20 Best Countries to Live Considering Climate Change
Climate change is posing existential threats to the world. It has become evident with extreme weather, shrinking glaciers, accelerated sea levels, and record floods that global climate change is on the verge of destroying the environment. Climate change can be referred to as the significant increase in Earth’s temperature due to activities like burning fossil fuels (leading to carbon emission), deforestation, and intensive agriculture. The more scientific aspect of this change is Global Warming, caused by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. According to the Annual Climate Report 2020 report by NOAA, the land and ocean temperature have increased at an average of 0.08 degrees Celsius per decade since 1880. This change in temperature does not only affect humans but puts wildlife in equal danger. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that this temperature rise may put 20-30% of species
Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies
Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies
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Portland city planner Kyle Diesner walks along a path leading to the Tilikum Crossing bridge. Diesner works on a project to map out more sustainable and equitable urban design and economic policy.
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Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies
“Doughnut economics” invites nature and social well-being into urban planning.
Spring 2021
Feb 16, 2021
The city of Portland, Oregon, prides itself on being ahead of the curve. In 1993, it became the first U.S. city to adopt a climate action plan, which now calls for cutting carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, and to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Portland also has long been a leader in progressive urban planning strategies, and since 2006 has been a member of C40, an international network of cities seeking innovative ways to reduce emissions.
Carbon capture in Germany: Long-overdue momentum is building
Reichstag Building in Berlin amid fall colors (Neirfy/Shutterstock)
It has been close to two years since German Chancellor Angela Merkel put carbon capture, removal, and storage back on the German policy agenda. However, for quite a while there was virtually no movement, even as Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany’s own industrial giants moved ahead with funding and projects. The lack of progress was jarring, as the support for carbon capture technologies from the scientific community grew rapidly. Fortunately, over the past few months momentum has slowly built.
Cumberland County asks residents, businesses for input on climate change
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
released Tuesday by the county’s planning department, residents, business owners, and local organizations are invited to provide input on their perceptions of climate change risks and actions they would be willing to take to address climate change, a press release said. The survey will be available through April 15.
Anyone who lives, works or owns a business in the county is eligible to take the seven-minute online survey, according to the release.
The county’s climate change planning efforts began in 2020 with Cumberland County’s acceptance into the PA Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Local Climate Action Program (LCAP), according to the release, which continued:
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