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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Ultimately, the message conveyed by Moore is renewable technology is not enough to save our planet from climate change and the only way forward is for the human race to slow down. Over the quarter of 2020, up to 47% of the electricity demand in the UK was met by renewable energy sources. How green are renewables? Solar and wind.

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. “World Environment Day is a day of celebration.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As we head into the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), issues surrounding the impact of climate change in the Caribbean are high on the agenda.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

It’s pretty clear that neither the innermost nor outermost circle has yet achieved much concrete advance in dealing with climate change. The Paris Agreement is organized around NDCs: statements of what each nation plans to do to contribute to resolving climate change. Then things move on.

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Analysis: Brazil plans to continue investing in coal-fired power despite global shifts

A Greener Life

There is international pressure for countries to stop burning coal because the climate impact is so great on a global scale,” says Shigueo Watanabe Junior, a climate change and energy expert at the Climainfo Institute, a Brazilian environmental information organisation. Coal sector apprehensive.

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Should We Intensify Farming to Prevent Disease Epidemics like Coronavirus? An Interview with Josef Settele

Environmental Progress

Interview, May 4, 2020 Dr. Josef Settele, Professor of Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Research, Dept. For instance, when the Brazilian Amazon reached a peak of deforestation in 2004, strong command-and-control policies were put in place, carrying strong sanctions for municipalities and farmers to comply with legislation.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Testimony before the House Agriculture Committee for a Hearing on “Climate Change and the U.S. Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. 10] As wealthy nations develop and farms become more productive, grasslands, forests, and wildlife are returning.