Monitoring health impacts associated with climate change is of utmost importance, and CCIEVIs provide a global monitoring system that will inform and direct effective intervention strategies. Health threats affecting populations worldwide range from direct impacts such as heat waves and flooding to indirect ones like changing range of disease-carrying insects or their survival in new […]
Tag Archives: Biodiversity Crisis
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Financial metrics are an effective tool for dissecting data sets. Each metric adds insight to an issue or situation and help investors decide if investing is worthwhile in any particular company. Forest management practices with high climate mitigation potential can increase forest sinks by creating mixed forests or choosing more resilient tree species, while mitigating […]
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Green transportation refers to sustainable methods of travel that don’t create greenhouse gases or contribute to air pollution. Walking and cycling to work or using commuter rail are great ways of going green while saving money and getting exercise! Transportation accounts for 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US. To lower that figure, consider […]
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The biodiversity crisis is very real, and business can play an essential role. Businesses should reduce air and water pollution to help biodiversity flourish. Without fundamental change, extinctions will accelerate. Plants and animals are disappearing 10 times faster than expected, placing us on the path toward what scientists refer to as Earth’s sixth mass extinction […]