Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

by Mark Maslin, UCL A new comedy project pairing leading comedians with climate scientists presents a novel way to communicate the climate crisis. “If I’m certain that comedy can connect people to climate change Because she has … Continue reading Jo Brand translated my science.

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3BL Media

APRIL 7, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Society must move more forcefully to combat global warming, the world’s top climate scientists warned Monday in a new report that says existing solutions and innovation offer hope—but not without action. KEYWORDS: NYSE:ENB, Enbridge, climate change.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 18, 2024

When climate scientists look to the future to determine what the effects of climate change may be, they use computer models to simulate potential outcomes such as how precipitation will change in a warming world. Some scientists are also looking at something a little more tangible: coral.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 19, 2023

New research by climate scientists indicates that there have been great changes to Atlantic hurricanes in just the past 50 years, with storms developing and strengthening faster.

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3BL Media

MARCH 16, 2022

This week on Sea Change Radio we speak with climate scientist, Adam Sobel, a professor at Columbia University, to get a glimpse into the mind of a climate scientist.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JULY 24, 2023

Scientists have determined how the Earth responds as it heats up due to climate change. Their study is the first to find the temperature-carbon dioxide release relationship at the landscape level.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So we urgently need more research on the consequences, says climate scientist Kate Ricke. Read the full story in Wired. Someone’s bound to hack the atmosphere to cool the planet. Read more →

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John Englart

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Analysis by climate scientists at Climate Central has highlighted we have just gone through the hottest 12 month period in recorded history (November 2022-October 2023), with an average global temperature of 1.3C

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 7, 2023

We must prepare for a long summer," said Steven Guilbeault, Canada's minister of environment and climate change, this week. Population growth, socio-economic development and changes to our consumption are the key factors behind the accelerating usage. Hundreds of blazes are active from B.C. million Somalis and killed 3.8

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the climate context, possible future scenarios centre on physical risk, transition risk or both. Physical risk is the tangible impacts of climate change, like fires and flooding, while transition risk is the impact that climate policy has on the economy, technology and consumer demand.

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Energy Central

APRIL 7, 2022

By EDF BlogsBy Ilissa Ocko and Tianyi Sun A new report out this week from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is once again shedding more light on the climate crisis. As part of the Paris Climate Agreement — countries across the globe.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Recognizing that climate change could pose long-term risks, many funds are now reporting under the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a global voluntary framework established in 2015. There were limitations in what the model used could show in terms of physical risks, ” an AIMCo spokesperson says. “We

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Climate change has been a key investment strategy focus, as more investors subscribe to the overwhelming conclusion of climate scientists that the Earth’s climate is warming, and human activity is the primary driver of this warming. This naturally leads to the question of the role companies and investors can play.

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

But, can artificial intelligence make a positive contribution to understanding the problems caused by climate change too, problems gradually turning into a crisis? In fact, AI can help climate researchers find solutions in many areas such as air pollution. How Can Monitoring and Measuring Be Useful? Image courtesy of Flickr.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Climate scientist Anders Levermann explains how changing weather will impact the global supply chain for coffee and even more complicated goods. KEYWORDS: Morgan Stanley, NYSE: MS, Agrosmart, climate change, coffee growers. He describes how recent droughts and frost have devastated many farmers.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. It is a complicated place.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As we kick off Climate Week in New York today, I’ve been reflecting on our teams’ climate-related work over the last year. We believe that climate change can have a material impact on investment outcomes. One way we do this is through our collaboration with Columbia University’s Climate School and its climate scientists.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 13, 2023

This was one of the unspoken conclusions of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released last month, which offered dire warnings about the future of the planet but failed to recommend shifting to a plant-based diet. Let them eat meat.

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Energy Central

JULY 17, 2023

Eunice Newton Foote, an American scientist born on July 17, 1819, was an amateur climate scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries about greenhouse gases and climate change in the mid-19th century. However, her work was overshadowed and forgotten for more than 150 years.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

In the face of these threats, it is clear that greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation is necessary (to minimize future climate changes), but not sufficient. Indeed, this fact has been acknowledged in the 2016 Paris climate agreement.). Equally important though, is how well we will adapt to the inevitable changes.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 19, 2024

We can see his influence in Canada’s work on climate change. John personally ensured that cities and towns had to have climate plans to be eligible for funding nearly 20 years ago, at a time that climate change was only emerging as an issue for local governments. All he had was his energy, wisdom and charm.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Canadians require a livable planet on which to retire, and climate scientists and energy modellers are clear that limiting global temperature increase to 1.5℃ It should be obvious that achieving this mandate is dependent on stabilizing global temperatures at relatively safe levels. CPPIB appears to have flunked this test.

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ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2023

The organization’s criteria for approved climate targets only accepts targets aligned with a 1.5°C C warming ambition, as required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. We’re thrilled that the Science Based Targets initiative has validated our net-zero targets, and look forward to providing updates on our progress.”

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

That happened recently when I thought to myself, “Huh…it seems to me that the burden of proof on climate change has finally shifted in America.”. Climate Scientists and Advocates Have Satisfied Their Burden of Proof. Every now and again, I’m reminded of something I learned in one of those lessons.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Hayhoe says people can use their roles in their workplaces and communities to act on the climate crisis. Read the full story in The Guardian. Read more →

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Increasing concern over the climate crisis is also driving accelerated goals. Climate scientists urge that the planet only has until 2030 to stem the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

announces its plans to accelerate its commitment to combat climate change with a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its own operations (Scopes 1 and 2) and supply chain (Scope 3) by 2040 in accordance with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard. SOURCE: Tiffany & Co.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

Aegon’s work in this area is still evolving, and its monitoring of asset managers on responsible investment will likely start to include policy engagement, reflecting limitations to shareholder engagement on tackling climate change. “You can’t diversify away from a systemic risk like climate change,” said Chew. “We

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 27, 2021

Read the full story from NPR.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 24, 2023

billion will enable it to profit from tackling climate change while continuing to extract oil and gas for 60 or more years into the future, says CEO Vicki Hollub. But CDR is not a replacement for deep emissions reductions, said climate scientist and IPCC author Zeke Hausfather.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

My interest in issues like climate change stems from my early career in public service on the graduate program at Her Majesty’s Treasury. I worked as chief of staff for — now Lord, then Sir — Nick Stern on his landmark review on the economics of climate change. Houde: What’s the investor outlook for ESG?

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From a Moscow ambush to email leaks, climate scientist Peter Stott is raising the global warming alarm ahead of the COP27 summit.

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Chris Hall

JULY 31, 2023

Creon Butler, Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme at think tank Chatham House, made a similar warning of a “probable sharp adjustment” this month , saying that “financial markets did not yet reflect climate risk” despite the clear severe economic and financial consequences of climate change.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Last year, Cisco announced its commitment to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes by 2040, ten years ahead of when climate scientists say the planet must reach net zero to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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Impakter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Earth ‘Likely’ to Exceed Dangerous Climate ‘Tipping Points’. Climate scientists have rung the alarm about impending climate doom many times lately, risking the same fate as the child who cried “wolf”.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 9, 2021

C of global warming – the “safe” limit for temperature rise outlined in the Paris Agreement – as soon as the early 2030s, according to a landmark report by the world’s most senior climate scientists. by Keith Baker (Glasgow Caledonian University) Earth could exceed 1.5°C

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

To advance climate adaptation science and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields, the Climate Adaptation Scientists of Tomorrow Program brings undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty together with CASC partners to cultivate the next generation of climate scientists.

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