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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

Real Climate

In the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C in 2018, but they represent a significant update since AR5 in 2013. Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). C warming estimate between 1850-1900 and 2006-2015.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 “A climate investment trap in developing economies.”

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How Does Applied Microeconomic Research Accelerate Climate Change Adaptation?

Environmental and Urban Economics

Kahn, 2015. " A Review of The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey Sachs ," Journal of Economic Literature , American Economic Association, vol. Will Climate Change Cause Enormous Social Costs for Poor Asian Cities? ," Asian Development Review , MIT Press, vol. & Zhao, Daxuan, 2018. " Rhode, 2012.

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Celebrating 15 years of blogging

Edouard Stenger

My years in Seattle – 2015 / 2018 – were even more interesting. This short experience opened a world of opportunities to me and I was able to bank on those few months to work again in that industry, with much smaller biodigesters. My MBA at Presidio taught me a lot, professionally and most of all personally.

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Glass: a transparent tool for a fairer planet

Physics World

When the idea for a year-long celebration of glass was first proposed in 2018, at the annual meeting of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) in Yokohama, Japan, few could have foreseen the global calamity that would soon befall. Glass is the invisible tool to build a more sustainable and fairer planet.”.

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Analysis: Green jobs take off in China

A Greener Life

in 2015 to 13.3% Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. She graduated with a degree in environmental economics in 2018, unsure of where to work. LinkedIn’s Green Skills Report found that between 2015 and 2021, for every 100 men considered “green talent”, there were only 62 women.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.