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Shifting the Burden of Proof: Why It's Now On the Fossil Fuel Industry to Defend Itself

3BL Media

Climate Scientists and Advocates Have Satisfied Their Burden of Proof. For a long time in America, society put the climate change burden of proof on those who have raised concerns about it. of academic papers expressing a view on human-caused climate change agreed that it was real, and that humans were the cause.

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Top Energy Transition Conferences to Attend (Virtually or In-Person) in 2022

3BL Media

Between the climate crisis and continued interruptions in the global energy supply chain, an increasing number of companies and governments are preparing to transition to more sustainable and diversified energy systems. Collaboration is vital on this all-encompassing initiative. NTNU Energy Transition Conference 2022. Carbon markets.

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New Initiative Aims to Reinvigorate Push to 1.5°C

Chris Hall

The Climate Action Coalition wants to link business and finance, NGOs, academics and governments to accelerate climate action. The world’s 2030 climate goals are still within reach, but time is running out and solutions must be sought with renewed vigour over the next five years. “But as John F.

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Mindset Shift

Chris Hall

Investment consultants have taken some things at face value, which in one sense is understandable – they’re not academics. Scientists and academics live in silos. “The trouble is thar people in finance think economists have done the right thing and are trusting their estimates – but they couldn’t be more wrong,” said Keen.

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

Technology-focused climate crisis research and development (R&D) programs are in a time of rapid expansion and reformulation across government , academic research , the private sector, and partnerships that span all three. The Cloud of Net-Zero. Carbon stories are a major feature of climate transition agendas.

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Take Five:  As Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler

Chris Hall

In reality, were several steps away from that but it seems it will take more than leaving the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative to allow BlackRock to fly under the radar. However, lawyers still believe the wording could open the floodgates for copycat cases.