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

Business Green

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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Climate change is adversely affecting childrens health worldwide

AGreenLiving

These five areas include (1) adaptation, planning and resilience for health, 2) climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerabilities, 3) finance and economics, 4) mitigation actions and 5) public and political engagement.

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Double materiality: Why nature risk and climate risk are two sides of the same coin

Business Green

With the rug having been swept from underneath the global economy by the coronavirus crisis, huge numbers of companies, investors, and auditors have been forced to confront the resiliency of their business and supply chains, particularly in relation to non-financial threats. Many will not have liked what they discovered.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

The Chugach Regional Resources Commission, an organization made up of seven Indigenous governments in south-central Alaska, is leading several projects aimed at helping coastal communities adapt to the changing ocean. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.