By Reuters January 16, 2024 YouTube is making millions of dollars a year from advertising on channels that make false claims about climate change because content creators are using new tactics that evade the social media platform’s policies to combat misinformation, according to a report published on Tuesday. The Center for Countering Digital Hate … Continue reading YouTube is making millions off a new breed of climate denial, a monitoring group says
70% of consumers agree that sustainability is more important to them now than it was two years ago, but there are significant differences in that group. Constantine von Hoffman on November 17, 2023 Climate change is a serious problem and marketers can play a serious part in combatting it. As we discussed last week, one … Continue reading How to talk to consumers about climate change
By Matt Paver November 09, 2023 Would anyone hear a tree being planted in a forest if no one was around to advertise it? We’ve seen corporate goals like “net zero by 2030” and “halving our carbon footprint” become ubiquitous over the past few years. It’s only natural that once targets have been set, … Continue reading What should companies do when they miss a climate goal? Tell the world
By Michael Shank June 12, 2023 Most cities that consider themselves environmental leaders have developed climate action plans that articulate how they’re reducing emissions, adapting to climate impacts, and promoting circularity and equity. That a city has a climate action plan is no longer novel. But a plan alone doesn’t move the needle on … Continue reading How San Francisco translated its 300-page climate plan into tangible actions for residents
Yahoo News Debuts Interactive Climate Change Map by Ray Schultz , December 29, 2022 Yahoo News is offering a series about climate change, titled “Finding Safe Haven.” It features an interactive climate change map and individual write-ups on how climate change will affect different communities. This depends on a dizzying number of factors, says David … Continue reading Yahoo News Debuts Interactive Climate Change Map
Ad-tech Companies Launch Global Campaign To Encourage Action On Climate Change by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, December 21, 2022 Founding AdTechCares partners InMobi, Pinterest, Verve Group, Index Exchange, Amobee, Media.net, SeenThis, SmartNews, Media.Monks, and Smartly.io are launching a campaign to curb misinformation on climate change through advertising formats. The 50 AdTechCares partners worked with Project Drawdown, a … Continue reading Ad-tech Companies Launch Global Campaign To Encourage Action On Climate Change
By Robin Faith Bachin October 27, 2022 Hurricane Ian barreled ashore with winds of up to 150 mph on Florida’s Southwest Coast on September 28, 2022. The storm’s powerful winds and torrential rains reduced entire communities to rubble, killing more than 120 people, including many who drowned in floodwaters resulting from the nearly 18-foot … Continue reading The complicated history of Florida’s population growth—despite a wildly inhospitable climate
By Adele Peters August 30, 2022 On August 18, when temperatures in part of Chongqing, China, climbed to a record 113 degrees Fahrenheit, it had been over 100 degrees for 11 days. But it had been brutally hot for even longer; China’s unprecedented heat started in June. The intensity, scope, and duration of the heat … Continue reading China’s unprecedented heat wave is another sign we aren’t ready for the reality of climate change
By Sean McManus August 28, 2022 Editor’s note: The author is a principal of M+D, which helped develop the Fast Government concept and may receive revenue from the partnership. With Brett Dobbs and Cyrus Hodes, he is cofounder of the World Climate Tech Summit. At a recent event hosted by the Economic Club … Continue reading Can crypto libertarians learn to love climate tech?
By Talib Visram July 28, 2022 Thanks to an unanticipated U-turn from Senator Joe Manchin, Senate Democrats have reached a deal on a new reconciliation bill that, if passed, would offer the most funding in history to curb carbon emissions and protect energy security. It’s framed as the Inflation Reduction Act, because it … Continue reading The Inflation Reduction Act is also an enormous climate bill. What’s in it?
