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The American Petroleum Institute (API) has just launched an eight figure ad campaign called ”Lights on Energy”. The campaign aims to ensure that oil and gas companies are allowed to burn and extract more oil and fossil gas for decades to come (but forgets to mention that this would slow down the green transition and make it impossible for the world to limit global warming to a manageable level). So, how do you sell such destructiveness to policy-makers and voters? Easy. You label the problem as a solution. Not only does the campaign claim that ”oil and natural gas are vital to our energy future.” It also argues that NOT investing heavily in fossil energy – the major cause of the climate crisis – will ”put America's future at risk”. (Most scientists would argue it's the other way around.) But hang on, it gets even weirder: Contrary to all science, the campaign finally argues that U.S. fossil gas and oil ”can play a key role in supplying the world with cleaner energy.” The whole campaign is based on the false assumption that oil and fossil gas are needed to meet the world's growing energy needs. Well, guess what? It’s not. Despite the horrendous billion-dollar subsidies paid out to the oil, coal, and gas companies, renewables are now the cheapest form of energy in most parts of the world, even in the US. And the costs of installing new wind and solar plants keep dropping. This, of course, is the reason why the fossil fuel industry is spending so much on this utterly bizarre campaign. It is an industry in a state of panic. At COP28 in Dubai, all 200 nations signed an agreement that the world needs to transition away from all fossil fuels. More and more companies, investors, industry sectors and even governments are turning their back on oil, coal and gas. Add to that the cost of premature deaths and health problems related to the burning of fossil fuels, and you have more arguments than you need to swiftly leave the era of fossil fuels behind ASAP. The American Petroleum Institute is short-sighted, greedy, and disconnected from science and reality. It deserves nothing but a BIG Climate Warning! What do you think about the campaign? Learn more about it here: https://lightsonenergy.com
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The road to decarbonizing the American power grid has hit a new milestone. US renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022 for the first time ever and solar energy can now power one in five homes. With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, we’ve seen a tremendous impact in the clean energy sector, with renewable energy like solar power, making strides in its uptake across the country. Last year, we saw coal usage decline from 23% of the US’s power supply to 20%, and it’s forecasted that it will go down to 17% in 2023, which is a promising sign that we are on the right track. In 2022, it was also reported that the US had a new solar project installed nearly every 44 seconds, with 700,000 American homeowners installing solar panels. The United States' renewed position as a leader in climate action has a global impact. By choosing to install solar energy, American households and businesses are contributing to this climate action. Our efforts at Palmetto are part of the larger movement to increase the use of solar power in the US, which is essential for generating clean energy for the American electrical grid. Even though we are now four months into 2023, it’s important that we take the time to reflect on 2022 and what insights we can gain about solar energy and the surge in its adoption. 2022 was a Record Year for Renewable Energy The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently produced a report that outlined just what a bright year for solar 2022 was. Here are some of our main takeaways from the report: - For the first time ever, renewable energy generation has surpassed coal as an energy source in the US. - US utility-scale solar power capacity increased from 61 gigawatts to 71 gigawatts in 2022. (To put it into perspective, 1 gigawatt is the same as 3.125 million solar photovoltaic panels, and 71 gigawatts amount to the same energy powered by 221,875,000 solar photovoltaic panels.) - The largest producers of utility-scale solar electricity in 2022 were California (26%), Texas (16%), and North Carolina (8%). While the EIA report didn’t indicate all the reasons why solar power was so popular, we thought to do some more digging and tell you what we found. One reason why we are seeing an uptick in solar energy popularity in the energy landscape is that the price of solar energy technology has declined 53% over the last 10 years, which makes it more affordable and attractive for Americans. The influx of tax credits has helped homeowners and businesses adopt solar energy. If you read our survey, you can find out more about how Palmetto solar customers feel about the tax credits and what upgrades they plan to invest in. Being a clean tech company with a strong interest in solar energy, it was only natural that we would want to read the Solar Energy Industries Association's US Solar Market Insight 2022 Year in Review. We want to share with you some of its key solar energy statistics that helps to put 2022 into perspective: - 700,000 homeowners installed solar energy systems in 2022. This is a new record! - Solar energy accounted for 50% of all new electricity-generating capacity, and it's been the 4th straight year that solar energy was the top addition of new technologies. - It’s estimated that, over the next 10 years, the US solar industry will grow five times larger than what it is today. It should be noted that solar energy still faced some hurdles last year, despite the reduction in costs and tax incentives. There were issues with the solar energy supply chain, a tariff investigation, and equipment detainments. And yet, in spite of all the obstacles, residential solar installations still saw a record growth. Clean energy is for everyone Ever since 2010, Palmetto has grown to help thousands of people across 25 states (and counting!) make the switch to solar energy. The green transition remains a top priority when it comes to meeting climate goals, and we care deeply about the environment and how we can empower everyday Americans to take their own climate action. At Palmetto, we firmly believe that clean energy is for everyone. We also recognize that the more time that passes, the greater the impact of climate change. We are proud to be a part of the green transition movement and to uplift Americans across the country by supporting them to take climate action while also saving money along the way.
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Very encouraging!!
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Great news, let's hope it continues like this in the years to come, and the US can say goodbye to coal forever
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very brilliant news
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I am excited to share my op-ed in Behavioral Scientist about a new research initiative we've undertaken at Rare to track climate progress. While Americans believe people SHOULD adopt climate-friendly behaviors, they severely underestimate how much OTHER people believe the same. We’ve taken to calling this a “normative bubble,” a gap between perception and reality that threatens the widespread adoption of behaviors. The initiative, called the Climate Culture Index, is tracking this bubble, and the psycho-social state of Americans related to the most impactful climate-friendly behaviors. The insights we draw from it could help partners in media, government, and elsewhere develop more effective strategies for shifting the culture toward sustainability. Give the piece a read and share your thoughts in the comments. https://behavioralscientist.org/to-make-progress-on-climate-action-pop-normative-bubbles/
To Make Progress on Climate Action, Pop ‘Normative Bubbles’ - By Brett Jenks - Behavioral Scientist
Why measuring Americans’ perceptions of others’ beliefs about climate action could be a key for climate progress.
https://behavioralscientist.org/to-make-progress-on-climate-action-pop-normative-bubbles/
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Thank you for sharing your op-ed, this is very interesting, I really like the thought behind the Climate Culture Index and I think it will be a very important tool to develop climate policies in the future. What do you think could be a way to go around this "climate culture gap"? Is it more communication or better communication?
