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According to the IPCC, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth, and the concentration has been rising steadily. The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, is largely the product of burning fossil fuels.
There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. One of the most urgent challenges facing countries across the world today is how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also combating climate change.
The Paris climate change agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with countries pledging to cut or curb their greenhouse gas emissions – through a combination of mitigation and adaptation measures – by 2030.
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Singapore’s latest smart and sustainable city concept for a ’forest town’, Tengah, will feature abundant community green space, a forest corridor, & energy-efficient street lights and buildings. The country is promising 42,000 homes in an environment where people can be “at home with nature”.
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The World Bank Group has released highlights of its 2021-2025 Climate Change Action Plan
Greenhouse Gas Protocol is welcoming beta testers for its new Corporate GHG Emissions Calculation Tool. This tool consolidates previous cross-sector calculation tools into one new tool with updated emissions factors.
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The European Climate Law turns the European Green Deal targets into legal obligations: reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and reaching climate neutrality by 2050. Climate neutrality will shape the EU’s green recovery and a socially just green transition.
"I've heard the American Jobs Plan should be about roads and bridges, but not address climate change, and I would compare that to drawing up plans for a restaurant with no consideration for health, safety or cleanliness. It's already inevitably a climate decision as well." United States Secretary Buttigieg, in his testimony today before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the American Jobs Plan
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Catching up on podcasts, with a listen to the latest from Climate & Capital on how Norway got so green (with a necessary re-watching of the Will Farrell ad for EVs from earlier this year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCy-a_E2I3s, and response to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi3JQa1ynDw)
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Still Only One Earth: Lessons from 50 years of UN sustainable development policy. Over-exploitation of natural resources harms the health of ecosystems and the wellbeing of people.