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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

With empirical data and more and better modeling, it has become clear that, to first approximation, the eventual anthropogenic warming from carbon dioxide is tied to the cumulative emissions. This figure is from the AR6 SPM: The relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and temperature (SPM AR6). Article 4, section 1.

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Nature-based materials need to play a major role in construction

Edouard Stenger

The iron and steel industry accounts for 11% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Regular insulating materials such as rock wool, fiber wool or polystyrene also are exceedingly energy and carbon intensive. What if we used materials that come from Nature and sequestered vast amounts of carbon dioxide for decades ?

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COP23 Moves the Oceans from the Blue Zone to the Green Zone

Vermont Law

Considering that 75% of the Earth’s surface is composed of oceans and that oceans absorb 25% of carbon dioxide emissions and 90% of heat associated with climate change, it was a wonder that the UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties did not put much emphasis on oceans until present. Sustainable Development Goal 14.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

What is the social cost of carbon? SCC is a dollar estimate of the long-term damage caused by emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in a given year. Maximilian Auffhammer, professor of International Sustainable Development at the University of California Berkeley, has reviewed it and is impressed.

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

PA Environment Daily

Climate change is often discussed in terms of global temperature increase, sea level rise, and hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Secretary McDonnell. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast.

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

The IPCC report acknowledges and encourages the adoption of digital technologies like environmental intelligence which contribute to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals whilst simultaneously supporting climate change mitigation and resilience in our communities. Image originally featured on eia.gov.

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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Moreover, as suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, renewable energy is much better than fossil fuels exploitation in terms of sustainable development (unlike someone in Moore’s movie suggested).