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The Climate Overshoot Commission Releases its Report

Legal Planet

General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept. But cleaning this up will remove its cooling effect, which the IPCC recently estimated as 0.7°C.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. The cost, currently set by the US government at US$51 per metric tonne, plays a pivotal role in determining policy. What about the cost of energy for heating and cooling?

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Investment in renewables reached record highs in 2022

A Greener Life

Greater efforts must be made Irena says efforts must be made to scale up investments in off-grid renewable energy solutions, as the report also found that the investments fall below the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It is vital that the gap must be plugged to reach universal energy access and improve livelihoods and welfare.

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Would you buy my deconstructed house?

HumanNature

2016) The topic of deconstruction concerns various stakeholders including the general contractors, the recycling or deconstruction subcontractors and the government, both local and federal, who develop standards that are in place for recycling and re-use of materials. (Paruszkiewicz et al., link] Su, Y., Chen, J., & Wu, G.

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

From beach clean-ups to mass tree-planting to marches, individuals, communities and governments have come out to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for our planet. Governments have already invested trillions of dollars to stabilize our economies and protect the most vulnerable. This year, we cannot take to the beaches, forests and streets.

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What should cities of the future look like?

Our Environment

With the effects of Climate Change an imminent threat to the world and with cities contributing to more than 60% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions (United Nations, 2021), future cities will also need to secure sustainable development. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to stay within 1.5-degree Foster, 2020.Urban

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How Much Is Nature Worth?

Legal Planet

When we drink a cool glass of water from the tap we may think of the local reservoir, but the real source of the water quality lies many miles upstream in the wooded watershed that filters and cleans the water as it flows downhill. As with all ambitious government initiatives, the proof will be in the implementation.