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Love this a lot as our psychology is making all the difference in these our current situation. Both for how we got here, band also how we get out of it. And you saying that “that the strongest unique predictor of intention to take high-impact climate action is whether a person believes that other people are already taking that action.” perfectly fits to what I’m always saying, namely that being a good example is the most powerful way to inspire others to take action too. Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing your op-ed! I like your quote "If the government cuts a $1,500 check for a heat pump but no one claims it, does it make an impact?". It reminds me of the "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to here it, does it make a sound?"
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The climate crisis is not an impending issue; it is here and now. We must mobilize as many solutions as possible as quickly as possible. There is no silver bullet to solve the climate crisis, but restoring our forests is one of the most important levers we have to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Pachama is a technology company on a mission to restore nature to solve climate change. We harness the latest advancements in satellite imagery, remote sensing, and machine learning to evaluate the carbon stored in forests and monitor forest growth over time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QwQLVVgpMY Modernizing carbon markets The carbon market offers a way to pay landowners to protect their forests and reduce carbon emissions. Today, the funding fueling carbon markets comes from the purchase of carbon credits. Each carbon credit represents a one metric ton reduction in carbon emissions, which is used by the buyer to compensate for one ton of carbon emissions produced elsewhere. But there are critical challenges with the current market. A series of recent publications and news articles have questioned the credibility of forest carbon credits, specifically citing that projects have overstated their climate impact. Pachama has long recognized this issue and has been working to build technology solutions. For decades, carbon crediting has been built around manual field measurements, assumptions, and PDF files. While technology has evolved, carbon crediting has not kept up. These older technologies and methodologies are prone to human error and bias making accurate measurement challenging. New technologies offer a more high-integrity and scalable future for carbon markets. Using technology-enabled measurement to ensure quality Rather than solely relying on these hand-based measurements and assumptions based on historical trends, Pachama is using satellite data and artificial intelligence to observe reality on the ground. We’re working to develop more accurate and efficient methods for calculating baselines and building regional-scale forest carbon maps. Pachama recently released initial results from our algorithmic dynamic baseline research. You can dive deeper into the research here. Pachama is not only doing cutting-edge research on new solutions, but we are already employing remote sensing technology to evaluate project quality. To date, we’ve evaluated over 150 forest carbon projects across four major registries, and fewer than 30% have met our stringent criteria. In September, we released the second iteration of our Project Evaluation Criteria, which raises our quality bar even higher. What do we mean by ‘quality’? Every forest conservation or restoration project listed on the Pachama Marketplace is evaluated based on our core quality standards: - Accurate: The carbon project’s emissions reductions have been conservatively quantified. - Additional: Emissions reductions wouldn’t have occurred without the incentive of carbon credits. - Durable: The carbon project delivers a long-lasting climate impact ensured by continuous monitoring and public reporting. - Net: The project has not simply moved deforestation from one place to another; producing no net climate benefit. - Beyond Carbon: The project causes no net harm and delivers biodiversity and community benefits. To ensure forest projects uphold these standards, we’ve developed our Evaluation Criteria, which include a series of quality checks each project must meet. Check out an overview of these checks below: If you have any questions or feedback about our Project Evaluation Criteria, we invite you to reach out to us at science@pachama.com. We strive to continuously improve our Criteria as technology advances and new research is published. Invest with confidence to meet your climate goals At Pachama, we have two core pathways to help companies meet their climate targets today and create long-term strategies for the future: - With Pachama Verified, companies can invest in existing high-quality forest conservation and restoration projects vetted by Pachama’s rigorous evaluation process. - Through Pachama Originals, you can invest in your own high-quality forest projects from the ground up, secure credits to reach net zero, and make a transformative impact on communities and ecosystems for generations to come. When investing in Pachama, you're also investing in assured quality, the ability to monitor projects through remote sensing technology, and the power of data visualization and intuitive reporting. We are excited to join the We Don’t Have Time community! Follow us on We Don’t Have Time, Twitter, and LinkedIn to see how our mission helps address climate change.
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Fantastic
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Scaling up nature based solutions. Well done.
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Very interesting work, your technology should be used in all carbon markets that want to be trusted!
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Kia Krond
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Two weeks left to apply! Thanks to the Global Warming Mitigation Project, entrepreneurs, university research groups, non-profits, and community leaders can apply for a $50,000 award! Their team is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere across five categories: carbon sinks, energy, finance, social pathways, and transport. They want to help activate and accelerate climate solutions from many different corners of the world and voices. Applying for the Keeling Curve Prize isn’t just a chance at game-changing funding – it is access to a community of lasting resources and support. They award $50,000 to ten organizations each ($500,000 total prize purse) across five categories yearly. The application deadline is February 10th. Find more information here 👇🏾 https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/accountability-disclosure
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Dear Kia Krond Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Global Warming Mitigation Project and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Sounds like a great opportunity for organizations working on innovative solutions to combat climate change!
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This is an initiative to scale up solutions.
