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Companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation deadline, report says - 1 views
Walmart, Target, 100+ others saved $19.3B through sustainability | Supply Chain Dive - 0 views
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A coalition of major corporations including Walmart, Target, Kellogg, Dell, The LEGO Group and more than 100 others reduced the combined carbon emissions of their supply chains by 633 million tons of carbon dioxide and saved $19.3 billion for their companies in 2018, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Climate Action Barometer: 12 Charts Explain Where We Are Today, and Where We Need to Be in 2020 | World Resources Institute - 0 views
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Countries committed under the Paris Agreement to a broad goal of limiting global temperature rise to under 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), ideally 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F). The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it clear that half a degree of warming makes a huge difference, and 1.5 degrees C is the safer target.
How to feed 10 billion people: Landmark report lays out a sustainable diet for the planet - 0 views
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Billed as a planetary health diet for both the Earth and its people, the set of guidelines put forward by the EAT-Lancet Commission gun for nothing short of a "Great Food Transformation," something they say would feed 10 billion people, save lives and avoid large-scale environmental destruction.
New Climate Change Report Makes The Businesses Case For Action - 1 views
Procter & Gamble Reaches 85% Zero Manufacturing Waste To Landfill - 0 views
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Procter & Gamble has reached zero manufacturing waste to landfill at 85% of their sites globally and describes how they did it in a 2018 Citizenship Report published today. The company started the program a decade ago, and currently aims to achieve 100% by 2020.
Oreo Cookie Maker Linked to Orangutan Habitat Destruction for Palm Oil - 0 views
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Greenpeace International published a new report on Tuesday accusing Mondelēz International of sourcing palm oil from "rainforest destroyers."
We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN | Environment | The Guardian - 1 views
70% of Venice Flooded by Highest Tide in at Least a Decade - 0 views
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Venice is the Mediterranean World Heritage Site currently most at risk from flooding due to sea level rise, according to a recent study, and the city even has elevated sidewalks ready in case of high tides, but Monday's waters rose higher than the emergency sidewalks. The tide surpassed 5 feet, 3 inches, making it the highest recorded since 2008 and potentially the highest recorded since 1979, CNN reported.
According to New IPCC Report, the World Is on Track to Exceed its "Carbon Budget" in 12 Years | World Resources Institute - 0 views
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) new report takes stock of the most recent literature on the carbon budget. The bottom line? We're on track to blow through it over the next decade.
From London to Shanghai, world's sinking cities face devastating floods | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views
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London, Jakarta, Shanghai and Houston and other global cities that are already sinking will become increasingly vulnerable to storms and flooding as a result of global warming, campaigners have warned ahead of a landmark new report on climate science.
Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands | News | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific - 0 views
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A new report by Greenpeace finds that palm oil suppliers to the world's largest brands have cleared more than 1,300 square kilometres of rainforest - an area the size of the city of Los Angeles - since the end of 2015.
Environment & Energy Report : News - 0 views
State of the Climate Report Confirms Planet Has Entered 'New Neighborhood' of Global Temperatures - 1 views
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the results of what it calls the "annual checkup for the planet" Wednesday, and the patient is not doing well.
Environment & Energy Report : News - 0 views
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More than 4,800 fuel-cell electric vehicles were registered in California as of May, and 36 retail stations were open to the public with 28 more funded, according to a California Air Resources Board report released July 31. An estimated 47,000 fuel-cell electric vehicles are expected to be on the roads by 2024.
The Arctic Is Burning: Wildfires Rage from Sweden to Alaska - 0 views
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There are currently 11 wildfires blazing in the Arctic circle, The Guardian reported Wednesday. While fires are also raging in Russia, Norway and Finland, Sweden has seen the most extensive Arctic fires, which have forced four communities to evacuate,
TV Meteorologists Unite For Climate Change On The Summer Solstice - 1 views
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Surprisingly, there are a small percentage of TV meteorologists that express skepticism on climate change. On the June 21, 2018 Summer Solstice, over 100 meteorologists will wear an item of clothing like the tie below. This pattern could not be more simple... red for warmer temperatures than normal, blue for cooler than normal from 1850 to 2017.