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Over a third of retailers have all-white boards, or all-white executive committees, and women account for less than 40% of boards and executive

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...

Commentary As a fitting end to this year let’s marvel at the audacity of Australian feminists leading the ...

609 views Global Climate Action Summit 2018/Wikimedia Commons With at least two veteran negotiators back for a repeat engagement, a “dream team” of newer advocates coalescing, and a massive sense of urgency carrying over from 2020, this year’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow may be shaping up as the biggest COP “moment” since the 2015 Paris Agreement—even with the expected gaps in a major upcoming science report drawing comparisons to “Star Wars without Darth Vader”. Last week, China announced that Xie Zhenhua, “one of its most respected climate experts and brok...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. The state of climate change and health in the United States December 9, 2020 11:43 AM CDT By The Lancet Countdown Sunset over downtown Los Angeles in skies darkened by California wildfires, Sept. 18, 2020. Kirby Lee via AP In the United States, the human suffering and death during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate the harsh consequences that can occur when science is disrega...