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<ul class="summary-list"><li>President-elect Donald Trump has questioned the reality of the climate crisis.</li><li>He's expected to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, which he also did in his first term.</li></ul>President-elect Donald Trump has long questioned the reality of the climate crisis, describing it as a "scam" and accusing policies to tackle the crisis of destroying US jobs.Many expect him to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement to limit emissions upon taking power in January, as he did in his first term.But his hostility to green policies conflicts with another of his priorities — challenging the rise of China."A second US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement would present a significant opportunity for China to expand its leadership role in multilateral climate issues," Herbert Crowther, an analyst with the Eurasia Group in New York told Business Insider.Trump's victory is overshadowing this week's UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where pledges from Biden administration officials are tempered by the fact they won't be around for long.And China is already positioning itself to fill the power vacuum and build its global influence."In the week since the election, we're already seeing China try to claim the mantle of global climate leadership and portray itself as the more "responsible" actor in this space," Lily McElwee, fellow in the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, told Business Insider."Beijing is out in force at COP29 calling for the United States under Trump to engage in 'constructive dialogue' and highlighting China's contributions to decarbonization through major investments in electric vehicles and other greentech industries."<div type="image" title="Chinese solar power station" height="576" width="1024" msid="115335201" hostid="261" sizebytes="137800"></div><h2 id="f89b9ca3-aa4a-4bb2-a5bf-27324f610f4d">The green tech superpower</h2>China has a curious position as both the world's largest polluter, and a powerhouse of green technology.It tops the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-profile-china/index.html#">rankings for greenhouse emissions</a>, which helped power its huge economic growth in recent decades. In 2020, President Xi Jinping pledged that China would become <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://chinaeucn.com/carbon-neutrality-china/#:~:text=In%20September%202020%2C%20president%20Xi,carbon%20neutrality%20to%20the%20world.">carbon neutral by 2060,</a> and it's on track this year to record its first drop in greenhouse <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-meeting-us-climate-solar-panels-coal-power-energy-security-2024-5">emissions since 2016.</a>At the same time, China has pushed harder to produce its own green technology — and sell it to the rest of the world.It is the world's largest producer of electric vehicles and solar panels, and the percentage of its energy coming from renewable sources <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2023/executive-summary#">is rapidly growing.</a>That work brings practical and economic benefits. Analysts also point to other motives for Beijing's green push: influence and power."Where the Trump administration sees renewable energy as a threat to jobs, China is leveraging clean energy as part of a long-term strategic gambit," wrote <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-is-poised-to-transform-the-clean-energy-industry/">Daniel Araya of the Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, in 2018.</a>China, as part of its "Belt and Road" initiative to grow its global influence, has provided developing countries with renewable energy technologies, including wind farms."Green tech plays a critical role in Xi's economic vision. While China has spent a decade trying to catch up to the United States and other advanced economies in existing tech (like semiconductors), it is increasingly focused on securing leadership in emerging industries like cleantech," said McElwee.The strategy is paying off, with global demand for renewable energy production technologies predicted to surge, and China set to account for 60% of installed global renewable energy capacity by 2030, according to an <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.iea.org/news/massive-global-growth-of-renewables-to-2030-is-set-to-match-entire-power-capacity-of-major-economies-today-moving-world-closer-to-tripling-goal">October report by the International Energy Agency.</a>The US lags China as a clean tech economic power.Trump has been explicit about his plans to repeal and otherwise roll back climate policies from the Biden administration.That included <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/05/trump-inflation-reduction-act-00177493">a pledge</a> just before the election to "rescind all unspent funds" from President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which provided billions in funding for clean tech.