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How unchecked consumerism helps drive climate change

Corporate Knights

As extreme weather events in Canada and around the world are linked to human-made climate change , there is one story that continues to be left out: the connection between climate change and the products we purchase. Our stuff, consumerism and climate change. times the product’s weight. Life cycles matter.

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Could the video game industry be key to levelling up on climate action?

Corporate Knights

So they’re a really great way to bring people in to start that conversation about climate change,” says Jennifer Carman, one of the study’s authors and a deputy research manager with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. “Games create engaging and immersive worlds. Other companies have less ambitious targets.

UNEP 263
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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

” The latest Food Waste Index Report (2024) , compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and co-authored by WRAP, found that the world wastes over a billion tonnes of food – one fifth of all food available to consumers at the retail, food service and household level annually.

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Global Heat Reduction Registry Announces First Three Methodologies for Projects Tackling Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

3BL Media

The GHR Registry takes advantage of groundbreaking climate accounting protocols addressing all drivers of climate change, including many that have been historically overlooked or undervalued, and delivering crucial heat reduction computation over any timeframe of interest. Several new methodologies are in the pipeline.

UNEP 147
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Environmental Court Cases on the Rise

Chris Hall

The number of litigation-arbitration climate change related cases is on the rise. As of 1 July 2020, the number of cases had nearly doubled, with at least 1,550 climate change cases filed in 38 countries, according to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report. Investor-state arbitration.

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Fusion the Positive Choice for Climate Impact

Chris Hall

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . Steady momentum .

UNEP 98
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Industry Leaders Dare to Change for the Better

3BL Media

The Main Plenary stage served as a forum for the kinds of cross-sector conversations that are necessary to solve complex problems like climate change and food insecurity. It is governed by its Board of Directors, which comprises more than 55 manufacturer and retailer CEOs. Looking Ahead.