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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. 2022: What Does the Latest IPCC Report Say? C above pre-industrial levels.

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). The agricultural, land use and forestry sectors are the largest sources of GHG emissions in Colombia, representing 59.1% of the national total. By 2030, Colombia aims to reduce its emissions by 51% in all sectors and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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NYC Department of Buildings Releases Proposed Local Law 97 Regulations

SPR Law

On October 6, 2022, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97). LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024.

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??DEP Announces Local Climate Action Training Provided To 121 More Municipalities; Apply Now For Training

PA Environment Daily

The DEP Local Climate Action Program pairs municipalities with ICLEI, a national nonprofit that fosters sustainable development, and with college students to perform inventories of greenhouse gas emissions from local buildings, transportation, waste management, and other sectors. Posted: May 11, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030

PA Environment Daily

The work was initiated by Alexander Hristov , distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, in 2015 when he was the chair of the Feed and Nutrition Network of the 35-country Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. Posted: May 11, 2022] PA Environment Digest Reprinted from Penn State News.)

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Frontiers Forum Live 2023: Accelerating and mobilizing open science for global challenges

Frontiers

Mission possible: accelerating sustainable development through open science and cooperation Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, spoke of the need for global solutions to address global crises such as armed conflict, pandemics, and climate change that are inherently intertwined and interconnected.

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Happy new year 2023 !

Edouard Stenger

2022 was hard as COVID kept on hitting and killing and temperatures soared all across France, Europe and the world. We have all the technological solutions to slash greenhouse gases emissions and reach a carbon neutral future. I am still optimistic, even if on many days it’s hard. But the worst is still not certain.

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