#SomeGoodNews via #FutureCrunch <3
> "A great example of how saving one species can have a domino effect on the restoration of a whole ecosystem. In California’s Monterey Bay, efforts to bolster sea otter populations are saving local salt marshes because the otters feast on the burrowing crabs that cause erosion. The sea otters have consumed enough of the crabs to slow the erosion almost to a halt."
"It's Not All Gloom And Doom"
hippybear posted 66 Good News Stories You Didn't Hear About in 2023
https://www.metafilter.com/201841/Its-not-all-gloom-and-doom
From #FutureCrunch (and I quote)
"The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment group has surveyed all the climate policies expected to be put in place in major economies between now and 2050, and they have concluded that global warming will peak below 1.8°C around 2050. 'This is a more optimistic future than many anticipate.' Yep"
Linked article:
#ClimateChange #climate #doomcasting #future #collapse #hope #UnitedNations #GlobalWarming #humanity
The Inevitable Policy Response's (IPR)[1] latest forecast of global climate policies, expected to be put in place in major economies[2] between now and 2050, concludes that the world will likely achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature increase to 'well below 2°C' and continue to make efforts towards 1.5°C ...
"An assessment by environmental contractor James Salazar, who is now Sustainability Director at WAP Sustainability, showed that the Remy-Mead concrete is carbon-negative, trapping more CO2 than is emitted during its production."
https://outrider.org/climate-change/articles/eco-concrete-cementing-itself-climate-solution
Via #FutureCrunch
#concrete #manufacturing #building #industrial #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #innovation #wecandothis #co2 #CarbonNegative #sustainability #environment #GoodNews
From #FutureCrunch :
"In the first half of this year, wind turbines and solar panels generated a record amount of electricity in Denmark, accounting for 67% of the country's power consumption. That's up from a 60% share in 2022. Tell us again how it can't be done?"
#renewables #electricity #energy #denmark #goodnews #ClimateChange #progress #solar #wind
My pleasure. 😁
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