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Today, Salesforce has net zero residual emissions. When we made sustainability one of our core values, we made a commitment to accelerate the world’s journey to net zero. We’re on a mission to drive urgent action, and we hope you join us. The world is in a climate crisis. The consequences of global temperatures rising more than 1.5°C are extreme and far-reaching for nature, humans, businesses, and our collective future. Scientists agree that globally we must reduce emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by mid-century. That’s why Salesforce is committed to doing all we can to limit global warming to 1.5°C. We’re bringing the full power of Salesforce to create a sustainable future by accelerating the world's largest businesses to net zero, sequestering 100 gigatons of carbon through conserving, restoring, and growing 1 trillion trees, protecting our oceans, and energizing the ecopreneur revolution. Salesforce has net zero residual emissions today. We are moving towards a 1.5°C future by focusing on six sustainability priorities: emissions reduction, carbon removal, trillion trees & ecosystem restoration, education & mobilization, innovation, and regulation & policy. You can read more about each of these sustainability priorities in our Climate Action Plan, and you can also check out our Stakeholder Impact Report to stay informed and track our progress. We are continuously advancing our sustainability program, integrating climate action into the core of our business to ultimately deliver on this shared, planetary goal of a more sustainable and equitable future. Core to our climate action journey is the continued reduction of our absolute emissions in a way that achieves a just and equitable transition to net zero, in line with a 1.5°C future. Achieving the shared goal of global net zero will take all of us working together. That’s why, throughout our continuing journey, we are always keen to share what we’ve learned with the world. We are using the full power of Salesforce to create tools that will help others achieve net zero faster. We use Net Zero Cloud to track emissions reductions and set goals across our scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Not only do we use Net Zero Cloud ourselves, but we empower our customers to use it as a complete sustainability management solution to get an actionable view of their carbon emissions data. Net Zero Cloud enables organizations to quickly track, analyze, and report on their environmental footprint with reliable, investor-grade data. This data quality is essential for third-party audits, financial filings, corporate reputation, and building trust with all stakeholders. Accurately calculating greenhouse gas emissions is critically important, because on a global scale our first step toward a net zero future must be to greatly reduce emissions. We need to cut emissions in half by 2030 and to near zero by 2050. However, reducing emissions will take time, and doing that alone may not be enough. Organizations should use all the tools they have to work toward the global goal of net zero. One step organizations can take is to purchase carbon credits to help compensate for the emissions they haven’t yet reduced, while helping to scale climate solutions beyond their value chain. Carbon credits can play an important role in our collective journey to a more sustainable and nature-positive future. So, just like we’ve done with Net Zero Cloud, we’re leveraging our own technology to deliver Net Zero Marketplace. Powered by Salesforce, Net Zero Marketplace is a climate action hub for everyone, and a site where organizations can explore innovative carbon projects and connect with ecopreneurs, and see detailed info, third-party ratings, and transparent pricing for most carbon credit projects to find those best aligned with their needs. Tools like Net Zero Cloud and Net Zero Marketplace enable everyone who wants to take climate action — including those in small- and medium-sized enterprises — to accelerate their own journeys to net zero. Businesses can also go beyond environmental data with the Salesforce ecosystem, harnessing the power of Salesforce to automate and streamline ESG reporting, reducing costs and expanding reporting capability across ESG initiatives. We are excited to join We Don’t Have Time and tell the community more about what Salesforce is doing to make the world more sustainable and equitable. When we made sustainability one of our core values, we made a commitment to accelerate the world’s journey to net zero. We’re on a mission to drive urgent action, and we hope you’ll join us. What should we focus on next? Do you have questions? Interact with us in the comments and let us know! Follow us on We Don’t Have Time, Twitter, and LinkedIn to stay updated on our continuous net zero journey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnP3PwIBnsI ABOUT SALESFORCE’S CLIMATE ACTION - Salesforce achieved net zero residual emissions by compensating for emissions we cannot yet reduce across our value chain, and we work to actively “bend the curve” through emissions reductions in categories like work from anywhere, infrastructure, business travel and supplier enablement. - We have funded the planting of 30 million trees on the way to our goal of 100 million trees planted by 2030, and we’ve donated $1 million to American Forests and One Tree Planted. Salesforce is a proud founding partner of 1t.org, whose mission is to conserve, restore, and grow 1 trillion trees by 2030. - We are prioritizing reducing emissions as quickly as possible and aligning our full value chain emissions (scope 1, 2, and 3) to the global trajectory of ~50% emissions reductions by 2030, and near-zero emissions by 2040. Using Net Zero Cloud, we identify the most impactful opportunities for us to reduce our carbon footprint. - We are publicly committing to the shared, global goal of achieving a just and equitable transition to net zero, in line with a 1.5°C future. Do you want to learn more about Salesforce’s work in sustainability? Check out our Climate Action Plan, FY22 Stakeholder Impact Report, and net zero solutions.
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When we come together we can do big things
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Great to see Salesforce on We Don't Have Time! Uplifting businesses with the proper tools to take climate action is an excellent climate solution.
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Great, welcome and I can see amazing plans for the planet
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PeaTos
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Ok, we will say what everyone else has been thinking but no one has said — Chester, the Cheetah from Cheetos, deserves a climate warning! Well, maybe not everyone was thinking about this, but they should be! Every product has its environmental impact, but we want to shine the climate warning spotlight on Cheetos. As part of our climate warning against Chester, we are focusing on the environmental consequences of using cheese to make Cheetos. But first, we must understand how much cheese is used in Cheetos. Fact: Cheetos uses 6000 tons (or 5,443,108 kg) of cheddar cheese every YEAR! It’s hard even to imagine what 6000 tons of cheddar cheese looks like, but we are going to put it into perspective for you: The total weight of the Eiffel Tower is 10,100 tons — and this makes Cheetos’ yearly cheese consumption more than half of the weight of the Eiffel Tower! A single giant Sequoia tree weighs 1300 tons – and the same weight of nearly 4.5 giant Sequoia trees is what Cheetos uses in cheese for one year! A Boeing 737-800 airplane weighs 45.355 tons – which means a year of Cheetos cheese usage amounts to 132 Boeing airplanes! Now that we’ve broken down what Cheetos’ 6000 tons of cheese looks like, we want to share that just a single kilogram of cheese has a carbon footprint of 14 kilograms of CO2. That by itself should be expected, but this is the part where your eyes should widen. The 6000 tons of cheddar cheese made in Cheetos has a carbon footprint of 388,793.46 kg CO2. To get rid of the yearly carbon footprint of Cheetos’ cheese, you would need to: Switch 14,736 incandescent lamps to LEDs Recycle 135 tons of waste from a landfill Have 6,429 tree seedlings growing for ten years It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that the cheese in Cheetos has a monumental environmental impact. And we don’t think Cheetos should get a free pass for what their product does to the environment. We all need to do better, but Cheetos can learn a thing or two from us at PeaTos. Our products are 100% plant-based, have more fiber and protein, and taste better than Cheetos. Interested in learning more? Go to our website - https://peatos.com/pages/nutrition-facts What should we talk about next?