<h2 id="d064aeb1-2497-4d9c-b893-7e2c1b98241d">Will China step up? </h2>There are also doubts over how much China is willing to take an international leadership role on climate issues.It's been wary of international agreements to tackle climate change in the past, and last year was accused by European officials of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/china-denies-reports-it-obstructed-g20-climate-discussions-2023-08-02/#:~:text=China%20denies%20reports%20it%20obstructed%20G20%20climate%20discussions%20%7C%20Reuters">obstructing G20 efforts </a>to tackle the climate crisis, Reuters reported. Assuming a leadership role would likely require China to send money to other countries, said Crowther. "The key question for officials in Beijing will now turn to whether China wants to deepen its financial commitments to helping other countries—particularly emerging markets—accelerate their own energy transitions," he said.Crowther said the run up to next year's COP30 summit in Brazil would provide clues of China's intentions. Ultimately, Xi may be more interested in cementing China's economic advantages than in concrete diplomatic pledges. "Although Beijing will try to boost its image as a global leader on climate change, I don't know how much substance will follow," said McElwee.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US is facing a nationwide housing shortage.</li><li>VP Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both proposed building homes on federal land.</li></ul>America is facing a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/buying-home-not-easier-interest-rate-cuts-prices-rent-crisis-2024-8">severe housing shortage</a>. That's one thing the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates agree on.They also agree that the federal government should be a landlord — by opening up more of its property for housing.However, their proposals differ. While former President Donald Trump has proposed <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-freedom-cities-build-housing-conservatives-scoff-at-leftist-plan-2023-3">building entirely new cities</a> on federal land, Vice President Kamala Harris would likely continue the Biden <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/policy-and-practice-publication-2024-july.pdf">administration's efforts</a> to open up certain parcels for dense affordable housing.Building homes on government-owned land isn't new. State and local governments often lease or sell land to builders, including affordable housing developers, particularly in areas with high demand for homes. And out West, the federal government is the major landowner. The feds <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.hcn.org/articles/could-building-on-public-land-address-the-housing-crisis/">own about half of the land</a> in 13 Western states. Many of these states, from <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/housing/welcome-to-las-vegas-housing-crisis-in-2024-3075247/">Nevada</a> to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/03/08/5-numbers-that-show-just-how-bad/">Utah</a>, are experiencing severe housing affordability crises.In a rare overlap of goals between the two campaigns, Harris and Trump have both proposed building housing on federal land."It speaks to the underlying agreement over there being a housing supply issue," Matthew Murphy, executive director of NYU's Furman Center, told Business Insider. "And then the following logical question being, what can the government do about it? What are the ways it can intervene?"<h2 id="761aedd1-7cbe-4215-960a-54c25c346d79">Low-hanging fruit in the nation's hottest housing markets</h2>The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's Center for Geospatial Solutions <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://cgsearth.org/cgs-who-owns-america-government-land-report">found in a new study</a> that there are about 276,000 acres of underused government-owned land in urban, transit-accessible areas that could be used to build 1.9 million additional homes.The vast majority of buildable public land in dense, urban areas is owned by city and county governments. While the federal government doesn't have much prime, vacant land in cities to devote to housing, it has a role to play in providing financial and regulatory support to incentivize state and local governments to make their land available, McCarthy said.The report found that Massachusetts and Florida have the most buildable square acreage of any state in the country."What surprised us the most is that actually that land is in some of the hottest housing markets in the country," McCarthy said.<div type="image" title="A map of buildable public land in Massachusetts." height="628" width="1200" msid="112948644" hostid="261" sizebytes="25600"></div>Local governments tend to be cautious in selling, leasing, or otherwise repurposing the land they own, in part because of anti-development pushback from local communities. But in some states, city, county, and state governments regularly team up with developers to build housing.In one case, San Mateo County, just south of San Francisco, leased a parcel of land in Half Moon Bay to an affordable housing developer, MidPen Housing, for $1 a year for 99 years. MidPen used it to build 160 units of new affordable senior housing, now known as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.huduser.gov/portal/casestudies/study-122419.html">Half Moon Village</a>.Because the area has extremely high land values and demand for housing, the fact that the county government owns the land made the project financially feasible. Privately owned land in the city would likely be too expensive for affordable housing to pencil out. And because the county owns the land it has some control over what's on it. In this case, that means ensuring the housing remains affordable."It's effectively a land donation, which helps make the project more feasible, allows us to move more quickly, build the housing more quickly," said Abby Goldware Potluri, a senior vice president and co-head of housing development at MidPen.