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The data startup helping businesses navigate climate change

Karen Wang, founder and CEO of Climind, on how climate data analysis can help businesses make better decisions.
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The dirty road to clean energy: How China’s electric vehicle boom is ravaging the environment

In neighboring Indonesia, nickel extraction is causing environmental and social devastation.
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In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations- But huge questions remain about how it would work.

The UN climate summit, COP27, ended without a consensus on how wealthy countries should pay poorer nations for damages caused by climate change. Developing nations demanded more funding, but wealthier countries were reluctant to commit. The impasse could lead to increased legal action against polluting nations.
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Why female leadership is crucial to tackling climate change and other crises

This article explains the importance of female leadership in tackling climate change and other crises, and highlights the need for greater gender diversity in decision-making positions.
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Earth911 Recycling Search

North America's most extensive recycling databases.
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Why Are Deserts Important?

Deserts can be found on every single continent, and even though they lack water, they play an important role in helping animals, humans and the environment.
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The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction

As the world scrambles to replace fossil fuels with clean energy, the environmental impact of finding all the lithium required could become a major issue in its own right
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Role of Keystone Species in an Ecosystem

A keystone species helps define an entire ecosystem. Without its keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether.
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Crumbling Away: How Climate Change Could Accelerate Infrastructure Corrosion

Civil infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Critical pieces of infrastructure may fail sooner in the coming decades, warns study.
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Why mental health is a priority for action on climate change

Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched today at the Stockholm+50 conference. The Organization is therefore urging countries to include mental health support in their response to the climate crisis, citing examples where a few pioneering countries have done this effectively.
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2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis

We envision two scenarios: what life could look like on Earth in 2050 if we do nothing and what life could look like if we take action, now. Watch this video to take a glimpse into the future and to find out what you can do to prevent global climate catastrophe. There is still hope.
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Could adopting a sustainable lifestyle be a solution for climate change? - BBC News

Janne Utriainen, his wife and four daughters are tackling climate change in their own way: they’ve moved to a remote location in northern Lapland where they live off the land: they fish, hunt, pick berries, keep sheep and chickens and grow some vegetables.
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Part-2 (Understanding Soil) Growing Native Forests Using Miyawaki Technique Tutorial

In the second step, we identify Native species we should be planting in this soil, so they grow strong in the given climatic conditions.
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Thirst: When Our Water Disappears | DW Documentary

As climate change causes temperatures to rise and extreme weather events to increase, water scarcity is becoming a major issue. The struggle to control limited water reserves is intensifying as everyone's demand for water grows, and the availability of water is becoming increasingly unpredictable.
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Poisoned (2021)

Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The Tampa Bay Times investigates the profound consequences.
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To Stop a Wildlife Criminal | Gohar Petrossian

In this talk, conservation crime scientist, Dr. Gohar Petrossian, talks about the impacts of wildlife crime, how crime science helps fight this crime, and offers ideas about what each one of us can do to help stop wildlife criminals.
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What really happens to the plastic you throw away - Emma Bryce

We’ve all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different plastic bottles, shedding light on the dangers these disposables present to our world.
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Our Planet: Our Business

The global loss of nature is costing trillions of dollars every year. This 38 minute film explores how the global business community can help to tackle the world's environmental crisis.
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Remothering the Land (2021)

A short documentary on the growing regenerative farming movement and connect it to a "centuries-old sustainable agricultural system."
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I Built a Wildlife Pond - here's what happened

Eight months ago, I built a wildlife pond. Today, I share the whole story of how I turned a patch of grass, into a healthy, thriving ecosystem. Incredible transformation!
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Forest App (productivity app)

Forest is a popular productivity app that helps people beat their phone addiction and manage their time in an interesting and pleasant way. Users can earn credits by not using their cell phones and plant real trees around the world with the credits.
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DIY Ways to Rewild Your Yard

Rewilding is a managed process for transforming your yard into a natural oasis that wildlife and people can enjoy. Learn how you can do it yourself at home!
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Build Sustainable Meals with Eat Low Carbon

Eat Low Carbon is a fun, but informative, interactive site that provides diet tips and food scores. There’s even a quiz to test your knowledge of which foods are planet friendlier.
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21 Herbs and Spices You Should ALWAYS Grow

In this video, I give you my best 21 herbs and spices that I recommend you should always grow in your home garden.
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2-Minutes Practical Tips for Starting a Balcony Herb Garden

If you’re a beginner plant grower and want to grow flavorful herbs in your balcony, these quick 2-Minutes Practical Tips for Starting a Balcony Herb Garden will help you a lot.
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Sign Petitions with Sierra Club to fight the Climate Crisis

Sierra Club offers various petitions for environmental issues. People can sign petitions on different issues like climate, land conservation, and air quality, and take action for environmental protection.
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Explore the 44 ways you can take action with Ocean Wise

Ocean Wise Conservation Association provides various ways to take action to protect oceans like reducing single-use plastics, supporting sustainable seafood, and participating in shoreline cleanups.
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Adopt a Symbolic Species with WWF

Support WWF's global efforts to protect wild animals and their habitats and choose from kits with plush and more.
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Freerice (game)

Freerice is an educational trivia game that helps you get smarter while making a difference for people around the world. Every question you answer correctly raises 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its work saving and changing lives around the world.
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The Last Generation (2018) - an interactive digital experience

With The GroundTruth Project, an interactive exploration of climate change as seen through the eyes of three children living in the Marshall Islands, a nation threatened by rising seas.
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