Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Increasing.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Speakers include-- -- Dave Althoff, Department of Environmental Protection -- Liz Robinson, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association -- Roger Clark - Director of Sustainable Development Fund (retired) -- Ron Celentano - President of PA Storage and Solar Association The webinar is being held in partnership with the PA Solar Center (..)

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. The Climate Overshoot Commission recently completed its work, releasing its report at the United Nations last Thursday, September 14.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For example, maritime vessels typically struggle to meet existing “green” thresholds as zero or low-carbon fuels are still in their early stages of development. Accordingly, the Taxonomy accounts for maritime vessels that are aligned with the International Maritime Organisation’s 2023 strategy for greenhouse gas reduction.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere – with net zero meaning that there are no net greenhouse emissions from the entire energy system.

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SPR Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024. On September 12, 2023, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97).

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

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

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Acoel

MAY 1, 2023

It urges: Federal, state and local governments, and the private sector, to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to net zero or below. Congress to enact legislation to enact measures for climate adaptation and mitigation, the just transition to net zero, and sustainable development.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

C in the context of sustainable development. C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Shindell, D., Fifita, S.,

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 2, 2024

We are still collectively not decreasing our greenhouse gases emissions but we are getting closer. This brought me closer to family and brings me to a level of responsibility more on par with my education. On a global scale, last year brought some change too. Some quite good, some bad.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 21, 2022

Thousands of people from around the world gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the biggest challenges facing our ocean and how best to work together to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. Promoting Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative ® (GGGI).

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Mission possible: accelerating sustainable development through open science and cooperation Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, spoke of the need for global solutions to address global crises such as armed conflict, pandemics, and climate change that are inherently intertwined and interconnected.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

The work was initiated by Alexander Hristov , distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, in 2015 when he was the chair of the Feed and Nutrition Network of the 35-country Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. Ruminants provide about half the animal protein produced by livestock.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This will include more than 100 new coal-fired plants , including the South Sumatra mine-mouth plants, which will generate greenhouse gases for decades to come. First, it will complete the construction of the 35 gigawatts of power projects still in the pipeline. Air pollution and emissions from coal are problems across Indonesia.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

LL97 requires most large buildings in NYC to meet increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits starting in 2024. On October 6, 2022, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued proposed regulations to implement Local Law 97 of 2019 (LL97).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

The DEP Local Climate Action Program pairs municipalities with ICLEI, a national nonprofit that fosters sustainable development, and with college students to perform inventories of greenhouse gas emissions from local buildings, transportation, waste management, and other sectors.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

During COP28, Frontiers will showcase its latest initiatives to support global efforts to combat climate change, achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and fulfill the goal of becoming net-zero by 2050. FRONTIERS IN ACTION AT COP28 The urgent nature of the climate crisis demands swift and comprehensive action.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2022

Accelerated action through deep cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is needed to avoid the mounting loss of life, biodiversity and infrastructure. A path for adaptation. The report outline the options for adapting to a changing climate and provides new insights into nature’s potential? Climate risks.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Assessment’s focus is on using aquatic foods to help bring about the transformation of the global food system to end hunger while increasing sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires shifting toward a system that is more diverse, resilient and just, as well as healthier.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The focus was clear: climate action, transitioning to cleaner energy, advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and preparing for COP28 (the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference). Our team from Ocean Conservancy was right in the mix, meeting with governments and engaging in more than 30 events in just five days.

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SPR Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

No 1947-A—a bill that significantly amends the affordable housing provisions of Local Law 97 of 2019 to require more buildings to meet greenhouse gas emissions caps. On October 29, 2020, the New York City Council passed Int.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions. A common definition of carbon offsets is “reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from an activity in one place to compensate for emissions elsewhere.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The strategy was developed to integrate the short- and long-term actions in the Climate Action Plan into the City’s development review processes to help reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Open science can help create a world where scientific knowledge is accessible to everyone, where society is empowered to make informed decisions along the way, and where the collective efforts of millions of scientists around the world can lead to innovative solutions and a healthy and sustainable future.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The focus was clear: climate action, transitioning to cleaner energy, advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and preparing for COP28 (the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference). Our team from Ocean Conservancy was right in the mix, meeting with governments and engaging in more than 30 events in just five days.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 3, 2023

We have all the technological solutions to slash greenhouse gases emissions and reach a carbon neutral future. I am still optimistic, even if on many days it’s hard. 2022 was hard as COVID kept on hitting and killing and temperatures soared all across France, Europe and the world. But the worst is still not certain.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Rennert says that, based on the latest science and economic conditions, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions provide significantly greater benefits than have been accounted for previously. He describes the paper as “a major step forward” in the debate, for several reasons. Firstly, as he says, “it lives in the light.

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Montrose

AUGUST 10, 2021

Montrose’s ESG framework relied on aspects of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”), and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

This is vital to meet rising demand for electricity among Moroccans, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. African countries can lead by example, reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, while continuing along the path to sustainable development. Currently, throughout Africa, 662.6

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The JTM endeavours to smoothen these socio-economic turbulences and to “leave no one behind”, which is the motto used by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well. These regions will or strongly risk to lose at some point their industries and the workers their jobs. The JTF composes the 1 st pillar.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

It creates new obligations for government agencies that regulate the largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs), as well as agencies who serve the most vulnerable sectors. This centralized method resulted in a slow rule making process, with non-binding commitments. Chile’s new Act reverses this centralized approach.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2019

These calls for large dams in Pakistan overlooked the greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydroelectricity. In terms of direct greenhouse gas emissions, Greenpeace reported, “forest areas flooded by reservoirs emit methane in the anaerobic decomposition of trees, vegetation and biomass submerged by the dam during its operation.”

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A Greener Life

MAY 3, 2022

The need for more incisive climate action and disclosure doesn’t just apply to banks, but to most public sector energy giants too, says Balasubramanian Viswanathan, a policy adviser with the think tank International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

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A Greener Life

JUNE 11, 2023

In early 2021, ICLEI , a global organisation that coordinates sustainable development action by local governments, worked with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre to prepare an unofficial HAP for Rajshahi in western Bangladesh. Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos, which were all hit hard by the April heatwave, have none. C by 2027.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In 2017, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recommended strengthening CEPA. When we need to act to prevent environmental harms, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions or banning plastics – it’s done under this Act.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss accessibility to clean water and sanitation as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 through the lens of Rachel’s research expertise and perspectives on sustainable agriculture and climate change. And of course, local action is of great importance as well.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

What we need at [this year’s] COP is action plans to rapidly cut greenhouse emissions and finance to adapt to climatic hazards.”. “All countries have already agreed to prevent runaway climate change,” says economist Ulka Kelkar, who is director of the climate programme at the thinktank World Resources Institute in India.

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