Statement on Hurricane Ian BlogClimate Change James Marlow | October 17, 2022 I urge you to keep our Floridian friends and family, including Southface Sarasota staff, in your thoughts as they face the devastating onslaught of Hurricane Ian. We wish everyone in … Continue reading "Statement on Hurricane Ian" Read More
Balancing the Scales: What Justice40 Means to Me BlogClimate Change Southface Staff | February 8, 2022 By Jo’De Cummings, Technical Program Coordinator, Southface Institute On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad,” that created a governmentwide … Continue reading "Balancing the Scales: What Justice40 Means to Me" Read More
You Are Here: Navigating the Latest Science on Climate Change BlogClimate Change Southface Staff | September 13, 2021 Taking a Sobering Look Around It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land. Each of the last four decades has been successively warmer than any … Continue reading "You Are Here: Navigating the Latest Science on Climate Change" Read More
How Can We Measure a Company’s Carbon Footprint? Climate Change Southface Curator | January 14, 2021 Roughly 23% of Fortune Global 500 companies have made some form of commitment to reach carbon neutrality between now and 2050. It’s hard not to get wrapped up in the … Continue reading "How Can We Measure a Company’s Carbon Footprint?" Read More
The Link Between Greening and Resiliency Climate ChangeGreen Building Southface Curator | December 9, 2020 As facility managers look for ways to make their buildings more sustainable, they typically look at resource and energy efficiency upgrades. While this is a great starting point, it is … Continue reading "The Link Between Greening and Resiliency" Read More
Building a Resilient and Sustainable Community Climate Change Southface Curator | November 5, 2020 Resiliency planning helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and emergencies of all kinds. It is especially important in vulnerable communities, as 2020 has shown with its … Continue reading "Building a Resilient and Sustainable Community" Read More
Tracking Global Carbon Emissions in Real-Time Climate ChangeGreen Technology Southface Curator | August 20, 2020 Tackling the problem of climate change has been a difficult task because carbon emission data is collected after the fact, not as it happens. Climate TRACE, an initiative led by Watt Time and supported by former Vice President Al Gore, aims to track pollution in real-time so researchers can see exactly where it comes from. Read More
Georgia’s Mass Timber and the Triple Bottom Line Climate ChangeGreen Building Shane Totten, AIA, BIT Pro | June 12, 2020 In the weeks before COVID-19 disrupted daily life, the Georgia General Assembly was considering two bills which Southface believes may be able to accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy. House Bill 1015 (HB 1015) could update Georgia’s carbon sequestration registry to include building products that sequester carbon. (Did you even know Georgia already has a carbon sequestration registry? Me neither.). House Bill 7773 (HB 777) could instruct the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to investigate amending the state’s building codes to allow “tall” mass timber construction types to serve as an alternative to the typical steel and/or concrete construction commonly used in tall buildings. Read More
Global Emissions Have Plunged, but Will They Continue To? Climate Change Southface Curator | May 28, 2020 Government shutdowns and economic inactivity due to the coronavirus pandemic have caused sharp declines in greenhouse gases. Over 1 billion tons of carbon emissions have already been reduced, and it is projected we will see an overall annual decrease between 4-7%. Although these reductions are remarkable, scientists warn that more structural changes to the energy system need to be made for long-term success. Read More
COVID-19 Proves That the Economy Can Adapt to Climate Change Climate Change Southface Curator | April 23, 2020 Harvard economist, Rebecca Henderson, has spent the last 15 years encouraging companies to prepare for climate change. The coronavirus pandemic is proof that if there is a natural threat to the economy, organizations can change the way they operate. Henderson emphasizes that businesses need to apply the same methods of response to tackle climate change. Read More