Climate resilience: Deconstructing the new buzzword
Defining resilience goes a long way to understanding what to put under the umbrella of climate resiliency.
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Climate resilience: Deconstructing the new buzzword
Climate Change Will Make Refugees Out of Hundreds of Millions, Expert Warns
Photo via Shutterstock After news broke last week that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have officially surpassed the 400 parts per million mark , a leading economist and researcher has warned that hundreds of millions of people will become climate refugees in the coming decades. The head of Grantham Institute for Climate Change , Lord Stern warned that mass migrations will occur as a result of climate change, which will exacerbate desertification and whole continents will experience crop failure, The Guardian reports . Read the rest of Climate Change Will Make Refugees Out of Hundreds of Millions, Expert Warns Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 400ppm carbon dioxide levels , armed conflict from climate change , Climate Change , climate refugees , crop failure , desertification , environmental news , Lord Stern Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change , melting ice caps , News , rising sea levels , rising temperatures
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ICYMI: Some good climate news, competition for home energy data & more
In this week's sustainability news roundup, we find big progress on climate policy, big commitments from a UK retailer and competition in the big home-energy market.
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ICYMI: Some good climate news, competition for home energy data & more
Kaiser, Metro Health bet big on sustainability
Sustainability is steadily becoming strategically integrated into all departments at hospitals and health care systems.
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Kaiser, Metro Health bet big on sustainability
Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Photo via Shutterstock With tomatoes from Chile, salmon from Norway, chocolate from Africa, and coffee from Indonesia, a trip to the local grocery store can seem like a journey around the world. But food security is a serious issue in the 21st century, as countries around the world struggle to produce enough food to feed their growing populations. A new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany that was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that over half of the world’s population could depend on imported foods by 2050. Read the rest of Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: central america , Climate Change , diet , food security , germany , imported food , marianela fader , Middle East , North Africa , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research , self sufficiency
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Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Photo via Shutterstock With tomatoes from Chile, salmon from Norway, chocolate from Africa, and coffee from Indonesia, a trip to the local grocery store can seem like a journey around the world. But food security is a serious issue in the 21st century, as countries around the world struggle to produce enough food to feed their growing populations. A new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany that was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that over half of the world’s population could depend on imported foods by 2050. Read the rest of Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: central america , Climate Change , diet , food security , germany , imported food , marianela fader , Middle East , North Africa , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research , self sufficiency
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Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Photo via Shutterstock With tomatoes from Chile, salmon from Norway, chocolate from Africa, and coffee from Indonesia, a trip to the local grocery store can seem like a journey around the world. But food security is a serious issue in the 21st century, as countries around the world struggle to produce enough food to feed their growing populations. A new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany that was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that over half of the world’s population could depend on imported foods by 2050. Read the rest of Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: central america , Climate Change , diet , food security , germany , imported food , marianela fader , Middle East , North Africa , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research , self sufficiency
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Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050
Photo via Shutterstock With tomatoes from Chile, salmon from Norway, chocolate from Africa, and coffee from Indonesia, a trip to the local grocery store can seem like a journey around the world. But food security is a serious issue in the 21st century, as countries around the world struggle to produce enough food to feed their growing populations. A new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany that was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that over half of the world’s population could depend on imported foods by 2050. Read the rest of Study Projects Over Half of World’s Population Could Rely on Food Imports by 2050 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: central america , Climate Change , diet , food security , germany , imported food , marianela fader , Middle East , North Africa , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research , self sufficiency
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INCR propose listing standards for stock exchanges
After dialogues with NASDAQ and other stock exchanges, the Investor Network on Climate Risk has recommended integrating sustainability disclosure requirements into listing rules.
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Google, Cisco share first place on Greenpeace’s 2013 Cool IT list
Despite some big gains, most high-tech companies still lag on clean power adoption and political advocacy for clean energy policies.
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Google, Cisco share first place on Greenpeace’s 2013 Cool IT list
