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Clean energy is growing, but so is planet-heating pollution

The Verge: Energy

. | Photo by George Rose / Getty Images 2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record. It’s been almost a decade since the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to stop global warming. It has demonstrated its resilience.”

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Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC

Green Living Guy

The post Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC appeared first on Green Living Guy. Human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. Scientists […].

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Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

GreenBiz

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. Let’s not make the same mistake with global warming. Air pollution, tall buildings, building materials, lack of green spaces and wind all contribute to trapping heat from the sun, traffic and industry and result in the creation of Urban Heat Islands (UHI).

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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

GreenBiz

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities. The letter, sent to 47 company chairs and chief executives, calls on emissions-intensive firms to align all direct corporate lobbying activity and indirect lobbying activity managed by trade associations with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5

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Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments

Green Living Guy

Global warming has driven an influx of extreme weather events and prompted city governments worldwide to seek sustainable solutions for greater climate resilience and public safety measures.

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

Green Business Bureau

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Anthropocene: Pushing Society Past Its Limits.

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Adapting to 4C of global warming

Business Green

Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference. Her contribution will help every one of us shape a more resilient world in the future. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said we have 12 years to hold global warming to 1.5