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One Earth, Not One Percent “Both reducing climate change impacts and poverty are two of the defining issues of the 21st century in trying to achieve sustainable development; they are also intrinsically linked.”...

Renewable energy sources will be the world’s main source of power within two decades and are establishing a foothold in the global energy system faster …...

“One cannot change an existing system; one must create a new system that makes the old system obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller. Implications of Climate Change …...

Geoengineering: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly We were supposed to start to bring our emissions down globally at least two decades ago, but instead they have increased. Even though many groups like the Club of Rome are now calling for significant reduction of...

This technology is still in early stages of development. Commercial applications include: enhanced oil recovery, production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuel and plastics, as well as beverage carbonation...

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification defines desertification as land degradation, which is the “reduction or loss in arid, semi‐arid, and dry sub‐humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain‐fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting...

Sustainability is the process of maintaining change in a balanced environment, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and...

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer …...

Extreme Weather History | References “Scientists predict a major upturn in the incidence of extreme weather events due to the changing climate. According to the …...