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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

This is a key finding of a new scientific report, “The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: 5 Opportunities for Action” , published on 23 September at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York. co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and President of the Republic of Palau.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

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. In the U.S.,

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. Regulatory rewind: On Jan.1, The biggest shipping companies (i.e., retailers like Amazon, Walmart, or Home Depot).

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Climate change is creating security threats around the world - and militaries are responding

Business Green

Climate crisis is forcing countries to review both their security strategies and their military sustainability, writes University of Oxford lecturer Timothy Clack. Anthropogenic climate change is at once evident and escalating, transforming natural, economic and socio-political environments. Action has followed words.

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Not so moral money?

Business Green

Leaving aside whether or not pretty much the entire scientific, political, and financial establishment is populated by "nutjobs", Kirk is guilty of a long-standing error about the nature of risk. Or, as he puts it, throughout his financial career there has always been "some nutjob telling me about the end of the world".

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

As we move forward to COP26 it is essential that global powers and major emitters heed the scientific evidence and take action to ensure an equitable and sustainable future for us all.". We know that these investments will drive sustainable improvements in growth, prosperity and living standards around the world.

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

And it’s with this knowledge that we can apply storytelling to create a societal and business shift towards sustainability. With this in mind, this article presents the 20 best climate change and sustainability documentaries. These documentaries exhibit how video storytelling can be used to promote sustainability and climate action.