<div type="image" title="A map of underused government-owned land in urban areas." height="912" width="1817" msid="112948638" hostid="261" sizebytes="52930"></div><h2 id="90e58408-27c6-4990-95d7-f7ca2e83d8e5">'Freedom cities' versus affordable housing near transit</h2>Trump and Harris couldn't be farther apart on most issues, including the bulk of their housing agendas.Harris wants to funnel a lot more federal money into subsidizing first-time homebuyers and affordable home construction, while Trump wants to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/business/economy/trump-interest-rates-fed.html">lower interest rates</a>, which presidents don't historically have control over, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/politics/trump-suburbs-housing-white-voters.html">protect restrictive zoning</a>.While Harris has put forth a plan to construct <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-kamala-harris-plans-to-build-3-million-new-homes-2024-8">3 million additional homes</a> by slashing red tape, Trump has said he'll <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-deport-20-million-immigrants-reduce-home-prices-rents-2024-7">deport millions of immigrants</a> to free up housing.Last year, Trump floated a proposal to build 10 so-called "freedom cities" on federal land in the style of a futuristic <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-neom-first-eco-city-experts-design-architecture-2024-7">Saudi desert city-building project</a> with plentiful single-family housing. Economists and housing experts — and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-freedom-cities-build-housing-conservatives-scoff-at-leftist-plan-2023-3">even some conservatives</a> — have generally dismissed the plan as unworkable or undesirable for political, economic, and environmental reasons.Some Republican lawmakers agree that more federal land should be used for homes. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has introduced <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/1581B75E-3A53-44A2-9F1D-E516702DBB9D">a bill</a> to allow state and local governments to buy land from the federal Bureau of Land Management to use for new housing.Housing experts generally advocate for denser housing construction, particularly in areas near mass transit. When it comes to federal land, this would mean repurposing property in transit-rich urban areas that happens to be owned by the feds. Think new apartments above post offices, homes where parking lots used to be, and new condos in former federal office buildings.In that vein, the Biden-Harris administration has pushed to free up government-owned property for housing. The current administration has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/16/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-major-new-actions-to-lower-housing-costs-by-limiting-rent-increases-and-building-more-homes/">urged state and local governments and other entities</a> — including healthcare institutions and faith-based organizations — to look into whether they could also become landlords. As part of that effort, the US Postal Service is supposed to "pilot the repurposing of certain surplus properties for housing.""Depending on which side of the aisle you're on, the nature of the housing you're going to build is going to be quite different," George McCarthy, who heads the Lincoln Institute, told Business Insider. "But finding the land is, of course, issue number one."Trump has attacked Democrats for pushing for more affordable, multi-family housing. He's framed the Republican Party as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-protecting-suburbs-preserving-american-dream-americans/">protectors of single-family zoning</a>.Democrats' plan also addresses challenges governments face when trying to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/business/sale-surplus-federal-buildings.html">sell or transform</a> underused old buildings or unique structures. It's sitting on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2023/07/federal-government-has-more-8000-vacant-properties-why-arent-they-being-used-house-homeless/388312/">nearly 8,000 unused properties</a>, according to congressional lawmakers. The General Services Administration — the federal government's landlord — has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2023/11/gsa-accelerates-plans-to-offload-federal-buildings-it-no-longer-needs/">listed for sale many buildings</a> it no longer uses nationwide, from a courthouse in Fort Lauderdale to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/29/dc-downtown-webster-school/">a historic school building</a> in downtown DC.Buyers are hard to find. Sometimes, the costs of repairing the property, particularly those protected by historic preservation laws, are too high. In other cases, it's more expensive for the government to move workers out of a building and prep it for sale than to keep operating a half-empty property. But with the right government incentives, developers could turn property that sucks value out of a community into a boon for residents.