DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

The findings offer new insight into corporate actors’ responsibility for the climate impact of worsening wildfires and strengthen the rapidly growing scientific field known as attribution science , which quantifies the influence of climate change on extreme weather events and connects pollution sources to observed climate impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

At a Columbia University symposium, physicist Edward Teller warns oil executives about rising levels of carbon dioxide and the likelihood of global warming and sea level rise by the end of the century. Document 1: 1959. View on DocumentCloud. How did you trip over this first? FRANTA: Absolutely.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. This book explains how events like these are influenced by climate change and offer ways you can get involved in the fight for solutions. Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

“The opportunity to preserve the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in its present-day state has probably passed,” she concluded, “and policymakers should be prepared for several metres of sea level rise over the coming centuries.” Antarctic Program Are such ideas feasible, how much would they cost, and what are the ethics of all this?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the folks who organize the annual COP events — defines “climate-related risks” as those: …created by a range of hazards. This duty — which is both ethical and legal — requires them to make decisions in good faith and in a reasonably prudent manner. And it’s not just climate.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - the folks who organise the annual COP events - defines "climate-related risks" as those: ". This duty - which is both ethical and legal - requires them to make decisions in good faith and in a reasonably prudent manner". created by a range of hazards.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the folks who organize the annual COP events — defines “climate-related risks” as those: …created by a range of hazards. This duty — which is both ethical and legal — requires them to make decisions in good faith and in a reasonably prudent manner. And it’s not just climate.

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