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More than 8 Million Working in the Renewable Energy Industry Worldwide

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The number of people around the world employed in the renewable energy industry rose 5% year-over-year in 2015 to exceed 8.1 million, according to a research report released today by IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency). That stands in stark contrast to recent trends in the broader global energy sector, where jobs numbers have been falling.

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New IPCC Leaders Could Improve Effectiveness of Climate Change Policy Making

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The election of new leadership for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change opens the door to the possibility of instituting reform that would greatly benefit global efforts to address climate change, a group of researchers from prominent climate change think tanks say.

Lamar Smith is a leading congressional climate denier

EarthTalk: Who is Still in Denial about Climate Change?

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Earth Talk | 0 Comments

EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Are there still outspoken global warming deniers in Congress or the mainstream media? If so, what do they say when presented with scientific facts and anecdotal evidence pointing to an increasingly warming atmosphere? – Ben Charles, Cary, NC Given the…

Infographic: What Scientists Know About Climate Change

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

The following infographic from Macrae Media distills the results of the IPCC’s fifth assessment report with a concise overview of what scientists know about climate change.

IPCC Climate Mitigation Report: “Business As Usual” Won’t Get It Done

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

World governments and global society need to take actions that realize cuts of 40%-70% in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 if global mean temperature ranges aren’t to be driven outside safe bounds and human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are not to drive climate change away from a state conducive to life as we know it, according to the third and final installment of the UN IPCC’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment Report.

Latest IPCC Installment Highlights Climate Risks, Potential for Adaptation

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Andrew Burger | 2 Comments

The threats, risks and costs associated with a rapidly changing climate continue to mount, making the benefits and rewards to be gained by enacting global adaptation and mitigation policies and initiatives yet more valuable and urgent, according to the latest installment of the UN IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report.

Modest expectations set the tone for negotiations at the COP19 climate conference in Warsaw

COP 19 Opens in Warsaw With Modest Expectatations

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Today marks the beginning of the COP19 climate talks, this year hosted in Warsaw, Poland. Expectations for ambitious progress in the coming two weeks are dampened by economic concerns, despite expression of increasing urgency from the scientific community for effective action. The the next big target for international negotiations is 2015, when the deadline for a legally-binding international climate treaty comes…