<h2 id="aac76a0d-817b-4bd1-96a5-0ccbd458c8d5">Boosting housing in a swing state</h2>One state with lots of immediate potential also happens to be a key swing state with a particularly severe housing shortage. Nevada is a national outlier when it comes to its government-owned land: <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/how-much-of-nevadas-land-is-owned-by-the-feds-more-than-you-might-think-3050451/">more than 80% of the state's land</a> is owned and controlled by the federal government.The Biden administration has proposed <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/nevada/snplma/affordable-housing-reservations">selling hundreds of acres</a> of land in Nevada controlled by the Bureau of Land Management to local governments to build thousands of new homes. In <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-seeks-input-proposed-sale-public-lands-affordable-housing">one proposal</a>, it wants to sell 20 acres of BLM land just outside Las Vegas — priced at $100 an acre — to the county government to use for about 150 units of housing for those who make up to 80% of the area median income."Building towards affordable housing on these lands could have a transformative impact, especially because land costs are a major barrier," Maurice Page, executive director of the nonpartisan Nevada Housing Coalition, told Business Insider.But repurposing federal land for new residential communities in Nevada would likely mean more sprawl, which comes with both environmental and economic concerns. The farther people live from their workplaces and other amenities, the more they need to drive, which is expensive and polluting. When building new housing means sprawl, developers have to factor in infrastructure and other costs — and that could start to look more like Trump's desert cities than a climate-friendly urbanist vision."If we build housing, we have to make sure that it can be affordable with the right transportation and other infrastructure pieces being aligned with it, so education, law enforcement, hospitals," Page said.

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India is already grappling with a significant <keyword id="22641561" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cancer-burden" source="keywords">cancer burden</keyword>, having recorded about 12 lakh new cancer cases and 9.3 lakh cancer deaths in 2019. Even as the <keyword id="22641562" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="healthcare-struggle" source="keywords">healthcare struggle</keyword> continues, new research has shed light on an emerging crisis. Analysing data from over 23 million US cancer patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2019, the study found that <keyword id="22641557" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cancer-incidence-rates" source="keywords">cancer incidence rates</keyword> have surged among <keyword id="22641558" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="younger-generations" source="keywords">younger generations</keyword> for 17 out of 34 cancer types, such as breast, pancreatic, and gastric cancers. <h2>Younger populations more prone</h2>In particular, people born in 1990 have notably higher rates of pancreatic, kidney, and small intestinal cancers compared to those born in 1955. Women in particular are seeing higher rates of liver cancer. Mortality rates are also on the rise for liver cancer (in women), uterine corpus, gallbladder, testicular, and colorectal cancers. The analysis showed that incidence rates have risen with each successive birth cohort since around 1920 for eight types of cancer. The incidence rate for the 1990 birth cohort is approximately two-to-three times higher than for the 1955 birth cohort for pancreatic, kidney, and small intestinal cancers in both men and women, and for liver cancer in women. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="112062293" title="Cancers in head and neck rising, account for 26% cases in India: Study" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>Furthermore, incidence rates increased in younger cohorts after a decline in older ones for nine cancers, including oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer, uterine corpus cancer, colorectal cancer, non-cardia gastric cancer, gallbladder cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, anal cancer in men, and Kaposi sarcoma in men. Across various cancer types, the incidence rate in the 1990 birth cohort ranged from 12% higher for ovarian cancer to 169% higher for uterine corpus cancer compared to the birth cohort with the lowest incidence rate. Mortality rates also increased in younger cohorts for liver cancer (female only), uterine corpus, gallbladder, testicular, and colorectal cancers. <h2>Differing socioeconomic factors to blame</h2>The study’s lead author, Dr Hyuna Sung, emphasised that these increases may be linked to unique social, economic, and environmental factors faced by different birth cohorts during their developmental years. However, the precise reasons for these rising rates remain unclear. If this trend is representative for the rest of the world, it is epecially alarming for India, where the cancer burden is already projected to increase to 29.8 million disability-adjusted life years by 2025. Many experts have blamed factors such as <keyword id="20026286" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lifestyle-changes" source="keywords">lifestyle changes</keyword>, <keyword id="22641563" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="increased-consumption" source="keywords">increased consumption</keyword> of processed foods, tobacco use, and <keyword id="21456186" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="environmental-pollution" source="keywords">environmental pollution</keyword> for this growing problem, <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="112013660" title="Fad-busters: “Sunscreen” pills are the new trend in the market — but should you be taking them?" