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Around the world, destructive storms are increasingly stronger because of the excess moisture in the air that has been increasing with global warming. The solution would be to remove this excess humidity from the air with some types of dehumidifier powered by solar panels. This may lessen the strength of the storms and the same time producing the water needed for the countries that have problem with the drinkable water. Desalination is not a bad idea, the problem is where to put the excess salt taken from the water.
Sarah Ikerd
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Rainwater collections systems on all buildings.
Unbreaking Planetary Boundaries
3wThe sad & upsetting point is that immediate nature-positive (and profitable) solutions (also to the water crisis) exist, but the finance industry and the lobbied regulators have hijacked Sustainable Finance, misleading investors and public opinion. Over 98% of the capital invested with the green marketing label has no significant sustainable impact. For instance, allocating only 5% of each portfolio to true sustainability would "tenfold" the forceful, direct impact of the investment community - with a tidal wave of compounding ripple effect. Furthermore, investors chasing SDGs lose focus on what urgently matters. Most Planetary Boundaries (a much more suitable framework for impact investment and impact management decisions) are broken, and Mother Nature silently screams for immediate, overdue, concerted action on what urgently matters, calling for regenerative nature-based solutions, on land and in water. Blind shortsighted financial greed. Ignorance. Lack of holistic, systemic mindset. Instead, linear thinking and mono-casual blinders, at best reducing the challenges to Climate and Carbon capture tech, fizzle out any hopeful opportunities, wasting time running out.