Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It notes that extreme weather events and sea level rise around the world has caused havoc with urban energy and transportation systems, as well as property and critical infrastrucutre, and calls for policymakers to work with all stakeholders to scale solutions that can make cities more resilient in a warming world.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

companies and 80% of major global companies will face moderate physical risk due to wildfires, water shortages, and sea level rises by 2050. It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. Nearly 95% of major U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century.

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Grist

MARCH 7, 2022

The hotspots for migration, according to the new report, are in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and South America , though small island nations are disproportionately impacted due to the effects of sea-level rise.

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Grist

AUGUST 9, 2021

Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now at their highest point for at least 2 million years. Sea level rising so fast? of heating, heavy rain and flooding are projected to intensify in Europe, North America and most regions of Africa and Asia. “We When was the last time we saw heating this fast?

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

If this is a biological response, imagine what’s happening in places like India and Africa where the heat can get to an unbearable 130 degrees Fahrenheit,” Basu remembers thinking. percent in South Asia. She wondered if there could be a biological mechanism at work. That notion had troubling implications. “If

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal. Sea level rising (not because of melting).

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

The UN reports that temperature increases in the Sahel region of Africa will be 1.5 In the Arctic, melting sea ice is amplifying strategic competition as the accessibility of resources improves, particularly mineral and fossil fuel deposits. Many coastal naval bases are, for example, at risk from sea level rises.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

Other studies tell us that sea level rise is going to be worse than we thought, Antarctica is melting three times faster than a decade ago, and Greenland is losing ice quickly as well. Incredible heat blanketed four continents this summer, with records falling across Europe and Asia. Watch this space.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

She founded the Green Belt Movement that has led to more than 13 million trees being planted in Africa. The climate-induced environmental threats they face include sea-level rise and shifts in the ranges of important species of food bearing plants. She also serves on the board of 350.org

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