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World Bank Invests in Climate Change Mitigation Technologies

Mila Luleva — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:39:58 +0000

Climate Change is now a top priority for the World Bank. Last week, one of the major global investors, the World Bank, announced that they will be making a “fundamental shift” in their investment strategy. Their new plan is to put money towards developing new technologies and encouraging practices for tackling climate change in the […]

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Global Temperature will Increase Despite Mitigation Plans, Say Researchers

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 06:52:04 +0000

Even though many countries around the world have established plan to reduce their emissions, scientists report that the global temperature will still increase. Researchers consider 2°C as a dangerous tipping point, and once it is reached, the effects of climate change will be extremely difficult to stop. The report comes from the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a […]

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Reducing Climate Change Using Geo-engineering Technology

Mila Luleva — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:33:53 +0000

This week, at the MIT Technology Review’s annual EmTech conference, Professor David Keith said that the only way to reduce the risk of climate change is to use geo-engineering technology. The professor of public policy and applied physics at University of Harvard proposes to shade the Earth by imitating the process during large volcanic eruptions. […]

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