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Shrinking Reservoirs Trigger Deeper Water Cuts for Lower Colorado River

Circle of Blue

The Tier 1 shortage was triggered because the water level in Mead is projected to be 1,065 feet above sea level at the end of 2021 — 10 feet lower than the shortage threshold. Those guidelines expire at the end of 2025, and discussions are expected to begin later this year.

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The Stream, January 11, 2023: Proposed Hydropower Project Threatens Sacred Yakama Nation Food-Gathering Lands

Circle of Blue

A new, first-of-its-kind study suggests that global warming this century will cause more glacial melting and sea level rise than previously thought. Construction would begin in 2025, and last for five years. The Associated Press reports that this level of melting would cause 4.5 On the Radar.

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Four South Asian cities show the way for collaborative, low-emission development

A Greener Life

Its Urban-LEDS plan says it will reduce emissions by 20% by 2025 from 2017-18 levels, and identified actions with a mitigation potential of 614,376 tonnes of CO2 per year by 2025-26. Natural flood control in Thane The Thane city government aims to reduce annual emission by 22% from the 2017-18 baseline by 2025-26.

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UNICEF warns 27 million children at risk from climate fuelled floods

A Greener Life

In 2022 floods, driven by rising sea- levels, tidal surges, and extreme and prolonged rainfall have contributed to the increased spread of major killers of children, such as malnutrition, malaria, cholera and diarrhoea. .

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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

Even if there were just (say) a 40% chance that the Ditlevsen study is correct in the tipping point being reached between 2025 and 2095, that’s a major change to the previous IPCC assessment that the risk is less than 10%. What does it all mean? An AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary-scale disaster.

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Opinion: At COP28, climate finance takes centre stage

A Greener Life

C above pre-1850 levels, versus a business-as-usual scenario, would save the world USD 1,266 trillion in loss and damage from 2025 to 2100. COP28 has to deal with this now, as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) has to be agreed to before 2025. The CPI report estimates that keeping global warming to within 1.5

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Guide to the New SEC Climate Disclosure Rules

Capaccio

Physical risks include weather events and longer-term climate conditions, like sea level rise, that could directly impact business operations. The earliest proposed date of disclosure is in 2025 when LAFs would have to include climate-related risks in annual reports.