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With wildfires and droughts, the global water emergency is in plain sight

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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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Canada isn't challenging banks enough to prepare for climate chaos

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Those would waste food,” says the economist, “so here’s the solution: let’s assume we have a can opener.” The joke is a good reminder of the limitations of the climate-scenario exercise about to be conducted by Canada’s financial regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI).

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Meet the Climate Scientists Taking Arctic Icebergs-in-a-Bottle to Glastonbury

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The Arctic Basecamp team is serving up a climate change warning — in a bottle. But, as climate scientists are fond of saying: " What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic." We brought the Arctic right into the heart of COP26 — “a single serving of alarming climate facts.” SOURCE: Global Citizen.

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Cisco Refresh Empowers Businesses to Work Toward a More Sustainable Future

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From the technology we create to help reduce waste, to reducing the waste that our technology creates, it dramatically impacts how the environment responds and adapts. percent of e-waste is known to be collected and properly recycled. of e-waste is known to be collected and properly recycled. Contact us to learn more.

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Is capturing carbon from the air an effective climate solution?

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After the world has collectively dragged its feet for far too long to slow down climate change, companies and governments are now championing a deceptively simple solution: filtering carbon dioxide out of the air and burying it deep underground, or turning it into everything from jet fuel to yoga mats.

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How Carbon Lockdown’s Wood Vault Is Pioneering Carbon Removal: In Conversation With Climate Vault

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He is also a professor at the University of Maryland and a climate scientist specializing in the global carbon cycle. In the interview below, Dr. Zeng shares about Carbon Lockdown’s unique approach to CDR and the verifiable impact Carbon Lockdown’s wood vault is having on the fight against climate change.

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Cisco Refresh empowers businesses to work toward a more sustainable future

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From the technology we create to help reduce waste, to reducing the waste that our technology creates, it dramatically impacts how the environment responds and adapts. percent of e-waste is known to be collected and properly recycled. Technology plays a vital role in creating a more sustainable future.