global warming
If We Didn’t Know Climate Change Was a Hoax, We Might Be Worried
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Have you noticed it getting hotter out there? We did.
Environment
All Nonprofits Have a Key Role in Amplifying Scientists’ “Warning to Humanity”
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Climate change is not a problem limited to nonprofits that focus on environmental issues. Rather, health organizations, advocacy groups, social services organizations, and more must heed this warning to humanity.
planting trees
What Does Sustainability Mean When You Are Cleveland?
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As Sustainable Cleveland 2019 nears its conclusion, the city looks for more ways to build resiliency to climate change and to advance social justice.
Environment
Urban Parks Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change
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A new guide from the National Recreations and Parks Association shows how public parks can help communities address risk factors associated with climate change. To be effective, the report adds, full community engagement is essential.
corporate accountability
The Winds of Change: Task Force Will Push Climate-Related Financial Disclosure as Bell Tolls
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The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season reminds us of the very real material risks posed by a changing climate. The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure’s rules under development would require that investors be informed of these risks, increasing pressure on business to “go green.”
Nonprofit News
New Climate Change Damage Study Predicts Regional Disparities
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A new study published last week in the journal Science on the economic assessment of climate change damage in the U.S. found regional disparities.
Nonprofit News
Climate Change Threatens Indigenous Alaskans’ Way of Life
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Melting polar ice, the retreat of glaciers, rising sea levels and the consequent flooding of coastal communities, increasing storm intensity, crop failures, damaged infrastructure, and endangered plant and animal species are among the threats to a way of life that has endured for thousands of years.
Nonprofit News
Leonardo DiCaprio Unveils Climate Change Documentary
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New documentary on climate change, Before the Flood, will be aired on the National Geographic channel, timed to the U.S. presidential election.
endangered species
Remote Alaska Communities Struggle with Effects of Climate Change
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We continue our exploration of communities experiencing the firsthand effects of climate change in Alaska, where the rural inhabitants are now struggling to survive on the subsistence foods that had sustained them for hundreds of years.
Nonprofit News
Nonprofit Clones Giant Sequoias To Combat Climate Change
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A nonprofit in Michigan is cloning California’s giant sequoias in an attempt to refurbish the earth with a resilient natural combatant of greenhouse gases, one 200-foot, thousand-year-old tree at a time.