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Governments should prepare for 3m sea-level rise by 2100, says IMechE

Envirotec Magazine

Flooded streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in October 2016. Governments around the world must step up their preparations for a minimum sea level rise of 1 metre this century and be planning for up to 3 metres, according to a report released by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in November.

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The Role Of Managed Retreat In Adapting To Sea Level Rise

Energy Innovation

As societies around the world continue emitting heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, they face the consequence of sea level rise. Since 1900, sea levels have increased 8 inches on average globally, and by 2100, sea levels will likely rise between 1 and 4 feet (Sweet et al.

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California utility selects thermal hydrolysis systems for biosolids digesters

Envirotec Magazine

He added: “Thermal hydrolysis was selected as a core technology for the project in 2016 to provide greater security as biosolids regulations become increasingly stringent and restrictive. “We are honored to have a role in assisting the SFPUC in achieving their ambitious sustainability goals.”, said Eirik Fadnes, Cambi CEO.

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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

According to DeSmog’s investigation, they include icon carver and YouTuber Jonathan Pageau, who has characterized fears about climate change as “secular apocalypticism,” as well as podcaster and author Michael Malice, who has said that projections of sea-level rise are “literally a religious belief.”

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Study: Global warming will stay below 2 degrees C — if countries actually keep their promises

Grist

Based on the pledges that countries had made prior to the conference, those studies found that there was a less than 50 percent chance of keeping warming to below 2 degrees C, the goal set by the world’s countries in the 2016 Paris Agreement. Indeed, the commitments prior to COP26 put the world on track for a global temperature rise of 2.7

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Can the world overshoot its climate targets — and then fix it later?

Grist

Sea-level rise is also irreversible — the heat collecting in ice sheets and the ocean will continue to drive sea-level rise long after the temperature is stabilized or even lowered. Then-Secretary of State John Kerry holds his two year-old granddaughter while signing the Paris Agreement in 2016. “I

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Des Moines, Iowa commits to 24/7 clean electricity

Renewable Energy World

Though it’s insulated from sea level rise, the state of Iowa faces many dangerous climate change impacts — which in turn threaten the nation’s food supply. On Earth Day of 2016, 1000 Friends of Iowa and others began lobbying for the creation of the Citizens Task Force on Sustainability. Originally published on ILSR.org