7 European Countries Step Up Fight Against Climate Change, Call For Higher Ambition By EU…
Seven European countries step up the fight against climate change by calling for higher ambition by EU countries.
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Is Population Reduction The Debate We Should Be Having?
Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, claims the optimum size of the human population on Earth is 2 billion souls. Are his ideas worthy of discussion?
Good News! Study Claims Global Warming Will Only Be Disastrous, Not Catastrophic
A new study suggests the Earth may not suffer a catastrophic increase in average temperatures but predicts it will see an increase of about 2.8 degrees Celsius. That’s enough to cause massive changes in climate that will affect hundreds of millions of people.
Best Way To Limit Sea Level Rise? Stop Burning Coal
A new report suggests that sea level rise can be kept to 2 feet by 2100 if the world limits the use of coal to less than 5% of electricity generation by 2050. What are the odds of that happening?
2° Celsius Rise In Global Temperature Is Climate Change “Best Case Scenario”
A new study from the University of Washington finds the odds of global warming remaining at 1.5 degrees C or less is only 1%. More likely, the increase will be between 2 and 4.9 degrees C.
Study: IPCC’s “Worst Case” Climate Change Scenario Leads To $40 Billion A Year In Losses…
Using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s “worst case” scenario (RCP8.5) as the baseline, new research has determined that Europe’s coastal cities may be facing as much as $40 billion a year in associated economic losses by 2100.
RE<<C and IPCC Scenario Compression
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Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Set To Tackle 1.5ºC Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has confirmed the outlines for two new reports it will be tackling over the next few years, including a report dedicated to the 1.5ºC global warming issue requested by delegates at the UN climate change conference held in Paris in December of last year.
Bringing More Women Entrepreneurs Into Clean Renewable Energy Revolution
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Decentralized sustainable energy technologies—both at the individual systems level, such as solar home systems, and at the mini-grid level servicing 50 to 100 households—are the cheapest solutions for energy access in an increasing number of locations. That’s the finding of a new report by the International … [continued]
One Decade Left To Keep Global Warming Below 1.5°C
Originally published on Planetsave. Disturbing news came out of a meeting in Oxford, England, last week. Over 200 researchers, policy makers, businesspeople, and members of civil society met to reexamine Earth’s deadline for human sustainability. They found it likely to be sooner than we previously thought. To review recent history … [continued]
