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The world’s most ambitious climate goal is essentially out of reach

Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

is now essentially a meaningless goal,” said David Victor, a professor of public policy at the University of California, San Diego and a former lead author for the IPCC. It doesn’t contradict the laws of chemistry and physics to get to 1.5 Scientists identify the missing ingredient for climate action: Political will. degrees.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Using the courts has become especially critical, say climate experts and lawyers, given the insufficient political responses to the climate emergency. “In A two-week hearing on the case before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany concluded on Monday. It’s a big problem,” Tigre told DeSmog. “I

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

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And on October 28, Congress questioned the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP America, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute on their history of blocking climate policy. Available at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). Document 1: 1959. View on DocumentCloud. How did you trip over this first? FRANTA: So true.

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The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways for business

Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Business as usual is not working The report is unequivocal that human-caused climate change is affecting weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe, and is set to get worse without a major acceleration in policy action and drastically increased investment in climate solutions. of warming. of warming. Lobbying for a 1.5C

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? Political Origins of 2°C. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a.,

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‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

For example, belief that a single technological solution, such as carbon capture , will fix the climate crisis without the need for change in policies, lifestyles and practices may be more grounded in hope than reality. Viruses are oblivious to political affiliation, and so is the changing climate. Army (@USArmy) January 8, 2022.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

Water scarcity, ecosystem collapse, sea-level rise and many other climate-related calamities could become the basis for mounting "duty of care" human rights litigation, even if a company is hewing to the law of the land. Policy & Politics. Will those cases be energized by these recent rulings?

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

It's race, class, money and politics. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth. It's race, class, money and politics. Pull Quote.

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US Supreme Court limits EPA’s greenhouse gas powers

Smart Energy International

JULY 4, 2022

Regan said in a statement: “At this moment, when the impacts of the climate crisis are becoming ever more disruptive, costing billions of dollars every year from floods, wildfires, droughts and sea level rise, and jeopardising the safety of millions of Americans, the Court’s ruling is disheartening.

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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It has confused the public about climate science, bought the eternal gratitude of one of America’s two main political parties, and repeatedly out-maneuvered regulatory efforts. Exxon, for example, designed oil platforms to accommodate more rapid sea level rise, even as the company publicly denied that climate change was occurring.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

Water scarcity, ecosystem collapse, sea-level rise and many other climate-related calamities could become the basis for mounting “duty of care” human rights litigation, even if a company is hewing to the law of the land. Will those cases be energized by these recent rulings? And it’s not just climate.

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How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Rees-Mogg was also the first cabinet minister to endorse the campaign to reverse the UK’s ban on fracking, spearheaded by the backbench Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG), the parliamentary wing of the UK’s principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

… It’s race, class, money and politics. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth. ” You’ve got to have ownership.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

The UCSUSA points out that “Consequences of global warming include drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, and species loss. But even in the USA’s current dark environmental climate, positive changes are being made on the state and local level. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record.

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The digital divide worsens the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis

GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2020

To Jim Kessler , executive vice president for policy at the moderate public policy think tank Third Way, this framing makes perfect sense. In 2018, Barford and two colleagues published a study highlighting the vulnerability of America’s fiber cables to sea level rise, and he’s investigating how wildfires threaten mobile networks.

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The digital divide worsens the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 3, 2020

To Jim Kessler , executive vice president for policy at the moderate public policy think tank Third Way, this framing makes perfect sense. In 2018, Barford and two colleagues published a study highlighting the vulnerability of America’s fiber cables to sea level rise, and he’s investigating how wildfires threaten mobile networks.

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The Story of Sustainability in 2018: “We Have About 12 Years Left”

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

The year 2018 brought extreme change — in weather and environmental ecosystems, in political winds and power, and in the expectations of business. Other studies tell us that sea level rise is going to be worse than we thought, Antarctica is melting three times faster than a decade ago, and Greenland is losing ice quickly as well.

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The world’s most ambitious climate goal is essentially out of reach

Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

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

The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways for business

1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science

Shell and the new era of climate risk

How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

US Supreme Court limits EPA’s greenhouse gas powers

How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

Shell and the new era of climate risk

How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

The digital divide worsens the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis

The digital divide worsens the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis

The Story of Sustainability in 2018: “We Have About 12 Years Left”

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