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USA: IRA (inflation reduction act), a piece of industrial, climate and trade policy

USA: IRA (inflation reduction act), a piece of industrial, climate and trade policy

Global Warming, Climate Change and the Oceans

Global Warming, Climate Change and the Oceans

De-growth and economics, environmental issues, global warming, and the desire to use fewer resources

De-growth and economics, environmental issues, global warming, and the desire to use fewer resources

Carbon Capture and Removal - companies, projects working on CO2, Global warming

Carbon Capture and Removal - companies, projects working on CO2, Global warming

Climate Change - impact on economy, politics, development - history

Climate Change - impact on economy, politics, development - history

Enzymes to digest Plastics - Packaging, Trash, Recycling and the Environment

Enzymes to digest Plastics - Packaging, Trash, Recycling and the Environment

Solar Panels, Energy, Agrivoltaics and Agriculture, Farming

Solar Panels, Energy, Agrivoltaics and Agriculture, Farming

Global Warming, Climate Change and Agriculture, Farming

Global Warming, Climate Change and Agriculture, Farming

USA - policy and political divide - CO2 carbon emissions, global warming, climate change

USA - policy and political divide - CO2 carbon emissions, global warming, climate change

Criticism - Carbon credits, offsets and trading - Global warming

Introduction to criticism and issues, debates about carbon offset markets

Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

Genetic Engineering, GMOs and the Environment - GeoEngineering, Debates and Science

Genetic Engineering, GMOs and the Environment - GeoEngineering, Debates and Science

The Arctic Circle - weather, polar vortex

The Arctic Circle - weather, polar vortex

The Arctic Circle and shipping, transportation

The Arctic Circle and shipping, transportation

Coal vs. Cleantech, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind power and Investing

Coal vs. Cleantech, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind power and Investing

Flood Factor - Tool for measuring Flood risk - for real estate insurance, risk and uncertainty

Tools for measuring Flood risk - for real estate insurance, risk and uncertainty

Jeff Bezos - What can individuals do to combat Global warming?

Jeff Bezos - What can individuals do to combat Global warming?

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Article

Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)


Article

Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention

It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)


Article

To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


Article

Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag

You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact. If you’re trying to contribute as little as possible t... (2019)


Article

De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy

De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)



Article

Organic pesticides not always 'greener' choice, study finds -- ScienceDaily

A new study reveals some organic pesticides can have a higher environmental impact than conventional pesticides. Researchers investigated the effec... (2023)


Article

Which countries have put a price on carbon? - carbon tax, and trading system - Our World in Data

Putting a price on carbon helps us account for the real costs of fossil fuels in the market. Which countries have a carbon tax or trading system? (2022)


Article

An End To Doomerism - 5 Reasons for Technological Optimism

Or why I’m coming out as an impatient optimist. (2022)


Article

The climate controversy swirling around NFTs - The Verge

Most NFTs are bought and sold with Ethereum, a cryptocurrency that guzzles up energy and pumps out a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. Artists are f... (2021)


Article

Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts - Our World in Data

Hunting and habitat loss drove many large mammals in Europe close to extinction. But, the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again than... (2022)


Article

Deforestation, reforestation - Our World in Data

Humans destroyed forests for thousands of years – we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand - Our World in D... (2022)


Article

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives. "Tens of thousands of ag... (2022)


Article

Green Investing. A Dirty Secret - The Economist

Polluting businesses are moving into the financial shadows | Leaders Green investors’ filthy secret. The truth about dirty assets… (2022)


Article

Telling the Dam Truth - Patagonia by Yvon Chouinard

Europe’s last remaining wild rivers are at grave risk. This time the danger isn’t coming from excessive drought or factories dumping toxic waste—it’s (2018)


Article

Data Review: How many people die from air pollution? - Our World in Data

This Data Review present published estimates of the global death toll from air pollution and provides the context that makes them understandable. (2021)


Article

The meat dilemma: Eating lower-carbon meat means killing many more animals – Hannah Ritchie

"What's the biggest change I can make to reduce the carbon footprint of my diet?" It's a question I'm often asked, and my answer is pretty consiste... (2021)


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To protect the world’s wildlife we must improve crop yields – especially across Africa - Our World in Data

Habitat loss is the biggest threat to the world’s animals. Without improvements in crop yields, thousands of species could see much of their habita... (2021)


Article

Yes, We Can Grow 1 Trillion Trees to Help Fight Climate Change

Growing and conserving 1 trillion trees around the world is a vital response to climate change that everyone can take part in. (2021)


