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Reaching net zero requires climate intervention and aggressive mitigation

Business Green

To limit global warming to a peak of 1.5C, which the impacts we are experiencing at 1.35°C °C warming (based on an average of the last 10 years) make clear is a higher than desirable goal. The challenge. gigatons of CO2 annually (GtCO2/year).

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

I was fortunate to interview Jacobson for an Energy Boom story in 2010 about the real cost comparison between coal and wind power. He focused on his training as an athlete to center himself and instinctively opened with, “So Dave, we’re developing science-based plans to eliminate global warming and air pollution, including the 2.5

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

DeSmogBlog

For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. “It was the most controversial and heated debate in the workshop,” recalls Rijsberman, now director of the Global Green Growth Institute. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. And so they fought.

COP 94
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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

More than a decade ago the International Energy Agency estimated that over 200 power plants need to be fitted with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology by 2030, in order to prevent temperature rises of over 3°C (International Energy Agency [IEA], 2010). Lindgren, K., Obersteiner, M., & & Riahi, K., Möllersten, K.,

Carbon 52
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Climate Crisis and Emotional Responses: Insights for Effective Communication

Energy Innovation

Nearly every country in the world has committed to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, but global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continue to rise. adults designed to measure attitudes and beliefs about climate change, administered approximately every six months since 2010.

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Businesses Cannot Ignore Climate Risks

Green Market Oracle

Risks A report from Zurich reviewed the risks to infrastructure and the need for businesses to prepare for rising sea levels associated with global warming. As explained by Zurich, "businesses that don't build resilience to rising sea levels will get soaked". According to the U.K.’s

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Around the same time, the group published an article refuting the idea that weather variations were becoming more extreme, and stated on its website that “those who would like to see massive cuts in energy use associate bad weather with global warming in an effort to promote their cause.” .