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Top 40 MBAs double down on commitments to sustainability

Corporate Knights

On a positive note, top-40 schools as a group demonstrate a growing commitment to infuse sustainability – present in about half (49%) of core content this year compared to 39% in 2021, and well above the average of 22% for all schools. The key is to never get complacent.

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Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer

Gail Tverberg

For example, in the third quarter of 2021, weak winds were a significant contributor to Europe’s power crunch. For example, in the third quarter of 2021, weak winds were a significant contributor to Europe’s power crunch. Early modelers did not expect that the variability of wind and solar would be a huge problem.

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How Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Affect All of Us? (Part 2)

Sense and Sustainability

Prolonged warm sea temperatures caused the abalone industry to shut down and whale sharks and manta rays to migrate further south and east than usual. This week’s article looks at threats to biodiversity and potential solutions. Part one can be seen here.

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

While driving through Oregon, Steele was engulfed in a blanket of wildfire smoke, unable to see 10 feet ahead. Recent events have impacted my kin personally in Maui and Northwest Territories,” says the 25-year-old community organizer from Six Nations of the Grand River, who works as the just-transition lead at Sacred Earth Solar. “It

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

On the same day that Pakistan’s prime minister was pleading with world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly not to leave his country “alone high and dry” to cope with the catastrophic impacts of flooding, outside, thousands of young people were marching to Wall Street demanding climate reparations for poor countries.

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:30. That’s equivalent to roughly 10 years’ worth of China’s annual emissions as of 2014 — an amount that far surpasses the 90 billion ton avoidance potential of Drawdown’s top-ranked solution, refrigerant management. The case for raising up women in climate tech. Shana Rappaport. 6 and 7, respectively.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

You cannot be faulted for failing to notice the long list of environmental wins that occurred in 2021. Good news stories do not have the sensationalistic allure of dramatic prophecies of doom, but once you get past the dire headlines, there is a litany of overlooked achievements that tangibly illustrate progress.