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===== Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/24/britain-net-zero-economy-booming-cbi-green-sector-jobs-energy-security by Damian Carrington 24/2/25 The Guardian] | |||
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security | |||
===== Book Review: How Oak Trees Warn Us about the Limits of Adapting to Climate Change ===== | |||
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/book-review-how-oak-trees-warn-us-about-the-limits-of-adapting-to-climate-change/ by Dana Dunham 19/11/24 SCI AM] | |||
In many parts of the world, if you take a walk in the woods, you are likely to encounter an oak tree. With 425 species worldwide, their collective abundance may lead one to believe these trees are somewhat unremarkable—a fixture we take for granted. But Andrew L. Hipp, a botanist and research director at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, reveals that oaks are a dynamic and essential part of the forest. | |||
===== Calculating the amount companies owe for causing global warming ===== | |||
[https://phys.org/news/2023-05-amount-companies-owe-global.amp by Bob Yirka 23/5/23 PHYS ORG] | |||
A pair of sociologists, one with the University of Milan-Bicocca, the other with the Climate Accountability Institute, has used survey data to calculate the amount companies should be paying in reparations to compensate for activities that have led to global warming. | |||
===== Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance ===== | ===== Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance ===== | ||
