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A new book by Wake Smith, “Pandora’s Toolbox,” explores controversial ideas for artificially cooling the planet. Smith discusses the hopes and hazards of geoengineering in an exclusive Mongabay interview.
The latest trilogy of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, told us that climate change is disrupting the natural world, undermining development and threatening millions with poverty.
The dramatic increase of emitted greenhouse gases (GHGs) by humans over the past century and a half has created an urgency for monitoring, reporting, and verifying GHG emissions as a first step towards mitigating the effects of climate change. Fifteen percent of global GHG emissions come from agriculture, and companies in the food and beverage industry are starting to set climate goals. We examined the GHG emissions reporting practices and climate goals of the top 100 global food and beverage companies and determined whether their goals are aligned with the science of keeping climate warming w...
You cannot be faulted for failing to notice the long list of environmental wins that occurred in 2021. Good news stories do not have the sensationalistic allure of dramatic prophecies of doom, but once you get past the dire headlines, there is a litany of overlooked achievements that tangibly illustrate progress. Environmental successes are easily overlooked in a world ravaged
Some progress has undoubtedly been made, yet decisions may still not be enough to avoid worst case temperature rises