Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Australia's policies in response to climate change have been ranked last according to an assessment released during the COP26 global summit in Glasgow. The Climate Change Performance Index ranked 60 countries that contribute up to 92% of global CO2 emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Measuring tree growth is important in enabling scientists to estimate the contribution of trees to climate change mitigation as a result of their ability to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere. It is the first of its kind in the UK.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz. So essentially Lyft has to act as a catalyst — using policy, economic and industry tools — to spur the broader transportation ecosystem to more rapidly adopt zero-emission vehicles. Lyft is committed to using the most powerful tool we have to fight climate change: policy influence.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26, citing recent evidence gathered as part of the Committee’s ongoing inquiry into nature-based solutions for climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

To address climate change, decision-makers need accurate information on how our world is changing now, and also what may happen in the future. Climate change is an all-hands-on deck, global challenge that requires action – now,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. IGO license ).

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 5, 2023

To have a shot at avoiding catastrophic climate change, the U.S. and the world need to move even faster, and companies can help in several ways.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 20, 2022

research project involving scientists from across the UK and partners across Europe aims to assess the risk that climate change poses to UK peatlands and create the capability to better manage these important ecosystems. A five-year, £3.7m

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But the scientists also see opportunities: conserving, managing and restoring ecosystems for example can mitigate climate change and enable adaptation to its impacts while also enhancing biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 14, 2024

New York is charging fossil fuel companies for climate change; California sues Big Oil for greenwashing and misleading consumers.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

A radical rethink of recycling and waste policy is required to put the UK on a more sustainable path, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Head of the IMechE’s Engineering Policy Unit, Matt Rooney said: “The UK could and should be making much better use of our waste streams.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

Public equity asset managers drive what kinds of companies are valuable and thus have the capital to grow, to what industries retirement savings flow by default and what companies can achieve a scale that affords them outsized political and policy influence. ESG funds, including those focused on climate change mitigation, do not fare better.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Now comes “climate risk,” a term that has been kicking around for years — I first wrote about it back in 2013 — but that has risen to a point where major financial and governmental institutions around the world are baking it into their policies and programs. That is, it’s no longer just about “What business is doing to the climate.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is impossible without urgent changes to national planning policy, analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity, appears to have found. Yet national planning policy has failed to keep up with climate change legislation, leaving ambitious carbon reduction targets impossible to achieve.

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Renew Economy

JUNE 27, 2024

How does it influence climate policy in Australia? The post What’s next for the Climate Change Authority under Matt Kean’s leadership? The appointment of high-profile NSW Liberal politician Matt Kean to chair the CCA has sparked questions about what this body does. appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2022

state is coping with the growing climate crisis. These were Carbon Emissions, the Adoption of Green Technology, Landfill Usage, Recycling and Green Policies. Overall, the top five best states concerning climate resilience are California, Maine, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

That means getting serious about advocating for a recovery plan that helps us build back better from the current pandemic, while tackling another global systemic threat: climate change. . The climate crisis is worsening, and it is playing out in real time as we grapple with COVID-19. that comes down to two basic steps. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 30, 2024

Understanding why climate change might contribute to increasing plastic pollution is the focus of a new research project starting this month at the University of Portsmouth. As far as we know this is the first time this has been looked at in conjunction with climate change.”

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Grist

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the early 2000s, as climate denialism was infecting political institutions around the world like a malevolent plague, an Australian epidemiologist named Anthony McMichael took on a peculiar and morbid scientific question: How many people were being killed by climate change? The world has changed a great deal since.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A recent survey by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), revealed that even though 79% of respondents agreed that climate action should be a top priority for the profession, only 17% felt their nation’s planning system or policy framework was well equipped enough to deal with the current climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

A new initiative aims to press companies to have a strong and active voice on climate policy in the United States. Your company and its campus recruiters just may be a target.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

But a later book of his — "The Fifth Risk" — best explains why we were unprepared for the current pandemic and why we need a different approach to deal with threats such as climate change. . Climate change falls squarely in this category. financial regulators to take proactive steps to understand climate change.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Ceres talked with Waxman about Green Century’s focus on deforestation and its growing importance as a driver of climate change. It comes as deforestation — and associated greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts — are mounting in many regions of the world. What follows is a lightly edited interview.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

Economic estimates predict that the pandemic will decrease global GDP by 3 percent in 2020, and at our current pace, climate change is estimated to decrease the global GDP by anywhere from 2.5 percent to 7.5 percent by 2050. Operational risk factors. Financial risk factors.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Environmental approval for wind and solar farms have to consider habitat loss for precious species, but do not yet consider the biggest threat, which is climate change, or the benefits of reduced coal emissions.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In retrospect, it also turned out that ESG portfolios contained less financial risk because they had more accurately identified risks from climate change and considered other variables — such as resilience — for which no accepted risk methodology exists. A declining investment rationale for fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Finally, the climate crisis is worse than it’s ever been. For too long, climate change was viewed as a problem for the planet instead of a problem for people. For too long, climate change was viewed as a problem for the planet instead of a problem for people. Policy & Politics. Pull Quote. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

The group, which expects to complete its work by 2025, aims to encourage businesses around the world to adopt science-based climate targets that address the environmental impact of their full value chains, sometimes known as Scope 3 emissions. The new initiative holds tremendous potential for closing these gaps," he said.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Why don’t more people choose to bank with climate-friendly retail banks that have clear environmental investment and loan policies? So why don’t more people choose to bank with climate-friendly retail banks that have clear environmental investment and loan policies? I share here the interim results for the first time.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions. Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments. . Jesse Klein. Thu, 04/22/2021 - 00:12.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 22, 2021

The theory goes that in order to rapidly deploy clean energy, you need three elements: technology; policy; and finance. The only missing piece, before this week, has been policy. . He responded to the public’s growing concerns about climate change and listened to experts about its immense economic potential. .

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GreenBiz

APRIL 8, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission and the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation this year said they want to start seeing better disclosure from companies on climate change. Importantly, the SEC’s enforcement unit’s new climate and ESG task force likely will add more clarity to corporate climate and ESG disclosures.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. But the report didn’t pussyfoot around the issues: “Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. Policy & Politics. Climate Change.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

Intense lobbying from the meat and dairy industry since 2020 has helped weaken and stall crucial climate policies in the European Union, according to a new report from InfluenceMap.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The integrity of the Scottish climate framework is now at risk. One year ago, I called for more clarity and transparency on Scottish climate policy and delivery. The Climate Change Committee has conducted a methodological review of the Scottish Climate Targets and assessed progress in cutting Scottish greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), CO2 plays an outsize role in global climate change — for example, it accounted for 81 percent of U.S. If human activity, including economic activity, is the primary driver of global warming, it only makes sense that an effective solution must start with changing that behavior.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The importance of setting science-based corporate strategies to address climate change is irrefutable. Systems change actions that put businesses at the center of making sure the regulations and industry frameworks are in place to accelerate and support corporate climate mitigation. Heather Clancy.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 21, 2024

ExxonMobil saw a “limited” role for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in fighting climate change, but still promoted the technology in its advertising campaigns, internal company documents show. While working at Exxon, Gulden led a team that maintained technology used to generate a portion of the Energy Outlook.

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