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Tag Archives: ClimateChange

After the Coronavirus, Two Sharply Divergent Paths on Climate

After the Coronavirus, Two Sharply Divergent Paths on Climate

[ad_1] A year from now, how will the battle to slow global warming look in a post-coronavirus world? That’s a question being asked a lot these days by policy experts and activists, and it’s one with huge implications. Some hope it will bring out the best in us and our …

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#climatestrikeonline “The climate emergency is the biggest crisis we have eve…

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"The climate emergency is the biggest crisis we have eve...

[ad_1] @michal_grzywa #climatestrikeonline ???? ???????????? “The climate emergency is the biggest crisis we have ever faced, it won’t wait until after COVID 19 is dealt with – so we can’t either” FFF #digitalstrike #climatestrike #climateaction #climatejustice #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateactionnow #fightforafuture #climateemergency #fridaysforfuture #listentothescience #globalwarming #nature #gretathunberg #savetheplanet #noplanetb #saveourplanet #savetheearth …

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Methane levels at all-time high after near-record increase in gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide

Methane levels at all-time high after near-record increase in gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide

[ad_1] Global methane levels have hit an all-time high after what appears to be a near-record yearly atmospheric increase in the potent greenhouse gas. The concentration of methane in the Earth’s atmosphere reached nearly 1,875 parts per billion in 2019, up from the previous year’s 1,866 parts per billion, according to preliminary data …

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Environmental racism against Roma

Environmental racism against Roma

[ad_1] Roma communities across central and eastern Europe are experience systematic and systemic environmental racism, which has intensified during the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the ‘Pushed to the Wastelands’ report published yesterday. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) network collaborated with ICTA-UAB published the report on International Romani Day at a …

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Pod of the Planet: Ep.5 Look After Yourself

Pod of the Planet: Ep.5 Look After Yourself

[ad_1] Pod of the Planet: Ep.5 Look After Yourself In a changing worldImpacts are often not clearLook after yourself —Robbie Parks, EI Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mailman School of Public Health In this episode Jason Smerdon and Kyu Lee discuss home life, home schooling and pathways forward for climate research and …

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FIFTH ONLINE STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE #actonscience About 40% of human CO2 emis…

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About 40% of human CO2 emis...

[ad_1] ???? FIFTH ONLINE STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ???? #actonscience About 40% of human CO2 emissions are mainly absorbed by vegetation and oceans. What remains remains in the atmosphere. The consequence is that atmospheric CO2 is currently at the highest level ever reached in the past 15-20 million years. Natural …

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Due diligence key to make supply chains more sustainable: report

Due diligence key to make supply chains more sustainable: report

[ad_1] A key taskforce bringing together business, finance and civil society has outlined how to reduce the climate and environmental effects of commodities in UK supply chains. ClientEarth legal experts took part in working groups to help develop the Global Resources Initiative (GRI) taskforce report highlighting the complexity of global …

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Turns out, traffic spreads like the coronavirus

Turns out, traffic spreads like the coronavirus

[ad_1] News on climate in the time of coronavirus Subscribe today This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just as the novel coronavirus has spread from person to person across the world, so too does traffic propagate through highways …

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EWG News Roundup (4/10): Mapping PFAS Discharges, COVID-19 Hand Care Tips and More

EWG News Roundup (4/10): Mapping PFAS Discharges, COVID-19 Hand Care Tips and More

[ad_1] In the News This week, EWG uncovered and mapped over 2,500 industrial facilities across the nation that could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water. Using Environmental Protection Agency and New York State data, EWG identified 2,501 unique industrial sites that are …

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Kengo Kuma, K2LD win bid to design Founders’ Memorial in Singapore

Kengo Kuma, K2LD win bid to design Founders' Memorial in Singapore

[ad_1] Kengo Kuma & Associates and K2LD Architects have won an international competition for the Founders’ Memorial in Singapore, a national landmark that will honor not only Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, but the multi-racial team of which he was a part of in developing the island country …

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