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This is such a good idea since any minor offence is a major hazard to the environment.
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Thanks for shedding light on the magnitude of Cheetos environmental impact.There's no doubt they deserved a climate warning ⚠️ and hoping this alarm will ensure change.
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These are terrible statistics, it's time for Cheetos to go vegan! For the planet and everyone's health
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Roy McGowan
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Fort Reno Park is the highest elevation in DC making it a crucial area for rainwater management. Bioswales are an innovative solution that helps excess rainwater from non-permeable roads find a place to permeate into the ground. This can relieve flooding from combined sewer systems CFO’s (⅓ of DC sewer systems). As well, it can allow trees and native flowers to be planted, increasing biodiversity. The reason why managing rainwater is important in DC is the impact it has on downtown. On the National mall there are many museums with basements filled with priceless archives. From artwork, books, specimens, and more, so much history is stored below sea level. By diverting rainwater from CSO’s by using bioswales, flooding near the tidal basin will decrease causing less harm as climate change takes its toll on coastal cities.
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This is a great idea, it definitely deserved winning the contest :D
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Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) trays are used to serve meals in many school districts. EPS trays cannot be recycled after coming in contact with food. Instead, they take up space in landfills, pollute the environment, and break down into harmful microplastics that can contaminate vital waterways. Additionally, EPS leaks toxins when heated up putting students who eat warm meals off these trays at a health risk. After 6 months of research, my team published a cost benefit analysis report recommending reusable lunch trays as a cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative. This is because of the lower material cost over a period of time. This option also sets a motivating example for students to reuse everyday items. For schools where reusable trays are not feasible, our report recommends the second-best option of using compostable trays.
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In my pursuit of sustainable choices, I'm reminded of my common app essay examples https://google.bj/url?q=https://essays.io, where I explored the transformative power of small actions. Discovering eco-friendly alternatives to EPS school lunch trays aligns perfectly with that ethos. It's heartening to witness the tangible impact we can have on the environment by choosing conscious alternatives in our daily lives.
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Gaya Herrington
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After my research went viral last year, I was asked by several publishers to write a book about it. It felt like a lot of work to preach to the choir, so I declined. MDPI was the only one who came back and said they'd make it available open access, and that's how I came to write my first book Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse. My research was about a 50-year-old model that forecasted a steep decline in global welfare levels setting in about a decade from now if business as usual continued. I did a data comparison and found 2022 data aligning closely with the business as usual scenario that could be interpreted as depicting a collapse as a result of carbon pollution (i.e., climate change). But I also concluded that humanity can still change its trajectory, if it acts now! Read more here, free for download: https://lnkd.in/eQetXVvz
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Thanks for sharing and thank you for making it available to the public. Download Don
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Thanks for sharing your insights!
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Wow! So much gratitude for your work, research, and thoughtfulness to communicate scientific-research in an accessible form.
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Logitech
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We sat down on the third day of New York Climate Week alongside Ulrika Modéer (Assistant Secretary General & Director of Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy at the UNDP) to share our long-term vision of sustainability at Logitech and across the technological industry. Representing us was Prakash Arunkundrum, Head of Global Operations and Sustainability, who is spearheading sustainability initiatives and goals now and into the future. As guests on the UNDP’s dedicated hour during these climate sessions, we wanted to illustrate not just what our technological solutions are, but how we’re both operating with sustainability in mind and setting absolute carbon reduction goals for our company. The technology impact Unlike products that don’t use energy when used, where the majority or even 100% of the emissions they generate are emitted during their making, technology products face a unique challenge in that they generate emissions simply by being plugged in. “One of the biggest things in technology is that you use a lot of energy when you use them during your daily use. The best way to impact this is to have a grid that itself is clean… 27% of our emissions globally are from the consumer use-phase, which is when you’re plugged in and using your mice, keyboard or other devices. While we are making our sensors more efficient… but really driving [sustainability] is about making the grid clean.” Prakash shared that this is both a private sector and public problem, as companies like ours can only do so much internally to mitigate our emissions. It’s up to governments to “pave the way”, creating policies that will help us achieve greener businesses overall. As Prakash pointed out, the latest Inflation Reduction Act put in place by President Joe Biden has and will continue to have a strong positive impact on clean energy, particularly with the U.S. being our biggest market. The Carbon Clarity Initiative One of the foremost talking points we wanted to share was our Carbon Clarity Initiative - Logitech’s voluntary pledge to provide product life-cycle carbon impact labels on packaging. “We think Carbon is the new calorie. We wanted to inform consumers how much our devices are polluting. We are holding ourselves accountable to make sure that is addressed across future generations of products.” One of our initiatives at Logitech is to not only be Net Zero, but to be Climate Positive by 2030 - taking out more carbon than we create, and to do that across our entire supply chain. This “carbon calorie” approach is unique in our industry, but we’re working with peers and competitors to help them do the same and ensure we’re all able to “compute” the lifestyle carbon value. It’s important to us that our consumers remain aware of the carbon impact of the products they buy, as they deserve to make informed decisions about every type of product they buy. Prakash pointed out that this initiative will hopefully catch on across all sectors, as we are now in a generation where planetary health and individual health should be treated as one and the same. Accelerating Climate Action In line with supporting clean energy bills, collaborating with others in the industry, as well as rethinking our own infrastructure, the ultimate key to expediting positive climate solutions ensures all our energy is clean. “If you look at all the subsidies going into oil and gas, and diverted only a part of that to clean energy globally, you can see the emissions rate dropping down dramatically.” But as Prakash pointed out, this needs to be done across all nations and sectors and in line with making dramatic changes, regeneration needs to be a part of the conversation going forward as well. Having shared the stage with both Ulrika Modéer and Chris Kemper (CEO and founder of Palmetto), we echoed their sentiments that a re-engineering of all our approaches to product creation, energy emissions, and accountability, would be decisive in facilitating worldwide net-zero economies. Watch the segment: https://youtu.be/bo5jL_K5BQs?t=27555
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Interesting and enlightening conversations there 👏
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Very interesting session!
