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Report: Nobody talks about ‘global warming’ anymore

Grist

Big news: Global warming is over. They found that searches for global warming , once the most common phrase for our overheating planet, are down 73 percent since 2010. Climate change began to outpace global warming around 2015 , and the newly popular climate crisis might someday catch up if current trends continue.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Holly Beale (2019). My environmental work in Microsoft’s datacenter communities has certainly been disrupted by the global crisis. We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming.

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Recent net zero cities ranking puts Brighton and Hove on top

Envirotec Magazine

The East Sussex city seemingly committed itself to the agenda set out by the UN’s Paris Agreement in 2015, and set a course for carbon neutrality by 2030 – it began reducing its carbon emissions through a series of initiatives targeting business and domestic outputs. of waste recycled during this time. Links: [link].

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IRENA: Renewable energy generates half a million new jobs worldwide in 2019

Business Green

million people worldwide working in the sector in 2019, up almost 500,000 from the year before, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Market leader Asia accounted for 63 per cent of the world's total renewable energy jobs in 2019, with China alone accounting for 38 per cent at 4.4 As many as 11.5 As many as 5.5

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The Livestock Industry’s “Climate Neutral” Claims Are Too Good To Be True

DeSmogBlog

Australian sheep meat is a “climate-neutral” product. The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute. Credit: Matt Brown/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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New research method reveals significant reduction in carbon footprint of British pig farms

Envirotec Magazine

The carbon footprint of British pig farming has reduced by almost 40% over the last 20 years, according to a new study, using a new methodology, led by the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. for Global Warming Potential (commonly known as carbon footprint); 21.2%

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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

An area of seagrass and rock on the seabed, Mediterranean sea, France: “Blue carbon” ecosystems could prevent approximately 1 gigatonne of CO2e from entering the atmosphere by 2050, says the report. Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought.

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