sustained throughout 2009 and, with the debate at its peak, a new climate summit – COP15 in Copenhagen – arrived at the end of the year.

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