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One of the great moments of The Road to COP27
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PeaTos
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PeaTos’ journey to reinvent the way Americans snack began by fundamentally looking at the mighty pea and how peas could topple the other large corn-based snack monopolies like PepsiCo’s Frito Lays. To dethrone Frito Lays and offer consumers a healthier snacking experience, PeaTos Founder and CEO Nick Desai revolutionized the salty snack category with a salty and delicious pea-based snack that rivals famous snacks like Cheetos® and Funyuns®. Since PeaTos’ launch in 2019, American households positively responded to the amazing tasty snack, and PeaTos is now available in 4,700 retailers in the USA and growing! A look into the peas used in PeaTos would reveal that peas are rich in fiber, magnesium, and protein. However, people may not realize just how environmentally friendly peas are. So, how do peas positively impact our environment? 🤔👇 (Sources in the comments 😁) 🔬☑️ Peas have a low water footprint, which means peas take relatively little water to grow. With the global temperature rising, climate change will strain water resources, and water conservation will be increasingly important in the near future. Corn, which is a common ingredient in other salty snacks, has a higher water footprint than peas 😬🌽🚰 🔬☑️Peas are a plant-based protein with a lower carbon footprint. Humanity needs to lessen its carbon footprint and balance its need for protein. Communities can begin to address the climate challenges of consuming meat-based protein by eating peas as a healthy and environmentally sustainable source of protein in their diet. Peas’ carbon footprint is 0.20 kg CO2e per 1/2 cup of split peas. In plain English, that means that the greenhouse gas emissions of peas are 48.7 times lower than a beef burger 🤯🤯🤯 🔬☑️ Peas are cover crops, which is a huge benefit to farmers. Cover crops reduce erosion, increase biodiversity, help to control pests, and improve soil health. Peas pack a positive climate-friendly punch above their weight. 👊✅ Besides prioritizing peas as its main ingredient, PeaTos is also revamping the long overdue and stagnant salty snack product line to transform the junk food industry. PeaTos products have zero artificial additives, are non-GMO, and are 100% plant-based. That's why we have partnered with We Don't Have Time. We want PeaTos to be a driver of change within the snack food industry that has been long dominated by corn. Over the past two decades alone, American corn has received a massive $116 billion in subsidies, and corn represents the largest use of American land as an agricultural product. To ensure the mass production of corn, farming practices have resorted to using more groundwater and fertilizers. This fertilizer runoff from corn-producing regions of the USA has contributed to a threateningly sizable dead zone in ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. Peas have been helping American farmers cut costs with their ability to improve farming yields over time, jumpstart the ecosystem's biodiversity, and require less water and fertilizer to be grown. Over the last two decades, peas have also received fewer subsidies than corn, with peas receiving $128 million in subsidies. The benefits peas provide for the environment should make people think twice about what they consume as snacks and put in their pantries. We look forward to sharing what we do to make the snack industry healthier and more climate-friendly without compromising the “junk food” taste! What should we talk about in our next post? Tell us your suggestions in the comments section. To read more about how PeaTos’ planted-based and non-GMO product holds up against other Big Snack competitors like Frito-Lays’ Cheetos or Funyuns, go to https://peatos.com/pages/nutrition-facts
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So cool. It's have more to choice. https://cookieclicker-2.com/
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Cool! I really like peas based products, I think legumes are the future! Are you only available in the US?
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According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), approximately 150 million households around the globe are engaged in milk production, and 6 billion people consume milk and milk products. Milk production and consumption can be essential for some people's economic livelihoods, culture, and diet. Even with the dairy industry's significant climate emissions, dairy products remain a fixture in people's lives. Bridging the gap between milk's climate emissions and incentivizing immediate change within people's lifestyle choices can be a difficult conversation to start. However, Neutral offers a climate solution for dairy lovers and environmentalists alike. Neutral is the first carbon-neutral milk. You're probably asking yourself, how does Neutral separate itself from the rest of the herd? (Thank you for bearing with me on my dad-level cow pun). Neutral is different from others in the dairy industry because Neutral is mindful of its carbon footprint. Neutral examines the holistic lifecycle of dairy - from how farmers in the fields feed cows, how the dairy got to be in your fridge, and how the dairy cartons will be disposed of when you're done with it. The obsessive measurement of climate impacts on dairy farms enables Neutral to make climate-friendly adjustments to the dairy product supply chain. For example, the manure from cows on Neutral farms is transformed into renewable energy through anaerobic digestion. Neutral also works to finance and guide farmers to make climate-friendly changes in their operations. To ensure that every project is 100% carbon neutral, Neutral also uses verified carbon offsets from the Carbon Action Reserve. Verified carbon offsets eliminate the risk of invalid creation or double counting of Climate Reserve Tons, while providing transparency and accountability. Some environmentalists are switching to other milk alternatives like almond milk or oat milk; however, these are not without their faults. Milk alternatives also can cause havoc to the environment through deforestation or using large amounts of water to grow plant-based milk. Almond or oat milk brands are not taking steps to be carbon neutral, whereas Neutral has received its Carbon Neutral Certificate from SCS Global. What do you think about the dairy industry? How can it be improved? Is it able to be even greener? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments 👇📝👨💻
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I appreciate Neutral's ideas and work on reducing the carbon footprint of meat and dairy, but perhaps we need to do more than that. https://vengeio.online
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I don't know... I find it hard to justify ethically. Why not spare animals' lives if you can? Almond can be pretty destructive but oat, hemp and peas-based milk are good alternatives.
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I understand where you are coming from but we are not living in a perfect world. No matter what we do, there will always be people who will wanna eat meat and drink dairy. So personally, I think it’s good that Neutral is doing what they can to minimize the carbon footprint of meat and dairy.
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We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to leverage the power of technology to address the climate crisis and build a clean economy. This is why GreenBiz is hosting VERGE 22— the leading climate tech event, bringing together thousands of leaders — from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to address the climate crisis. VERGE 22 focuses on six strategic areas: - Clean energy - Sustainable transportation - Carbon removal - Regenerative food systems - Net-zero buildings - Startup ecosystems In San Jose, CA., climate tech visionaries, policymakers, startups, and business leaders will convene to share solutions and build relationships. As VERGE 22 focuses on solutions that reduce our environmental impact, we have taken steps to reduce the event's carbon footprint. With the world's biggest temporary renewable microgrid, constructed by GreenBiz to sustainably power VERGE 22, climate discussions will be elevated to a new level. However, we acknowledge that there are climate challenges for an event of this scale. Participants' travel alone is expected to create large emissions, but we believe that the value of face-to-face meetings to discuss and streamline climate solutions can not be overstated. What topics are you most interested in and excited to learn about? Learn more and register for VERGE 22 here: https://events.greenbiz.com/events/verge/2022?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=we-dont-have-time&utm_campaign=v22&utm_content=--partner-promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqXriNv0-k
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This was great!
