Sustainability15
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Expanding Global Cold Chains: Effective Adaptation, or Dangerous Contribution to Climate Change?
Cooling technologies, including refrigerators and industrial chillers, can prevent food waste and are increasingly necessary in our warming climate. Are there ways to minimize their climate impacts?
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What Is Blue Carbon and How Can It Help Fight Climate Change?
Researchers at Columbia Climate School discuss the benefits and challenges of working with carbon from ocean and coastal ecosystems.
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The Paradox of Lithium
The clean energy transition depends heavily on lithium, but mining this element is not “clean.” We must not fall into the same traps from which we are trying to free ourselves.
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Regulating Greenwashing
The purpose of greenwashing rules is not to prevent innocent errors or ignore tradeoffs but to discourage outright deception.
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Why Ghana Relies Heavily on Used Cars
Used vehicles serve real needs across Africa, but they also contribute to its public health and environmental problems through crashes and pollution.
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The Transition to Environmental Sustainability is Underway, But It Won’t Be Easy
The transition to environmental sustainability will change the material basis of the world economy. This shift has begun, and its pace will be influenced by technology, capital, and public policy.
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2023 Climate Resolutions: How Will You Make a Difference Next Year?
Our elected officials, community leaders, experts, and students discuss their 2023 climate resolutions. What will yours be?
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Education Isn’t Considered a Key Tool for Reducing Climate Risks, but It Should Be
If we don’t prepare our communities and youth to understand the climate risks we are facing today, then simply put, there is no tomorrow for us.
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Failing Crypto Could Be a Win for the Environment
The uncertainty plaguing the crypto world is devastating for investors, but it could have a positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the future of digital currency.
