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Geophysical experts call for ethical framework in geoengineering deployment

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As interest seemingly grows in geoengineering as a strategy for tackling global warming, the world’s largest association of Earth and space scientists has launched a putative “ethical framework” intended to function as a guide to responsible decision-making and inclusive dialogue. Informed Governance.

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Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for net negative strategies

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A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, and will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C C by the end of the century.

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Tackling Scope 3 emissions: the key to keeping 1.5°C alive

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This is especially fitting as the conference is taking place seven years after the signing of the Paris Agreement – a legally binding international treaty that commits countries to limiting global warming to below 2 (and preferably below 1.5) Enabling solutions: Shrinking your digital carbon footprint. degrees Celsius.

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CH4nge is in the air? Comparing laser and FID for landfill emissions monitoring

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Given methane represents one of the largest greenhouse gas contributors to global warming, understandably there are costly penalties for those who breach their mandated emissions volume. FID equipment burns a hydrogen flame to ionise organic compounds containing carbon to detect gasses in the atmosphere, including methane.

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

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Peterson Academy will also offer a course from Michael Shermer, the editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine, on “critical thinking and scientific reasoning.” Canadian conservative newspaper columnist Rex Murphy, who has referred to global warming as an “anti-Western ideology,” is also on board, with a course “on poetry and Paradise Lost.”

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120-fold increase in CCUS needed to hit global net zero target

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Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies are being adopted too slowly to achieve even the IPCC’s 2.0° upper limit for global warming, according to a new McKinsey study. CCUS needs new business models; state subsidies alone may not create needed growth, says says McKinsey & Company report.

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Cost of living pressures threaten sustainable consumption

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UK household carbon emissions increased less than expected in 2021 despite the easing of national lockdown restrictions, according to new research by consulting firm Accenture. Specifically, 61% agreed that the energy price cap rise will negatively impact their efforts to be more sustainable. Under-30s became ‘carbon conflicted’.