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Excited about the tech event looking forward to learn a lot from it
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I'm excited to learn about regenerative food systems!
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There are currently 13,299 active solar panel installation companies in the U.S. While this surge of new companies drives competitive pricing & innovation, it has also made it difficult for many consumers to gauge expectations for the process of going solar. This is why Palmetto is launching their new Clean Energy Operating Platform. "Energy is important to everyone. Yet, most consumers are not equipped to understand and control how they use energy, where it comes from, what options they have, and how it all relates to their lifestyle, their budget, and the environment. Our platform is helping enterprise partners to make it simple, accessible and affordable for their customers to make the switch to clean energy." says Palmetto's Founder & CEO, Chris Kemper. For Palmetto's customers, their relationship with their solar provider doesn't end after installation. The company continues to work with their customers throughout the life of their solar system. To maintain open lines of communication and ensure long term customer satisfaction, the company launched a new warranty, maintenance and monitoring offering called Palmetto Protect. After Palmetto installs a solar system, they wirelessly connect it to their virtual energy intelligence software to proactively monitor the system 24 hours a day to measure energy production, to detect potential malfunctions and alert their team to devise solutions. If a malfunction is detected, Palmetto can inform the customer, investigate the problem and dispatch maintenance crews if necessary, to repair the system. Read more: https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/07/2022-most-forward-thinking-contractor-palmetto/
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This looks really useful. I wish I would have known about Palmetto when I was looking into getting solar panels for my house...
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Adding a small proportion of seaweed to a cow’s daily feed — about 0.2 of a percent of the total feed intake in a recent study — can reduce the amount of methane by 98 percent (!!!!). That’s a stunning drop when most other existing solutions cut methane by about 20 or 30 percent. The potential of this is significant because livestock overall account for about 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, with nearly 40 percent of that linked to methane from the digestive process, according to the FAO. The amount of methane from livestock production alone is about the equivalent of the emissions from about 650 million cars. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/27/climate-solutions-seaweed-methane/?arc404=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtG24Vmwyzw
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Adding as little as 0.2% of seaweed to a cow’s daily diet can reduce its methane emissions by up to 98 percent. ⚠️💨 This is significant because: ✔️Livestock accounts for about 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with nearly 40 percent of that linked to methane from the digestive process (source: FAO). ✔️The amount of methane from livestock production alone is equivalent to the emissions from about 650 million cars 🚗
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Cows digest cellulosa. So for small farming in Scandinavia they are self-supplied in the summer. They also used the same method in the winter time. Then its called hay. The problems starts when you loose the respect for the animals. And for the Environment.
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@anne_svare I couldn't agree more. We need to respect animals in the same way we respect humans.
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"All passengers are requested to kindly fasten their seat belts" is an in-flight announcement we are all familiar with. Depending upon your destination, feelings of excitement or tiredness, or fear of the unknown soon follow. But, have you ever thought of the impact your travel plan has on the environment? Sustainable travel and responsible tourism have become a priority for many corporate leaders and a few countries. The issue? 🔎 Tools to understand the environmental impact of travel plans are not widely known. 🔍 Capacities to plan "green" and affordable travels are limited. Yes, you and I might be one of the 100 on a flight, and our impact may seem insignificant. But, until our travels lead to the reduction or removal of carbon and other emissions, no plan is insignificant. Canceling travel plans to sit at home and away from civilization is tough. The good news is that there are ways to make travel more sustainable — including where you go, what you pack, what you eat, how you decide to get there, and what you bring home. What we can do as individuals and corporates? 🚃 Opt for trains over airplanes — if possible. 🚲 Opt for bicycles over taxis. 🛩️ Opt for airlines with a lower emission footprint. Use Google flights to monitor your footprint. 🛍️ Reduce your plastic and single-use product consumption. Pack reusable cutlery and sanitary products. 🛌🏽 Choose an eco-friendly booking site or sustainable travel agent. 😓 Avoid unnecessary travel. 😆 Don't categorize unnecessary travels as "necessary". In the coming weeks, I'll share more ways to travel sustainably here and on LinkedIn. Let's keep driving the climate fight. You can find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahakagrawal2505/
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Just came back from a two weeks train trip in Europe. Loved it!
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@markus_lutteman_141 Wonderful! Travelling Europe via train is the best kind of travel.
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Dear Mahak Agrawal Thank you for getting your climate idea to level 2! We have reached out to Business Traveller and asked what they think. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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On Cloud has created a shoe that can be ground up, melted down, and reincarnated as another shoe. Like its subscription model, the Cloudneo is unusual because old shoes will be made into new ones rather than some other product. In theory, they are reducing the need for raw materials. Beat-up shoes returned by customers will accumulate in warehouses until there are enough to be shipped to Italy, where an Arkema recycling plant will clean the shoes, grind them up and melt them into plastic pellets. The recycled material, topped up with fresh feedstock, will be turned into fabric and foam in plants in China and Taiwan before returning to Vietnam for assembly. In June, On Cloud began shipping the first 10,000 pairs of its latest model. The Cloudneo is presented as "the shoe you will never own." Instead of buying the shoe, runners pay $29.99 a month for an endless supply, provided they return worn-out pairs to be recycled. Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-100-recyclable-running-shoe-thats-only-available-by-subscription-11657188000
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Interesting business model!
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I like the subscription model of $29.99, definitely unique for a sustainable brand to offer this kind of coverage 🤝
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I will definitely look into getting myself a subscription!
