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Snow, Climate Change and the Olympic Winter Games

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: With the impacts of climate change accelerating, snow conditions in many parts of the world vary significantly from year to year. How will climate change affect the choice of future Winter Olympic hosts? Study the long-term opportunities and challenges related to hosting, including climate change.

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Corporations must change climate obstructionist industry associations from within

Corporate Knights

The window to take action on climate change is closing. The global scientific community now has the official backing of hundreds of government and business leaders who agree that we must transition to a net-zero-carbon economy, and yet getting strong climate regulations in place has proven a challenge.

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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Since this jargon can be a bit overwhelming, I decided to create this Sustainability Jargon Dictionary to allow you to talk to other people about Climate Change and other sustainability topics in a language they can understand. Climate change. Climate Change – An alteration in global climate patterns.

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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Many companies have also chosen to act.

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LEAD On a Clean Economy Brings Companies and Investors to Capitol Hill With United Call To Maximize Investment in America

3BL Media

The risks of climate change mark a threat to both public health and the economy,” said Shelly Schlenker, executive vice president/chief advocacy officer, CommonSpirit Health. It will take more than just one company, more than one industry to counter the worst effects of climate change – it is time for us all to act.

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The JUST Report: My Top Takeaways from a Frenetic Climate Week

Just Capital

All three agreed that the conversation has drastically changed in the last 12 months, that their work has never been more vital, that the business stakes have never been higher. degree Science Based Net Zero commitment, and providing sellers with 100% recycled packaging.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis.