Renew Economy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The post Farmers says climate change is biggest threat, renewables the best solution appeared first on RenewEconomy. Seven out of 10 farmers interviewed had already invested in emissions reduction efforts, by installing solar panels and batteries, electrifying farm equipment or planting trees.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The reason: these plans do not account for climate change's impacts on water resources. Specifically, changes in water availability caused by climate change could decrease hydropower generation by up to 23% by the year 2050, while electricity demand could increase by 2%.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 24, 2025

The new research shows these microbes have a dual role in the carbon cycle and the potential to either moderate or intensify climate change. Researchers have identified an unknown family of microbes uniquely adapted to the waterlogged, low-oxygen conditions of tropical peatlands in Peru's northwestern Amazonian rainforest.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 30, 2024

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced the signing of the Climate Change Superfund Act, a new piece of legislation aimed at requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for a share, proportionate to their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, of the investments in infrastructure needed to adapt to climate change.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 26, 2024

The post “It makes climate change worse:” Carbon credit projects claiming to regrow forests are failing appeared first on RenewEconomy. New research from three Australian universities shows forest regrowth projects show little improvement, many going backwards.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Objective: Highlight local media’s role in driving climate change awareness According to the American Meteorological Society , local weather broadcasting is extremely effective in raising awareness about climate change. 48% understand segments: Extreme heat was most often connected to climate change.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Comedian Stuart Goldsmith says stand-up offers strategies for those working day to day to mitigate the climate crisis.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Is this a win for climate? Will it lead to real action on climate change? Federal parliament has quietly passed new legislation to increase and standardise greenhouse gas reporting for Australia’s largest companies. The post New legislation on corporate emissions reporting has made it through parliament.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Drawing on longstanding pro-CO2 rhetoric in climate denialism, Policy Resolution #12 asks the government to scrap its decarbonization goals, remove the designation of carbon dioxide as a pollutant, and recognize the greenhouse gas as a “foundational nutrient for all life on Earth.” “I

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. When Glasgow hosted COP26 in 2021, bringing together 120 world leaders and more than 40,000 participants, the UK was seen as a world leader in the battle against climate change.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 20, 2025

Climate change will disrupt our lives more and more until the world reaches net zero not even Australian Rules football is safe. The post Footy faces cyclones and record heat it’s just a taste of what’s to come from climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Green Project Management

JULY 17, 2024

Amid escalating climate change, achieving net zero carbon emissions has become a crucial goal for many organizations. One of our clients recently declared a bold ambition: achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050. When we asked for their plan, they replied, “That’s why you guys are here.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Sponsored: You want to move the needle on climate change? Stop trying to achieve net zero.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2022

The World Bank is teaming up with Bram Cohen’s San Francisco startup to prove that cryptocurrency can be part of the solution, not a problem, for climate change.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Thu, Dec 5, 2024 7:00 AM EST COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, brings together world leaders, policymakers, industry innovators, and environmental activists to exchange ideas and formulate strategies to tackle climate change.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Geneticists have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 millennia and stretching from Siberia to Britain. The aurochs roamed in Europe, Asia and Africa for hundreds of thousands of years.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The cost of reversing the effects of climate change -- restoring melted polar sea ice, for example -- quickly climbs nearly fourfold soon after a tipping point is crossed, according to new work. Much work has been done to explore the environmental costs tied to climate change.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Regenerative hospitality has the potential to unlock the broader systemic changes we need to limit climate change and protect ecosystems.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 13, 2025

Coming at the end of what is going down as the hottest year on record, it was easy to feel that the annual meetings of signatories to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), plus the circus of non-governmental organizations, lobbyists and negotiators that has grown up around them, have failed to deliver.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 30, 2024

While the insurance industry recognizes the central role of climate change and preaches adaptation, it is silent on its own complicity. Canadians need a more honest conversation about the costs of climate change. Simplistic slogans like Axe the tax sow confusion and do nothing to tackle climate-driven inflation.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The Climate Change Authority says a nuclear pathway would add an extra 2 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by 2050. The post Carbon time bomb: Dutton’s nuclear plan will blow up Paris and emissions targets, CCA says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But that’s the mandate of Simon Stiell, the former environment minister of Grenada who is now the United Nations’ climate chief – the man most responsible for achieving the Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C The same report,” Stiell noted, “says climate action will cost less than a sixth of that.”

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference, this event presents a crucial moment for governments and industry to step-up and fast-track the global climate agenda in order to meet global ambitions. Tue, Nov 5, 2024 7:00 AM EST From 11-22 November 2024, COP29 will be taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 22, 2025

International Olympic Committee news As world leaders meet at COP29 to agree actions to address the climate crisis, a new study illustrates how effective climate action could reduce the impact of climate change on winter sport. These decisions are supported by extensive consultation and scientific evidence.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 27, 2024

Sustainability experts view climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water scarcity, food security and water pollution as increasingly severe challenges, according to the latest GlobeScan/ERM survey.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 29, 2024

Australia's coal mine methane emissions are being vastly underreported and are damaging the nation's credibility on climate change, economist Professor Rod Sims has warned. The post “Simply astounding:” Australian coal mine methane emissions may be twice offical data appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Federal Labor green lights three major thermal coal mine expansions, in a move that lays bare the blatant disregard of climate change in Australia's environmental laws. The post “Shocking, shameful, abhorrent:” Coal mine approvals slammed for reckless disregard of climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Williams, a globally recognized leader at the nexus of energy technology and policy, brings over 40 years of expertise to support Climate Vault’s mission of verifiably reducing and removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Throughout my career, I’ve worked to advance pioneering solutions that can make a real impact on climate change.

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3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2025

In Latin America, a region characterized by its diverse geography, reliance on natural resources, and pronounced social and economic disparities, the repercussions of climate change are particularly severe. This exacerbates existing inequities as the most vulnerable communities bear the brunt of climate-related adversities.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 17, 2024

The truth of climate change is in the record heat, the flooding, the choking smoke, the red sky burning. Yet the fossil fuel companies tell us we can’t live without them. The post The world is in an abusive relationship with fossil fuels. Now is the time to leave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 29, 2025

When you do the work you would have to be an absolute nutter to conclude anything other than that the quality of life for future generations is at risk from climate change. The post State of the climate: Hotter and hotter, and we are blowing our budget appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Australia’s plans to open new gas fields and recent approval for three massive coal mine expansions has seen it slip two places in this year’s global Climate Change Performance Index. The post Australia’s climate rating slips because of plans to increase coal and gas production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Climate Change 348

Renew Economy

JUNE 2, 2024

An Australian state government once "solved" the problems of late trains by changing the definition of late. The same thinking applies to climate change. The post Australia’s land-use emissions data revisions are an engine of climate delay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 13, 2025

The finding has implications for the way scientists and policymakers think about water in the region -- an increasingly urgent issue across the Western United States as climate change reduces snowpack, intensifies drought and strains limited resources.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

billion coal mine being blocked over "unacceptable climate change impacts." The businessman has dropped his second appeal against a $6.5 The post Clive Palmer fails in second attempt to overturn $6.5 billion coal mine refusal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report makes it clear that emissions reduction and carbon removal are complementary and necessary for a net zero future. Department of Energy (DOE), which calls for companies to help catalyze carbon removal at gigaton scales in the coming decades.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The problem Climate change is not gender neutral and our response shouldnt be either. Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change and biodiversity risks. Effective efforts to combat climate change should enable women to be drivers of locally led mitigation, adaptation, and nature-based solutions.

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