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We’re all likely familiar with the horror stories of the student debt crisis in the United States. Stories of borrowers paying on their loans for several years – and even decades – only to find their balances higher than when they began repayment. The student debt crisis is real, and it is holding this nation back. As student loan borrowers get buried deeper and deeper in debt, the world is slowly heating at an unsustainable rate and every resource – financial, intellectual, or otherwise – is needed on board to address the climate crisis. I’ve heard the argument that it is unfair to forgive Americans of their student loan debt for various reasons, many times stemming back to the core issue that the federal government will not be “getting anything in return”. I challenge the United States of America, and Richard Cordray as the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid, to change that narrative. I urge you to create a comprehensive forgiveness plan that addresses the student debt crisis and the climate crisis – two pressing issues of our time – and that stimulates the new green economy. Here is one, high-level idea: The United States of America creates a Federal “Green” Investment Portfolio based on the direction the nation wants to grow in the New Green Economy. Student loan borrowers are presented with the option to invest 10% of the value of their total federal loan debt into this Federal “Green” Portfolio for total debt forgiveness. If the borrower chooses this repayment option, interest rates are frozen and repayment begins. Loan debts are forgiven once the borrower hits the 10% mark. The federal government can use these investments to grow the nation’s green industries, including the green energy, green manufacturing, and regenerative agriculture sectors. Gains from the portfolio can be invested directly back into the portfolio – into the US economy – through business development, business expansion, research and development (R&D), etc. The federal government can grow the green economy through this portfolio by financing the expansion of existing companies; providing seed money for emerging start-up companies; and supporting R&D that addresses climate action through the various industries and sectors. This federal investment portfolio will grow itself, and the federal government will see repayment through returns realized through the expansion of the green economy; through the revolution of this nation – not through the detriment and exploitation of student loan borrowers. You’re dealing with borrowers that are largely part of a debt-burdened generation that is more conscious of its impact than generations before. A generation that consciously chooses to spend more money on goods that are local, socially responsible, and environmentally sustainable, regardless of its financial insecurity and instability. If you give us the option to pay this 10% as an up-front investment in your portfolio, we are free to spend the other 90% + in the green economy, growing this portfolio, over our lifetimes (thanks to our loan forgiveness). This plan can help solve the millennial dilemma. I urge the United States of America to give borrowers a reason to be excited about repayment, and you will see your returns for generations to come. - - - Photo by Visual Stories || Micheile on Unsplash
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“The vulnerable communities know we don't have time. There is no next time for them. It's an existential threat. It’s real and it's today.” 🔗 Watch John Podesta's keynote during the We Don't Have Time US Launch in December 2021. John Podesta was the chief of staff to President Clinton and a senior advisor to President Obama. During the US Launch, he talked about COP26, its successes, and failures, and about the need to consider climate change as a crisis requiring urgent and unprecedented action. Watch his speech: https://youtu.be/9ywO9w9B3Hc?t=84
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Dear Marine Stephan Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to John Podesta and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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It was such an honor to be present for this!
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Everyone that talks about acting now should get Climate Love.
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After spending 60-days reviewing its client roster to align with a new climate strategy, the world’s largest PR firm made no commitment to end its work for fossil fuel clients. Edelman launched this 60-day review of its operations and client roster in November. The announcement followed a campaign by climate activists that demanded Edelman cut ties with ExxonMobil due to the oil company impact on climate. https://mumbrella.com.au/edelmans-sustainability-review-ends-in-no-client-changes-for-now-719678
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That's not okay, what's the point of reviewing if it's not to change anything, that's pure greenwashing from their side.
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Not only did these companies pollute, but they actively MISLEAD & worked to confuse the public about the reality & severity of climate change caused by extraction, transporting and using their product.
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As a part of its corporate social responsibility, BlackBerry has significantly reduced its direct and indirect carbon emissions and invested in carbon removal. It has achieved carbon neutrality across Scope 1, Scope 2 and material Scope 3 emissions, the three emission groups classified under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Standard. BlackBerry has achieved these environmental sustainability milestones by: - Moving company and customer workloads to the cloud. - Reducing direct and indirect emissions across its operations by 88% since 2013, across company facilities, energy consumption, business travel, waste management and more. - Partnering with the Restore the Earth Foundation to help reforest the Mississippi River Basin, North America’s Amazon. - Investing in advanced wastewater treatment technology. - Partnering with school boards to implement energy efficiency measures. The partnership also includes enabling climate change related education and programs. - Investing in innovative cookstove technology in Rwanda, which significantly reduces non-renewable fuel consumption and relieves deforestation pressures. Read: https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/company/newsroom/press-releases/2021/blackberry-achieves-carbon-neutrality Image: https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/company/corporate-responsibility/ungc-sdgs/climate-change
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More and more, the private sector has been stepping up its game to address climate change. So great to see initiatives and leadership like this! 👏
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Good job Blackberry!
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Facebook is facing mounting pressure from advocacy groups to weed out climate misinformation on its platform and be more transparent about the extent of the false or misleading claims. A pair of reports released this week amid the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow found scores of accounts spreading climate misinformation and raised questions about the tech giant's efforts to combat such content. “Facebook is not solely responsible for climate misinformation existing, but it's definitely amplifying the problem and a possible bigger problem down the line and doing nothing about it,” said Sean Buchanan, author of a Stop Funding Heat report published Thursday. That report, along with another on the topic from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published earlier in the week, were unveiled as global leaders gathered at the U.N. summit to discuss new efforts to address climate change. The Stop Funding Heat report, released in partnership with the group Real Facebook Oversight Board, estimated an average range of between 818,000 and 1.36 million daily views of climate misinformation, citing data from monitoring platform CrowdTangle. Authors found just 3.6 percent of climate misinformation identified on the platform had a fact-checking label applied. Researchers studied 195 pages and groups identified as spreading climate misinformation, including 41 “single issue” groups and 154 that posted on a wider range of topics. The study focused on posts between January and August. Read Entire Article: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/579957-facebook-under-pressure-to-curb-climate-misinformation
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They are sort of partly the problem, spreading bad information. Right
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The accelerated spreading of misinformation is inherent to the use of machine learning in an attention economy, which is the core of FB's business model, making it very hard for FB to move away from attention as the core metric to optimize. Without this, they can only add more machine learning on top to flag potential misinformation. This is a very hard problem for machine learning and this second algorithms will always be miles behind the core algorithm finding new ways to form new echo chambers fostering misinformation. At this point, fixing Facebook may not be worth the investment from the company's perspective. The focus of the company is clearly shifting to other products under the new Meta umbrella. Who knows? Maybe Meta is a move to allow other services to become sources of profit while FB undergoes fundamental changes running at a loss for years to come. But we can't leave it to maybe, while FB in it's current state is doing real damage on a global scale and the CEO has his head stuck in the metaverse. From a global perspective it's imperative to fix FB. FB is a social sunk-cost-valley problem. Users worldwide are too invested in the platform to abbandon it, so the solution has to come from government interference. Zuckerberg has repeatedly asked governments for guidance. FB created a machine that's out of their control and they're asking for help. But they're asking politicians, who aren't machine learning experts able to solve a problem created by and still unsolved by a large well-funded team of machine learning experts. With their continued requests for guidance I have to assume FB is not just unwilling to fix this problem, but they actually don't know how... The way FB is interwoven into today's society, they can't just pull the plug either... It would take a fundamental change to the core metrics used for machine learning, rather than running behind the immensely powerful core algorithms of FB, sweeping up the mess in it's wake with a flag and remove approach. It will take research and careful planning rather than "move fast and break things" and it may be time for FB to make a radical shift in transparency and start crowd-sourcing solutions.
