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Climate Change and the Hard-Headed Realist

Legal Planet

Yet there was one issue where they did agree: climate change. Kissinger spoke at length about climate change in a 2009 speech. Kissinger also viewed climate change as an economic threat. Climate change also promises to impact the global economy.

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Do We Really Need New Technology to Fight Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

I was invited to speak at a panel discussion last Wednesday as part of The Economist ’s annual Sustainability Week, titled “What technologies are needed to avert a climate disaster?” True to the theme, I was asked about which technological innovations would be necessary to save our planet. And yet, we aren’t.

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Climate Change and Climate Technologies: Public Perceptions and Communication Challenges

Environmental News Bits

2024) “Climate Change and Climate Technologies: Public Perceptions and Communication Challenges”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. link] Abstract Numerous survey studies reveal insight into the public’s attitudes about climate change. Bertka, C.

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Climate Change and Black History

Legal Planet

Since this is Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about some of the prominent contributions by Blacks to understanding and addressing climate change. STEM stands for ‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.’) He has pioneered computer modeling of climate change. Download as PDF.

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Comparing the Risks of Climate Change and Geoengineering

Legal Planet

Last month’s report on solar geoengineering research from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) consolidated a shift in the discourse on this controversial technology. Here it is often linked to a concern that continued climate change might trigger irreversible tipping points in the climate system.

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McKesson Corporation Tackles Climate Change by Increasing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Environment + Energy Leader

McKesson Europe aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, while McKesson Corporation set in 2021 a science-based target initiative to keep temperature increases in check and aligned with the Paris climate agreement.

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Climate Change, Danger Seasons and the Need for Global Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires—around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. The fearsome toll of climate impacts is already clear, leading U.N.