Article

The UN climate report pins hopes on carbon removal technologies that barely exist | MIT Technology Review

The planet is on track to exceed very dangerous warming levels, leaving us with fewer and fewer options. (2021)


Article

Future Space Travel Might Require Mushrooms - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understandi... (2021)


Article

Even Small Volcanic Eruptions Could Create Global Chaos | WIRED

Relatively minor meltdowns might destroy underwater cables and disrupt vital industries, scientists say, creating a cascade of economic misery. (2021)


Article

The UAE Is Using Drones to Zap Clouds With Electricity and Make It Rain

Custom-built drones with a six-foot wingspan fly at low altitudes, with charge emitters delivering electric charges to the molecules in the clouds. (2021)


Article

How much of the world’s food production is dependent on pollinators? - Our World in Data

Many of the world’s pollinator insects are in decline. What does this mean for global food production? (2021)


Article

Peru ponders: whose fish are they anyway? | The Economist

A bid to protect part of the Pacific raises legal conundrums | The Americas (2021)


Article

In praise of America’s founding fish | The Economist

The Potomac river is a more vivid symbol of American history than any of the monuments along it | United States (2021)


Article

Carbon Credits - There is hope for South-East Asia’s beleaguered tropical forests | The Economist

They are being cut down less and conserved more | Asia The LEAF Coalition and carbon offsets… (2021)


Article

Carbon Offsets - The climate solution adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere

California’s climate policy created up to 39 million carbon credits that aren’t achieving real carbon savings, according to new research. But compa... (2021)


Article

Tokenized Natural Assets | Union Square Ventures

This is one of several posts on new areas we are exploring for USV’s Climate Fund. Natural resources such as fertile land and healthy oceans are the (2021)


Article

New Carbon Market Pays Southern Pine-Growers Not to Cut - WSJ

Microsoft, Royal Dutch Shell and other companies are paying timberland owners to keep trees standing in an effort to offset emissions. (2021)


Video

Hurricanes: the science behind the destruction

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what... (2023)


Video

The big problem with cement, and how to fix it. Concrete and carbon emissions

Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here's how we get it to net-zero. (2023)


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How we get tree planting wrong | It's Complicated

In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over th... (2023)


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Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)


Video

I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.

Global warming: I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works. (2023)


Video

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


Video

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (2022)


Video

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)


Video

How trees talk to each other | TED - Suzanne Simard

TED 16.8M subscribers "A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests h... (2020)


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The secret language of trees - TED-Ed Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

TED-Ed 11.3M subscribers Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorr... (2020)


Video

Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary)

Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped... (2019)


Video

The true cost of fast fashion | The Economist

Millions of tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year—it’s one of the fastest-growing categories of waste in the world. How can the fashion i... (2019)


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TEDed - What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-tragedy-of-the-commons-nicholas-amendolare... (2018)


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Recycling in america Vs Recycling in Norway

Recycling in america Vs Recycling in Norway. Norway has a brilliant way to get people to recycle more. (2018)


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How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory | TED

"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's hap... (2018)


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Canada's New Shipping Shortcut

Wendover Productions Published on Apr 25, 2017 (2018)


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Go Outside - Repellent Radio

Using radio music to repel mosquitoes This is "Go Outside - Repellent Radio" by bruno bomediano garcia on Vimeo "Go Outside's Repellent Radio... (2017)


Podcast

Externalities - Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin | Spotify

Listen to this episode from Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin on Spotify. How big is your backyard?Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin... (2022)


Podcast

Making old buildings resilient to climate change requires new financial tools - Marketplace

It's one thing to install new energy systems. It's another to get the money to do it. Donnel Baird, BlocPower’s founder and CEO, said retrofitti... (2020)


Podcast

The Afterlife Of American Clothes : Planet Money

The U.S. exports a billion pounds of used clothes every year. Much of that winds up in used clothing markets in sub-Saharan Africa. (2020)


Podcast

Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)


Podcast

An Investment Expert Says Florida Homeowners Should Sell Property Now As Climate Impacts Worsen | WLRN

An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)


Podcast

National Sword - 99% Invisible

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)


Podcast

NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN

Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)


Podcast

Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost | NPR

Just what exactly is permafrost? And what is happening now that it's warming up? To find out, we enter the Arctic Circle's secret world of ice and ... (2018)


Website

Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)


Website

Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


Website

Resource Library | National Geographic Education

a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)


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