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Interestingly, Forbes forgot to mention whether they’ve done this in their own operations

How Decarbonizing Your Business Can Help Fight Climate Change

Nine years.

That’s how much time the United Nations says is left before the worst consequences of climate change become unavoidable.

And in nine years they’ve tell us we have 10 years left. They keep saying the same thing and then moving the date forward.

We got here by ignoring scientists’ warnings, putting short-term financial gain ahead of sustainability and squandering opportunities to decarbonize. As a direct consequence, “Human-produced greenhouse gas emissions are largely responsible for warming our planet,” according to NASA.

This isn’t a drill: If we fail to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by 2030, the changes we’re already seeing will become much worse. Scientists agree that avoiding further disaster requires immediate action in the form of decarbonization. And decarbonization requires large-scale change. That means every company needs to begin actively reducing its carbon footprint.

You first. Let’s see all you climate cult companies do it. Let’s see if you can avoid raising your prices and getting goods and services to market.

If you’re a business leader, you need to think ahead and consider whether you’ll make things worse by maintaining the status quo. That means business as usual isn’t acceptable anymore; everyone must cut their carbon-emitting activities. For most organizations, measurement — properly gathering and comparing data — will be the critical first step.

So, spend a bunch of money and time figuring out. Perhaps using the software created by the writer, who’s the CEO and co-founder of Persefoni. No conflict of interest in this piece, right?

Once you have the numbers, act on them. Depending on your industry, this could mean reducing travel, curtailing unnecessary shipping, enhancing the efficiency of logistics and/or updating your facilities with green technologies.

This won’t increase costs in the least, nor create problems with operations and getting your goods to the consumers, right? I wonder how many “green” companies actually do a damned thing other than talk about it

Participate in meaningful offsets that can sequester carbon, such as replanting stripped forests and rebuilding shorelines, which will trap and store emissions at ground and sea levels.

And purchase offsets! What a scam.

Meanwhile

Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine

Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world’s first “climate change famine”, according to the United Nations, which says tens of thousands of people are already suffering “catastrophic” levels of hunger and food insecurity after four years without rain.

The drought – the worst in four decades – has devastated isolated farming communities in the south of the country, leaving families to scavenge for insects to survive.

There have been other droughts? Huh. What happens if this doesn’t happen? Who’s held responsible for the prognostication failure? There was a massive drought in the 1860’s. What’s to blame for that?