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Major report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degrees - The Hill's E2-Wire

Major report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degrees - The Hill's E2-Wire | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
From thehill.com - January 12, 3:13 PM

A major draft federal report concludes that climate change is already affecting U.S. residents through heat waves, droughts and other changes, and warns that temperatures could increase as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit if global carbon emissions keep soaring.

The third National Climate Assessment, released Friday, said there’s “unambiguous evidence” that earth is warming, and that climate change over the past 50 years is driven primarily by human activity, especially from burning fossil fuels.

“Certain types of weather events have become more frequent and/or intense, including heat waves, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts. Sea level is rising, oceans are becoming more acidic, and glaciers and arctic sea ice are melting,” states the draft report crafted by a panel of experts.

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Infographic: Companies unprepared to address resource scarcities

Infographic: Companies unprepared to address resource scarcities | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
From www.greenbiz.com - December 24, 2012 1:53 PM

New research shows that many businesses around the world won’t start planning until 2018. Is this too late?

Despite widespread warnings of resource scarcity over the next few decades, a significant proportion of global businesses are not prepared to address the predicted shortfall, according to new research by Carbon Trust.
The U.K.-based organization’s survey of 475 executives in the U.S., Brazil, China, Korea and the U.K. revealed while a majority acknowledged that their companies would have to charge more for their products and services as a result of resource constraints, 43 percent are not monitoring risks posed by incidents such as energy price increases and environmental disasters. Over 50 percent have not developed goals to reduce their company’s consumption of water, waste production or carbon emissions...

View the Carbon Trust infographic for more details on the survey.


Via Lauren Moss, Susan Davis Cushing
Duane Craig's curator insight, December 20, 2012 11:19 AM

And, the construction sector is woefully unprepared...
Jim Gramata's curator insight, December 21, 2012 10:37 PM

The earth is bounded and its resources finite. Hopefully it will be a proactive and not reactive decision to do what is critical to the sustainability of the earth. Spread the word....
Mercor's curator insight, January 31, 9:50 AM

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Megatrends: Future Paradigms for Business

Megatrends: Future Paradigms for Business | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
From fiveliteracies.typepad.com - August 24, 2012 5:39 PM

Against the broad sweep of human history on this planet the last few hundred years has given rise to astonishing innovations resulting in prosperity for a large proportion of the human family and the accumulation of massive wealth by a small minority.

But as we begin to internalise and comprehend the real costs associated with this remarkable and unprecedented phase of exponential growth and development, there is increasing evidence that a fundamental course correction is needed (at least in the means of production and the rates of consumption) if continued affluence is to remain a viable goal.


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