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The Federal Biodiversity Fund was approved in December with funds to reimburse landowners for improved vegetation and diversity management on their properties. The six-year program has $946 million in funds that are aimed at reforestation, tackling invasive species, and also close management of lands of high conservation value. This biodiversity fund is part of a [...]
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A team from China’s Department of Climate Change toured the United States last week hosted by the World Resources Institute. The tour focused on low-carbon development, and the need for a climate-conscious path to urbanize China. China’s urban population is expected to grow to 1 billion people by 2030, with 350 million more people moving [...]
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Earth Networks, the company behind WeatherBug, is working with Berkeley Labs, UC San Diego, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for a statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions monitoring system for California. The network will collect data on concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) in a large-scale sensing framework that builds on the [...]
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NASA successfully launched the NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite early this morning from Vandenberg Air Force. The polar-orbiting satellite is a joint project between NASA and NOAA, with NASA using it as a research project and NOAA collecting weather details for forecasting and environmental monitoring. The satellite features five [...]
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The UK-based risk analysis and mapping company Maplecroft has just released their fourth Climate Change Vulnerability Index that takes a look at climate impacts and a country’s ability to adapt. There are 193 countries profiles in the study, with a look at population concentration, development, natural resources, agricultural productivity, and conflict. There are 30 countries [...]
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $750,000 grant to a consortium of 20 U.S. universities, two national labs and three international partners for the new Sustainable Cities – People, Infrastructures and the Energy-Climate-Water Nexus project. The grant seeks to develop harmonized methods, open datasets and shared curriculum on the topic of sustainable cities [...]
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The Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Knowledge Network has recently been launched as a map-based portal to share knowledge on climate change mitigation options for agricultural and food systems. The site aggregates environmental, climatic and social information to share and communicate research and tools to measure and adjust, with a focus on the resilience of [...]
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The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have just launched two new standards to help businesses manage, measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions. The Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) and Product Life Cycle Standards aim to help companies save money, reduce risks, and increase global competitiveness. “The [...]
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A new report by Canada’s National Round Table on Environment and Economy takes a close look at the economic impact of climate change in the country. The study estimates that costs of global warming may rise to $5 billion per year by 2020, and between $21 and $43 billion per year by 2050. The impacts [...]
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Esri has created a time-searchable map that shows emissions of CO2 between 1960 and 2007 with data from the World Bank. This is the latest in a series of map stories that explore timely topics and convey the power of GIS as a communication medium. The animation and time slider tells a story of growing [...]
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