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Navigating the Rising Tide: The Convergence of Climate Change and Global Trade

3BL Media

In 2019, flooding accrued a hefty price tag of $82 billion for global economies,” Enright notes, citing The Wall Street Journal. The 2021 floods in British Columbia, Canada, are also mentioned, showcasing the widespread impact of such events.

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Going electric will save Canadians money on energy costs

Corporate Knights

The impacts of the climate crisis already cost Canadians an average of $720 per year for things like repairs after flooding or wildfires – and that price tag is expected to double or triple by 2050. Climate change and affordability are closely intertwined.

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Peers sought to build urban resilience platform

Envirotec Magazine

From a water perspective, this means there is now a higher probability of flooding from heavier precipitation and storm surge, but also an increased risk of not having enough water available to keep taps flowing. It is against this background that Isle set up its Urban Resilience Technology Approval Group (UR TAG) in 2019.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

became a summertime flood zone, even before an annual hurricane season so bad that the government is running out of names to attach to them, even before Colorado saw a 100°F heatwave swan dive into a 12? It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 Mon, 09/14/2020 - 02:11. The chickens are coming home to roost. percent of GDP by 2100.

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Podcast: What do you want in a home robot?

Stacey Higginbotham

Then we discuss smarter tags manufactured in a new Brazilian factory for Avery Denison before discussing two new options in air purifiers: one from Wyze and one containing a UV-filter from Xiaomi. We compared the Pebble story to the latest funding for the Oura ring , and mentioned Fitbit’s new FDA-approved atrial fibrillation detection.

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Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

If it weren’t for the plastic tags in the cows’ ears and the overhead drone of occasional passenger planes, we could be 600 years ago. Biodiversity, put simply, can clean our water, protect us from flooding and drought, increase how much food we grow and regulate our climate. The birdsong is unreal. And above it all, a stork wheels.

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REDEEMing pumping stations for eels

Envirotec Magazine

Consequently providing flood protection and safe eel passage is a particular challenge. Here, I and the REDEEM project team briefly describe some of the key questions our research is trying to answer for the flood and water level management sector. Of the acoustic tagged eels, 80.8% What fish live upstream of pumping stations?