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Never Give Up. Never Surrender.

Legal Planet

My point is this: No matter how many battles we end up losing in the fight to stop carbon emissions, we can never afford to give up. The Paris Agreement’s goal is to keep global warming well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5° In terms of emissions cuts, the basic rule is simple: Every ton counts.

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HotSpots H2O: World Spending on Climate Adaptation Must Increase Five- or Tenfold

Circle of Blue

” A growing body of scientific research shows that even if society were to halt emissions overnight, a certain amount of atmospheric warming—and accompanying environmental risks— would still occur. That is more ambitious than earlier pledges, but it still exceeds the Paris agreement goal of 1.5 And we need it now.”

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Innovators in 2023 Carbon Removal Landscape

Ivy Protocol

Author: Ieva Blazauskaite (Ivy Protocol, Marketing Lead) To meet the climate goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, a unified approach, combining both Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and Engineered Carbon Removal Solutions is crucial. 6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Atmosphere. Mulligan, J., Ellison, G.,

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Summer Heat Is Coming: Will New Policies Protect Workers?

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2021 followed the distressing trend of excessive heat, as the sixth hottest year on record (a tie with 2018). degrees Celsius, in line with the Paris Agreement. Photo is author’s own.

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The IOC creates an Olympic Forest

A Greener Life

The IOC has committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2024, and by 45 per cent by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement. The IOC said that the Olympic Forest will be compensating for more than 100 per cent of their residual emissions and will help the organisation become “climate positive” by 2024.

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Africa loses 34% of GDP at 1.5° warming, ‘grim’ new report concludes

A Greener Life

It calls on “rich, polluting countries,” including historic polluters as well “more recent carbon contributors” like the Middle Eastern Gulf states, India, and China, to “drastically cut their carbon emissions to prevent runaway climate change” and avert “exponentially higher levels of climate impacts affecting more people more quickly.”.

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The alliance of carbon-negative countries

A Greener Life

Britain is working towards the long-term goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This small handful of countries is part of an elite club, the Alliance of Carbon-Negative Countries. If we were to imagine a set of scales, on side A we have all the carbon emitted by energy, industry, transport, etc.