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Four Things that Matter More than the Paris Agreement
Much attention has been paid in recent years to achieving a global agreement on climate change — a feat that eluded governments for over two decades until the 2015 Paris Agreement. Once achieved, many hailed the agreement as a significant success for multilateral diplomacy. Still others pointed to its shortcomings — notably, that countries’ emissions […]
Red Cross Leverages Extreme Event Attribution Science to Prepare for More Frequent Disasters
Understanding how extreme weather and temperatures are changing helps relief organizations like the Red Cross determine where to stockpile emergency supplies. Read the entire article at Inside Climate News. Heat waves, droughts and storms intensified by global warming are raising the stakes for disaster relief organizations like the International Federation of Red Cross and […]
Tesla Installing World’s Largest Solar Rooftop on Nevada Gigafactory
Tesla is building a massive rooftop solar array on top of its Gigafactory 1 (GF1) outside Sparks, Nevada. Once finished, the 70-megawatt system will be the largest in the world by far. The current record-holder is the comparatively shrimpy 11.5-megawatt array in India that can power 8,000 homes. Read the entire article at EcoWatch. The […]
Paris Offers Subsidies to Those Who Give Up Cars / Buy Bikes
Paris will offer its residents tax incentives to give up their cars or buy electric bikes. Anyone who purchases an e-bike or upgrades a conventional bike with an electrical assist will receive up to €400 ($495) and those who purchase both electric and conventional cargo bikes will receive up to €600 ($744). The city will also […]
400 Companies Commit to Sustainability Policies
Record numbers of the largest and most influential companies in the US are committing to ambitious sustainability policies. The report, tagged Turning Point, was published by the Boston-based non-profit sustainability consultancy Ceres. Read the entire article at TriplePundit. The findings, following up on an original 2014 assessment, show that nearly two thirds of the more […]
Intelligence Agencies Warn of Climate Risks in Worldwide Threat Assessment
Intelligence officials testified before a Senate committee about global threats. They included: FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Robert Ashley, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo. Read the entire article at Inside Climate News. […]
DFA’s flood-proof towers could survive six feet of sea level rise in Manhattan
New York-based architecture firm DFA just unveiled plans for 19 cylindrical apartment towers that can survive six feet of sea level rise at Manhattan’s Pier 40. The towers are wrapped in lattice facades with lots of vegetation, and they’re designed to address the city’s lack of affordable housing and flood-resistant buildings. Read the […]
Tech Startup Helps Businesses Mitigate Vulnerability to Increasingly Severe Weather
The climate is changing, storms are becoming more intense, and more people and property than ever are in harm’s way. Three of the costliest five hurricanes on record, Harvey, Irma, and Maria, struck U.S. shores in 2017 at a price tag of over $200 billion. Read the entire article at The Washington Post. The […]
Food Industry Change-Makers Take the Lead on Climate
In the absence of policy action, natural products businesses step up by investing in renewable energy, food waste reduction, more efficient transportation and more. Read the entire article at New Hope. The natural products industry is stepping in to lead the way on reversing climate change, just as the industry has pioneered in other […]
From Oil to Solar: Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to Renewables
Life in Saudi Arabia has long been defined by the oil that flows from the kingdom. Over decades, the vast wealth it pumped out paid not just for gleaming towers and shopping malls but also for a government sector that employs a majority of working Saudis. Now, Saudi Arabia is trying to tie its future to […]
