Climate collapse: The people who fear society is doomed
No scientific study has found that climate change is likely to wipe out civilization, but for many even the possibility is terrifying enough to upend their lives.
Rich countries like the US and Australia have seen apocalyptic images of climate change after smoke from wildfires darkened skies above big cities
When Typhoon Vamco battered the Philippines in November last year, unleashing a month s worth of rain on the capital Manila in less than 24 hours, Mitzi Jonelle Tan was on her way home from work. Her mother, scared for her safety as roads flooded, warned her not to come back.
It s been a big week for climate. US President Joe Biden s new emission cutting target has sparked a game of climate one-upmanship among leaders of the world s most polluting countries.
The United Kingdom, Japan and Canada all came up with new ambitious climate goals, while the European Union agreed on a new climate law on Wednesday, following marathon talks that lasted 14 hours.
But as global leaders race to trump each other with their big climate pledges, scientists, activists and those most impacted by climate change are not holding their breath.
The new targets signal a turning point. They can make a real difference. But without a detailed plan on how to achieve them, they can easily become empty promises it wouldn t be the first time that happened.
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Creates proprietary diagnostic and therapeutic products leveraging regenerative medicine and exosome technology
Also helping in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19)
What Avalon GloboCare does:
Avalon GloboCare Corp (NASDAQ:AVCO) specializes in developing cell-based technologies but is also involved in the management of stem-cell banks and clinical laboratories and the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19).
Via its two platforms, Avalon Cell and Avalon Rehab, the company develops proprietary diagnostic and therapeutic products leveraging regenerative medicine and exosome technology. It markets proprietary exosome isolation systems and related products to hospitals.
In layman’s terms, exosomes are akin to powerful messengers (tiny, membrane-bound vesicles) released by cells into biofluids like plasma/serum, urine, and saliva.
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Leading academics and climate experts urge European legislators to adopt separate targets for carbon removals, and ensure GHG reductions and carbon removals each progress in a manner commensurate with the climate crisis
Leading academics and climate experts urge European legislators to adopt separate targets for carbon removals, and ensure GHG reductions and carbon removals each progress in a manner commensurate with the climate crisis Published on
This is a watershed moment for the EU Climate Law. The current efforts to mitigate climate change are expected to fall short of the necessary reductions for 2030 due to the premature insertion of a ‘net’ target for 2030. Amongst the academics signing the letter, founding thinkers of the ‘net-zero’ concept who have expressed their wariness of a ‘net’ target that mixed emission reductions and removals.