🌍 MULTICARE at @sustainplaces Conference 2024! 🌱Łukasz Wilczyński joined forces with other EU projects to present key results of the project and tackle issues. We discussed🔧technical barriers,💼business models, and ♻️ how our solutions go beyond energy efficiency👏
We can have a CO2 tax and low overall taxes. High wealth and high incomes don’t hurt the planet unless they are spent on destructive things. We should talk about shifting taxes towards negative externalities and let market innovation do the rest.
A CO2 tax, properly applied, would change the tragedy of the commons that is the steadily rising CO2 ppm level. If we’re going to tax anything, then we should prioritize taxing the potentially bad over the potentially good, as we do with alcohol & cigarettes over vegetables & fruits
I disagree with those who view the climate risk as catastrophic in the 5 to 10 year range, but the long term risk is very real, even if one simply considers quality of life at a given CO2 level.
The indoor CO2 ppm level is significantly above the outdoor average. This means ~800ppm for ~400ppm ambient. Above 1000ppm, people are noticeably negatively affected. Above 2000ppm, it gets really painful.
On behalf of all Ukrainians, Olena @ZelenskaUA and I wish all Americans a happy Thanksgiving.
We thank you, the people of America.
We know how many of you sincerely sympathize with our struggle and wish Ukraine victory. We saw how many of you took to heart the illegal and unprovoked attack on Ukraine and felt that it was also an attack on your values.
Thanks to American support and global leadership, millions of Ukrainian lives have been saved.
Ukraine is grateful to you! And we have faith that the unity of the free world will always overcome any threats to freedom.
Freedom must not, and will not, fall. We guarantee it together.
I have stopped purchasing @Unilever brands until they #StandWithUkraine and improve upon their “not straightforward” stance operating within Putin’s regime. #UniquelyUnilever
@RBReich …and if we broke out the annual costs versus the multi year cost totals we discuss for infrastructure we would have better apples to apples comparison. At today’s levels we are around 4,000,000,000,000 USD for 5 years of military spending.
As we advocate for high green standards @ #COP26 for #ClimateFinance , @CCCSColombiaGBC launched their toolkit for green mortgages with our #SMARTERfinance initiative leveraging their prior work developing their best-in-class #GreenHomes certification.
https://t.co/pXi8fymbAr
Great News! @PLGBC launches Zielony Dom, the first Polish certification for homes. Zielony Dom has been developed as part of the @EU_H2020 project #SMARTERFinance and a big step in the transformation of residential construction in Poland.
Our #SMARTERfinance for Familes colleague Ted Kronmiller pushes the #GreenFinance topic further with his 17 Sept 7:30pm CET online presentation: “Generating Alpha with Sustainable Real Estate”. Hope you can join! https://t.co/hhbBSKwI4t. #ClimateFinance#H2020energy
As COVID-19 devastated communities around the world, the opioid epidemic continued to dramatically impact American lives with a 30% increase in numbers of deaths in 2020.
With so many lives at stake, we need to come together to bring an end to this crisis. https://t.co/VfSwmrUNkW
Thanks to Secretary @JanetYellen, the @USTreasury will co-chair the relaunched G20 Sustainable Finance Group and focus on promoting transparency on climate-related financial risks. This is a critical step in creating a more resilient global economy. https://t.co/ZGH4UQ6TL8
Working with @BHcityleaders, Regent Mayor Mochamad Nur Arifin of Trenggalek, Indonesia is using innovation, education, and community connections to support sustainable urban farming and expand economic opportunities for his city.
Linde will start producing green hydrogen at its plant in Ontario, California. With this investment, the company will be able to provide green #hydrogen to fuel up to 1,600 vehicles a day and help avoid up to 50,000 MT CO2e per year.
https://t.co/vG5aEQYF4A
#driveH2