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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? A Small Country with Large Heating Needs Big problems demand big solutions, and there is perhaps no bigger 21st-century problem than climate change.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. But we can change our attitudes. What's more, we are changing. Climate change is a great example. Take space travel as an example.

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The Coming Construction Boom

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For the rest of this century, humankind will be building cities at an unprecedented pace. But there are two other factors that will supercharge the building boom. Concurrently, rising sea levels caused by climate change will swamp many coastal cities throughout the world, forcing them to rebuild parts of themselves on higher ground.

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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. Direct emissions from buildings increased by 2.2% year-on-year.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. —“Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. Urbanization: In 2009, for the first time, more people lived in cities than in the countryside.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ÂşC Guardrail Obsolete?

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The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks. ÂşF) above pre-industrial temperatures.

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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

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The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. Vehicle-to-building works much the same way but on a larger scale.