DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

” One central finding of the new analysis is that the Paris accord’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels is in serious danger as policymakers fail to take the necessary steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions. .”

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2020

It reports rebounding sea life, from humpback whales off Australia to elephant seals in the U.S. Through rampant overfishing, pollution, and coastal destruction, humanity has inflicted severe damage on the oceans and its inhabitants for centuries. and green turtles in Japan. However, progress is far from straightforward.

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Grist

MAY 17, 2021

Ultimately, the researchers will be able to compare and verify what they see in the acoustic imaging data with what they find in the cores to understand how the ancient coast evolved in response to sea-level rise. The idea that beach nourishment is a sustainable way to adapt to climate change, however, is contested.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change Joel Makower Mon, 07/20/2020 – 02:11 Last week, a group of activists, scientists, academics and others issued a report calling for policies and other initiatives to generate prosperity while addressing inequity and the climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

From companies looking to select cleaner manufacturing suppliers, to investors seeking to divest from polluting industries, to consumers making choices about which businesses to patronize, one thing is clear: a reliable way to measure where emissions are coming from is necessary," they wrote.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2022

Local authorities are to receive funding to help communities on areas of the coast that cannot sustainably be defended from coastal erosion, supporting both short term measures to slow erosion and long-term efforts to transition communities away from high risk land. Where it isn't we will support communities to adapt.

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Grist

MARCH 20, 2023

Melting ice caps and ocean expansion have contributed to sea-level rise of nearly eight inches, heat waves and flooding have become more prevalent, and damage to the natural world is worse and more widespread than ever before. Drawing on the IPCC’s previous publications, the report says global temperatures have risen 1.1

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

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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The City Fix

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the Seychelles archipelago in East Africa, flooding and erosion caused by rising sea levels pose an imminent threat to the country’s many low-lying islands. At the same time its mangrove forests, which serve as a vital buffer against these.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 21, 2021

The tide is turning against Louisiana’s proposed $2 billion Mississippi River sediment diversion project, that supporters say is needed to save the coast from rapid land loss due to subsidence, damage done by the oil and gas industry, extreme weather events, and sea level rise quickened by climate change.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 3, 2020

s National Oceanographic Centre, the costs of sea level rise alone could exceed $14 trillion a year by 2100. A UN report found that air pollution may reduce the GDP by more than 10 percent in some countries while halving GHG emissions could reduce premature deaths related to air pollution by 20 to 40 percent.

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The City Fix

APRIL 4, 2024

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A New Yorker may not think about the forested Catskills Mountain Range upstate as she pours a glass of water. Londoners probably don’t consider the Amazon rainforest as they watch the rain falling on city parks. And folks in Addis.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. In one of these cases, small island states are seeking an advisory opinion that defines countries’ legal requirements for protecting the oceans from harmful climate impacts — such as ocean acidification and sea level rise – that threaten their very existence.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

Tackling climate change will require economic and social transformation, but this level of change can only be achieved with political pressure from a critical mass of individuals and communities spanning demographics, socio-economic status, and geographies. Climate change, environment pollution, COVID-19 pandemic and mental health.

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The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . The Holocene. The Anthropocene.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

But the solutions are there On the other hand, the report stresses there is still time to deliver a low-carbon, sustainable economy where climate-resilient development becomes the norm. And the private sector is playing a starring role in this collective failure, as the actors that make the real economy work.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In September, the UN General Assembly meets in its 75th session to, among other things, review the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). If we make it cheaper and easier to pollute then we make it even harder to reach net-zero. Key to deilvering such a deal will be two other critical 2020 UN meetings. It's time to act.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Extreme heat and storms, sea level rise, intense wildfires — climate change may threaten everyone, but many BIPOC communities are more vulnerable to climate impacts. Achieving this not only addresses the climate crisis writ large, but it also improves local environments and economies to be more sustainable for everyone.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Some had no idea how pollution from human activities affected ecosystems. Everything in the news about global warming, pollution, and sea level rise, that’s one side of the story. That sounds so dramatic, but humans have been engaged in practices that are diminishing ecosystems’ capacity to sustain life.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But as sea levels rise and the islands continue to subside, the costs of fortifying and maintaining the structures may exceed the value of the land and agricultural production behind them, says Alf Brandt, counsel to the State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

Nichols oversees Coastkeeper’s living shorelines program, a project in partnership with California State University, Long Beach, and California State University, Fullerton, that restores ecosystem structures like oyster beds and eelgrass meadows, which protect shorelines from waves, erosion, and sea-level rise.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

This week the World Meteorological Organisation published a report detailing how four key climate change indicators - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat, and ocean acidification - all set new records in 2021.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree C we are still facing half a metre of sea level rise.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2024

Noise and air pollution have made life difficult for nearby residents. He doesn’t smoke or drink, and is convinced the pollution from the LNG plant is the cause of his family’s declining health. And it used to be sustainable. Phillip Dyson, who has been a commercial fisherman in Cameron for nearly 50 years. Fishing is hard work.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The findings highlight how human-induced climate change, alongside deforestation, pollution and land use change, is hampering nature's ability to provide services essential to human life, such as coastal protection, food supply or climate regulation through the capture and storage of carbon from the atmosphere. "By The facts are undeniable.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Sustainability and business 3. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. It addresses the position of humans in the global (eco)system, and interprets and applies sustainability as a multi- and inter-disciplinary concept. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

French and sustainable cuisine in the spotlight during the Games. The organising committee said it would work with NGOs and commercial partners to slash the impact of the estimated 13 million meals that will be served during Paris 2024 and showcase the best of sustainable food. WMO raises alarm over latest climate records.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

These impacts are "hindering efforts to meet basic human needs and they threaten sustainable development across the globe", leaving all life on Earth vulnerable, the report states. Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

The IPCC's alarming findings have implications for every business around the world, who should be surveying the report closely to understand how they can work with their supply chains, regulators, investors, and governments to build a sustainable, low-carbon economy, while reducing their exposure to escalating climate impacts.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s. The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The situation, too, is only set to worsen as the planet warms, underscoring the urgent need to simultaneously drive down greenhouse gas emissions while also boosting preparedness for droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, coastal erosion, sea level rise, resource shortages and much, much more. The facts are undeniable.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

As Scientific American noted : "For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.". The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world’s largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

As Scientific American noted : "For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.". The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world's largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 1, 2020

The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s. The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

As Scientific American noted : “For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.” ” The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world’s largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors.

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