Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
By recognizing and documenting the threat of climate change to cultural heritage, we add one more important layer of rights-based obligations to hold nations accountable for reducing carbon emissions. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
He was on to something And the lobsterman was correct: we can blame carbon emissions for ocean acidification and warming in the Gulf of Maine. GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. The common enemy is the oil and gas industry because they deceived the public.
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Environmental Progress
JUNE 29, 2020
Here are some facts few people know: Humans are not causing a “sixth mass extinction” The Amazon is not “the lungs of the world” Climate change is not making natural disasters worse Fires have declined 25% around the world since 2003 The amount of land we use for meat — humankind’s biggest use of land — has declined by an area nearly as large as Alaska (..)
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated. Effectively, SCC indicates what price society should be willing to pay now to avoid the future damage of today’s carbon emissions.
Onya
OCTOBER 10, 2019
An estimated 10,000 people gathered in Perth for the Global Strike 4 Climate rally, demanding government and businesses commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The rally is thought to be the biggest in Perth since the 2003 anti-Iraq war protest.
Vermont Law
JANUARY 18, 2016
Predictions based on the 1995 Chicago and 2003 Europe heatwaves anticipate 25-31 percent higher frequencies and 72-76 percent longer heatwaves by 2090. green-roofs can cut the urban global warming contributions in half and could reduce urban carbon emissions dramatically. According to meteorological simulations.
Environmental Progress
JULY 6, 2020
Two authors, Daniel Swain and Hausfather, admit my claim, “Fires have declined 25% around the world since 2003,” is accurate, but somehow misleading. One author, Zeke Hausfather, suggests I was not invited by the IPCC to be an expert reviewer. I was, and I have published the invitation.
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