real inconvenient truth about climate change

The economy is losing from the climate

Economic hardliners who think money is more important than the climate face a yearly miscalculation of $38 trillion. Or six times the annual US budget. Or 150 times the wealth of Jeff Bezos per year. Say goodbye to economic growth. Even…
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cotton harvest H&M Zara

How Zara, H&M, deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption are connected

H&M and Zara jeans, hoodies, shorts and socks have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption.
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greenhushing

Greenhushing: How Apple and Microsoft Let Billions Go to Waste, and Tesla has a green debt

The world’s biggest brands like Apple and Microsoft are missing billions of dollars of potential value by greenhushing: failing to communicate their sustainability achievements and progress properly. Others, like Tesla, are in debt.
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cartoon house on fire

Cartoon: no time for new nuclear

The planet is on fire, we can't wait another 20 years for new solutions, nuclear or other tech. We need to use what we have available now.
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big agri agriculture

Big Agri profits tripled in midst of cost-of-living crisis

In the last three years, the profits of the five biggest traders in agriculture commodities tripled compared to the years before.
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crops

Hidden costs of agrifood systems exceed $10 trillion

Our current agrifood systems impose huge hidden costs on our health, the environment and society, equivalent to at least $10 trillion a year, according to a ground-breaking analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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emissions

Emissions keep rising, reports not accurate, satellite data show

Satellite data show many countries and firms do not provide accurate figures for their greenhouse gas emissions.
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fossil emissions and ccs

Corporate Advocacy on Carbon Capture Contradicts Science

A new study by InfluenceMap reveals alarming disparities between corporate advocacy related to carbon capture and storage, and found that 80% of corporate advocacy on carbon capture does not align with established scientific principles.
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a not sustainable ev

Why it is not sustainable for everyone to own a Tesla, Rivian or any other EV

Driving an EV is better for the climate. But that does not mean everyone can have their own. That would make climate problems even worse.
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paper packaging

Paper food packaging at the centre of Europe’s waste crisis

Some of the most regressive actors in the packaging value chain, such as single-use paper packaging producers and McDonald’s, have been conducting a massive lobbying campaign to greenwash single-use paper as a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics.
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