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Climate change
While it is undeniable that we are ramping up our actions against climate change, it is hard to deny that global warming is getting scarier every week. Here is a quick selection of horror stories I have collected this summer.
Climate change horror stories from around the world
I saw last week An Inconvenient Sequel by Al Gore, the sequel of 2006 hit documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. I have mix feelings about it.
Film review: An inconvenient sequel
A review of Climate of Hope, written by Carl Pope and Michael Bloomberg. Published this year it offers a comprehensive look on climate solutions.
Book review: Climate of hope
2 A look at the previous months work, my capstone project for a local grocery store and my sustainable investing class.
Now a sustainable MBA graduate, for hire !
3 There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 percent.
Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?
To a new report, the suppliers of 89 large multinationals have cut their emissions by 434 million tonnes of carbon dioxide last year alone.
Global suppliers achieve significant emissions reduction
As the Arctic is 30 C warmer than what it should be, finding solutions to cool down the poles does not seem far-fetched anymore.
Two potential solutions to cool down the Arctic
2 That’s it ! Renewable energy sources and electric vehicles are progressing so fast around the world that according to a new study coal and oil use could peak worldwide in as little as three years.
Global coal and oil use to peak in 2020
2 While the United States are wondering what will happen next on climate change mitigation in their country, both India and China have recently unvealed very ambitious targets to fight local air pollution and global climate change.
India and China go full speed against climate change
2 I posted this earlier today somewhere else on the Web and given the immediate response I thought I might as well share that with the broader public of this blog.
Reflection on Martin Luther King Day
While some people still want to deny climate change or that Mankind has anything to do with it, the facts are stubborn: our planet is warming fast and it is our handy work.