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Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says

Grist

The newest publication is an attempt to distill everything the panel has said since August 2021, when it began releasing its sixth assessment of global warming. There’s no new research in this latest report, but it injects new urgency into scientists’ and activists’ calls for rapid, systemic action from global decision-makers.

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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. This document shows that the oil industry was informed of the science of global warming.

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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Business Green

Climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet, bringing with it increases in rainfall, flooding, drought, heatwaves, and sea levels that are already having significant implications for economies around the world.

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Newly released video game challenges players to survive the climate apocalypse

AGreenLiving

Related: Climate change is a public health issue amounting to billions in medical costs According to his developer blog , “I’ve self-funded the project because I want to make people care about the climate issue,” Volk explained. “I I wanted to create an emotional impact, weave in science information and make a game that makes a difference.

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Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters

DeSmogBlog

Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters. Low-income communities and communities of color disproportionately face public health risks from wildfires and smoke exposure. Credit: State Farm , CC BY 2.0

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Greener buildings: How to make offices, warehouses, factories, and shops more climate resilient

Business Green

Efforts to prevent global warming from worsening, known in the jargon as climate mitigation, have long dominated governments' response to the climate crisis. But too often, these teams are not equipped with the information they need to ensure their work aligns with climate projections. And indeed, the productivity agenda.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

The host, Marco Krapels, a clean energy investor, introduced him to Mark Ruffalo and Josh Fox, whose 2010 documentary film, GASLAND , exposed the dire human health and environmental risks for communities living on the frontlines of America’s fracking boom. On the evening of July 10, 2011, Jacobson attended a swanky event in San Francisco.