May 6 | Climate Now

Not The Weather Report

"Fortune 500 corporations... are facing renewed pressure from climate-focused activist investors. This year some of the most powerful shareholders... are supporting the push for businesses to respond... And the prodding has had more effect than ever before"

Moving and shaking / Powerful Investors Push Big Companies to Plan for Climate Change Scientific American

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Climate change news for Sunday 6th of May 2018

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Damaged brand? / Science can't solve climate change — better politics can, former IPCC scientist says ABC News

"Professor Hulme... is not convinced that the Paris deal will work. In fact, he said he thought... that rallying cries to "save the planet by limiting global warming to 2 degrees" could distract us..."

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U.S. / Pruitt's Environmental Protection Agency Is on the Verge of 'Regulatory Capture', Study Says Inside Climate News

"When EPA decisions are based on industry priorities instead of public interest, it's regulatory capture. Researchers say industry has more sway now than with Reagan"

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At-risk farmers / Satellites and texting:... farming tools fighting climate change The Guardian

"As unpredictable weather worsens globally, social entrepreneurs are working with the world’s most at-risk farmers to craft solutions to new, unprecedented agricultural challenges"

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LDC climate funding / Investing in the energy transition

Eco-Business

"Innovators and entrepreneurs are working to speed up the transition...[but many] projects have trouble raising the finance to turn their ideas into reality. This was the case for ATEC, a social enterprise in Cambodia..."

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Shipping emissions / Future sailors: what will ships look like in 30 years? The Guardian

"Watch out for the return of the sailing ship...the race is on to find new technologies that can green the 50,000-strong global shipping fleet. Wind power is one of the options being discussed"

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