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  • Enough Sermons on Climate, It’s Time for ‘Just’ Action

    As Britain readies to host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow in November this year, there is a concerted effort to push countries towards publicly endorsing and adopting ‘Net Zero’—a carbon neutral emission norm—as policy. This is a demand for an inflexible, near-impossible, time-bound agenda to achieve what is…

  • E-Commerce Has a Climate Problem

    There are about 165 billion packages shipped in the United States every year. That’s 503 for every person in the country. With a few scrolls and clicks, an order is placed, and a fulfillment process is triggered. The product is zipped through a storage space on a conveyor belt, before being packaged and sorted for…

  • The Insurance Industry’s Climate Risk

    The United States is being battered by Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast and by wildfires in Northern California. These events are harbingers of climate change. Accelerated warming is making hurricanes more destructive and storm surges higher. As homeowners grapple with these disasters, while social distancing in a pandemic, insurance companies are weighing their financial exposure…