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Bayer: Climate Change and Its Impact on Human Health

3BL Media

Global climate change is causing a dangerous rise in sea levels, erratic and wild weather, environmental damage, and consequently, a state of worsening human health. Extreme temperatures and air pollution contribute to climate change’s impact on human health. How Does Climate Change Impact Our Health?

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Lenovo Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain by 2050

ESG Today

Computer manufacturer Lenovo announced today a goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The commitment, covering the companies’ full value chain, and has been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as aligned with its net zero standard.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

The frontrunning proposal, sponsored by France, Germany and Japan, has come under fire due to a recommendation that stringent enforcement of operational efficiency regulations is introduced no earlier than 2029. It is the job of the United Nations to protect people and planet from the ravages of runaway global heating.".

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U.S. Building Performance Standards in 2023 and Beyond

3BL Media

Over the past decade, these mandatory Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies have gained momentum, as an increasing number of local jurisdictions act to mitigate climate change impacts and support building decarbonization. The city’s goal is to gradually reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: May 5, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

The latest signals of change include EV manufacturing interest in Thailand and solar farm innovations supporting biodiversity. The authors predict that net zero policies would improve air quality so much as to avoid almost 350,000 premature deaths annually in the region by 2030, while creating 2.9

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Types of Nuclear Energy: Where We Were and Where We are Today

Richard Matthews

Nuclear energy is a critical part of a suite of technologies that can help to address the civilization-ending threat of climate change. Last October the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook clearly stated that countries are not transitioning to clean energy fast enough to zero out emissions by the middle of the century.

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Clean energy is hot: how industry employers can find the best people in a growing and competitive job market

Renewable Energy World

economy is gathering steam, as the Biden Administration commits to creating 10 million green jobs to help address climate change and consumer demand for it swells. Sunny optimism about the expansion of a clean-energy U.S. New employment opportunities are coming and many are already here.