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CO2 Reduction: How Companies can Reach Net-Zero

This month marks a total of 1245 companies signed up to CO2 reduction targets through criteria produced by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi.) 427 corporations have committed to 1.5°C scenarios.‍ On the other hand, reaching net-zero is a lofty goal for many...

Supply Chain Decarbonization: Corporations Must Consider

New research published earlier this year shows how tackling supply chain emissions can be a game-changer in the worldwide battle against climate change. Net-Zero Challenge: The Supply Chain Opportunity from the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group...

Building Organizational Emissions Baselines for GHG Management

Upon surveying the landscape of organizational climate commitments, it is not uncommon to hear about attention-grabbing goals like committing to 100% renewable energy, setting a science-based target, going carbon neutral or even climate positive. You might be...

Offshore Oil on the Gulf Coast: Mitigating Risks with Data

Jan 5, 2021 | Environment

In 2016, the US offshore oil and natural gas industries—which are heavily concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico— contributed 315,000 jobs and $30 billion to the US economy. These industries are lucrative, but they see their fair share of challenges. Even during the best...

An Introduction to Sea Surface Temperature

Dec 12, 2020 | Environment

The ocean has been around for billions of years. Yet, we only started measuring oceanographic variables in the late eighteenth century. We've got a long way to go before we can fully understand it. What we do know is that it's changing at a rapid pace—and at the crux...

Map: Covid-19 Slashed Global Air Pollution

Mar 26, 2020 | Environment

The covid-19 pandemic has changed the world, grinding to a halt increasingly large geographic areas and portions of the economy in an effort to slow the virus’ spread. The impacts have been profound on the ground, but government-mandated lockdowns have also remade the...

Why the growing alarm over climate change is justified

Mar 13, 2019 | Environment

Bestselling US reporter David Wallace-Wells says the planet’s future depends on WWII-like fear and alarm in the face of climate change. David Wallace-Wells, and perhaps only he, might have found a single glimmer of solace in Nelson’s recent fires. To talk about...

Blockchain Climate Change Initiatives And Global Warming

Mar 1, 2019 | Environment

Blockchain has been touted as a solution for problems ranging from curing cancer to legitimizing the black market in the US Prison System. While some use cases are definitely more tenuous than others, there is currently a lot of faith in blockchain climate change...

Nicola Patrick: Climate change and the 10-year challenge

Feb 2, 2019 | Environment

There's a new meme on Facebook called the 10-year challenge. You share and compare a pic of yourself from 10 years ago with today as some sort of aging exercise I guess, although the skeptics think it might be data mining by our social media giants — a cheap way to...