Novel restoration methods can speed up the recovery of threatened corals – but for a lasting impact, they need to be backed by action to stop ocean warming, reports Chris Iovenko. A new ally may help speed up the race to restore devastated coral reefs in Australia: robots, combined with mass-manufacturing techniques. Around the world,…
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The Amazon rainforest is reeling from severe drought and the rivers are running dry. Drinking water is in increasingly short supply and transport is disrupted.
How to Sustainably Close the Digital Divide and Harness Digital Tools for Climate Action Abstract Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information and communication revolution in human history. From e-commerce and social media to smart manufacturing and precision farming, digital technologies have become prevalent in all aspects of economic and social life. Digital technologies…
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In the absence of government regulations requiring dramatic reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are causing climate change, a growing number of companies are adopting “net zero” targets. More than one third of the world’s 2,000 largest publicly held companies have declared net zero targets according to Net Zero Tracker, a database compiled by a collaboration…
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Reuters Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Friday (24/11) inaugurated the construction of a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project in the province of West Papua operated by British Petroleum (BP). This CCUS project in West Papua is the first carbon storage project in the country. The CCUS project has the potential to store up to…
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Directed by Jeff Gibbs | Full Documentary Michael Moore presents a film by Jeff Gibbs, Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the…
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Dubai COP 28 eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, December 8th 2023 –Far more than six months before COP28, the annual global climate meeting, which is in progress in Dubai, the country was already awash in environmental hype. On the highway, banners for an event hosted by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the fossil fuel behemoth known as…
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By L. Paraguassu BRASILIA, Nov 10 2023 – A plan to recover degraded pastures in farm powerhouse Brazil will be officially announced as government policy and presented at the COP-28 climate summit in Dubai by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, an official said. The plan, which is being devised by the Agriculture Ministry, has been submitted to Lula…
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Government memo suggests the Biden administration is angering allies by undermining strict standards for a new global carbon market. The United States and the European Union (EU) are usually close allies at the world’s annual climate negotiations — but according to internal documents obtained by The Lever, tensions have arisen between the two blocs in the run-up…
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