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Facebook must take action!
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Since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, the G20 have provided more than $3,3 trillion in fossil-fuel subsidies, according to a recent report by BloombergNEF and Bloomberg Philanthropies. (Figures for 2015-2019.) At today’s prices that sum could fund 4,232GW in new solar power plants – over 3.5 times the size of the current U.S. electricity grid. On paper, these global leaders seem to recognize the urgency of leaving yesterday’s energy sources behind. Already in 2009 G-20 promised to ”phase out… inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies”. In reality, they continue to spend huge amounts of their tax-payers’ money to support the fossil-fuel industry. In fact, eight member states (Australia, USA, Canada, Indonesia, France, China, Brazil, and Mexico) have in recent years increased their subsidies, according to the report. This madness must end. G20! Please #DontChooseExtinction Fossil-fuel subsidies are destroying our planet and hindering the transition to clean, renewable energy, which in reality is much cheaper and easier to scale. If the subsidies would be taken away, many fossil-fuel companies would be unprofitable, which in turn would mean banks and pension funds would stop investing in them. Dear G20 leaders. 70 percent of the youth (under-18s) in your countries believe we are in a climate emergency. The majority of them support renewable energy and cleaner transports, and they strongly believe you should support green businesses and jobs. As leaders of these powerful nations, you have the power to listen to them and to create real change. You are the world’s largest economies, collectively the biggest population – and the greatest polluters. Your responsibility is enormous. But so are your possibilities to create change. We, therefore, demand of you: • To present a roadmap for how to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies. • To present an end date for all fossil-fuel subsidies. We are looking forward to your reply. Join the climate dialogue here on We Don’t Have Time Further upsetting facts about the world’s fossil-fuel subsidies: ⚠️ Without fossil fuel subsidies, which equal 85% of all subsidies, total carbon emissions in 2015 would have been 28% lower, and there would have been 46% fewer air pollution deaths, while additional government revenues would contribute an additional 3.8% of GDP. ⚠️ Globally, direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry total an astonishing US$300–680 billion per year. When including indirect subsidies, the amount grows to US$5.2 trillion,13 which represents 6.5% of global GDP (2017 estimate). ⚠️ This is greater than the GDP of all states except the US, European Union and China. ⚠️ The biggest subsidizers are China, United States, Russia, the European Union and India, and while direct subsidies are often claimed to support underprivileged groups, just 8% of the money trickles down to the poorest 20% of the population. (Thanks Pernilla Bergmark, Principal Researcher, ICT Sustainability Impacts, Ericsson, for providing these additional facts). Sources: Exponential Roadmap 1.5.1 (page 134): https://exponentialroadmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ExponentialRoadmap_1.5.1_216x279_08_AW_Download_Singles_Small.pdf The G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote: Support for climate action is getting stronger https://www.undp.org/blog/g20-peoples-climate-vote-support-climate-action-getting-stronger IMF:s Global Country Update of Fossil Fuel Subsidies https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2021/09/23/Still-Not-Getting-Energy-Prices-Right-A-Global-and-Country-Update-of-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-466004 The Bloomberg NEF and Bloomberg Philanthropies report on G20 fossil-fuel subsidies https://about.bnef.com/blog/new-report-finds-g-20-member-countries-support-fossil-fuels-at-levels-untenable-to-achieve-paris-agreement-goals/ Production Gap report: https://productiongap.org/ UNEP Emission Gap report: https://lnkd.in/ewv4ndTv
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Fossil fuels addicts - do the RIGHT THING and end subsidies NOW!
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Either we have a free market and then these subsidies must be eliminated. Or we interfere with the market through subsidising what is best for people and planet and then these subsidies must be eliminated. Fossil fuel subsidies are neither pro market nor pro life. They are just corruption and stupidity!
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There is a group with a plan. The fossil fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. I interviewed them before COP 26. https://www.3cr.org.au/climateaction/episode-202110041700/road-glasgow-episode-2
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Hertz will buy 100,000 Tesla Model 3s by the end of next year, the car rental company announced Monday. The major purchase is broadly seen as a significant step toward the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Once the purchase is complete, EVs will make up more than one-fifth of the Hertz fleet. Hertz plans to partner with Tom Brady, the highly-successful, if controversial, NFL quarterback who was friendly with Donald Trump to promote its EV push.he purchase also pushed up Tesla's stock price, raising its market capitalization to over $1 trillion for the first time. "Electric vehicles are now mainstream, and we've only just begun to see rising global demand and interest," said Hertz interim CEO Mark Fields.
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Way to lead the way!
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Insanity in a campaign format. How deep in the sand are they willing to go for even more money than they already have? This is awful.
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Cant we just embrace a genuine shift towards sustainable energy?
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This sounds so irresponsible, it is sad for policy makers to push oil and gas at this time and age by giving people misinformation. This must be stopped.