Climate Impacts & Adaptation
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Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSub-National Governments
Majority of Canadians, 65% of Northerners Support Extending Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling Ban
More than half of Canadians support a permanent ban on Arctic oil and gas drilling, and nearly two-thirds of northerners want the current ban ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
Set Climate Risk Reporting Rules Or Have Them Imposed, Carney Warns Major Companies
Major corporations have received a two-year ultimatum from Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to devise their own approach to reporting the climate risks ... -
IMF Calls for $75/Ton Carbon Tax to Hold Average Warming to 2.0°C
A global carbon tax of US$75 per ton by 2030 would limit average global warming to 2.0°C, and any economic disruption that resulted could ... -
42 Dead, 15 Missing as Typhoon Hagibis Brings Record Rains to Japan
At least 42 people are dead,15 are missing, and 198 were injured in and around Tokyo after Typhoon Hagibis, which means “speed” in Tagalog, ... -
BioenergyCitiesDrawdownHealth & SafetyMethanePost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesSupply Chains & Consumption
Waste-to-Energy as a ‘Bridge’ Strategy Would Save 1.1 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Waste-to-Energy ranks #68 in Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to cut carbon emissions by 1.1. gigatons over a 30-year period. -
Declare Climate Crisis a Public Health Emergency, Health Organizations Urge Federal Parties
Nearly two dozen organizations representing more than 300,000 Canadian health professionals are out with a call for all the country’s political parties to treat ... -
CitiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHuman Rights & MigrationJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Warren Releases Environmental Justice Platform
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a new environmental justice plan this week as she continued her quest for her party’s 2020 presidential nomination. -
Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’
Protecting the Arctic from rapid warming is one of the essential steps in averting runaway climate change for the entire planet, Inuit leader Sheila ... -
Confusion Reigns as California Utility Cuts Power in 34 Counties to Reduce Wildfire Risk
California is getting a close-up look at the challenge of trying to prevent severe climate emergencies, and the costs of relying on a “feeble” ... -
Big Investment Funds BlackRock, Vanguard Resist Shareholder Resolutions for Climate Action
Two of the biggest investment funds in the United States, BlackRock Inc. and Vanguard Group, are consistently voting against shareholder resolutions calling for faster, ...