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>“The increase in cancer rates among this younger group of people indicate generational shifts in cancer risk and often serve as an early indicator of future cancer burden in the country,” notes another study author Dr Ahmedin Jemal. “Without effective population-level interventions, and as the elevated risk in younger generations is carried over as individuals age, an overall increase in cancer burden could occur in the future, halting or reversing decades of progress against the disease,” added.” The findings of this research have been published in The Lancet Public Health and can be accessed <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00156-7/fulltext" data-type="tilCustomLink">here</a>.

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A “spermpocalypse”, defined by falling sperm counts in men across the globe, is upon us. And it is one of the key driving factors behind the <keyword id="22186484" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="fertility-crisis" source="keywords">fertility crisis</keyword> — something that even Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spoken about at length. While exposure to pesticides, heavy metals and plastics have all been blamed, another possible culprit is <keyword id="20260846" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="obesity" source="keywords">obesity</keyword>. Now, a massive study from China adds to the growing body of evidence that links obesity to drop in <keyword id="20687206" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sperm-count" source="keywords">sperm count</keyword>s. The study, led by Dr. Yingxin Li of Sun Yat-sen University, analyses data from over 71,000 men across 50 previous studies. It found a significant association between excess weight and decreased semen quality, a broad measure of <keyword id="20290995" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="male-fertility" source="keywords">male fertility</keyword> that includes sperm count, volume, and motility (movement). <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="110327795" title="Plastic testes: Scientists analyse human testicles, find microplastics in every single one of them!" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>Men classified as obese had noticeably lower <keyword id="22467926" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="semen-volume" source="keywords">semen volume</keyword>, total sperm count, and <keyword id="22467927" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sperm-motility" source="keywords">sperm motility</keyword> compared to those with a healthy weight. Even men who were simply overweight, but not obese, showed a decline in semen volume and motility. While this study doesn't definitively prove that obesity causes lower <keyword id="20943900" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sperm-quality" source="keywords">sperm quality</keyword>, it strongly suggests a connection. Researchers believe numerous factors may be at play, including hormonal imbalances, toxins stored in fatty tissue, and even elevated body temperature. Unfortunately, pinpointing the exact mechanisms is challenging due to the multitude of factors that can influence sperm health, including environmental pollutants, smoking, age, diet, and more. Isolating each element for study requires long-term research with stricter controls. Some limitations of the current data include reliance on self-reported BMI and single semen sample analysis. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="108710829" title="Nearly all countries will struggle to maintain population levels by 2100, thanks to crashing birth rates: IHME" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>However, the research reinforces the interconnectedness of overall health and specific aspects like fertility. Studies have previously shown that <keyword id="19923802" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="weight-loss" source="keywords">weight loss</keyword> through lifestyle changes can improve sperm quality, further supporting this connection. The authors conclude that this research highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy weight to potentially prevent declines in semen quality and improve male fertility. This research serves as a crucial piece of the puzzle for understanding the global decline in sperm counts and offers a potential avenue for future interventions.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The climate crisis is affecting business across industries, and the art market is no exception.</li><li>Art investors, collectors, and curators can take steps to build more sustainable portfolios.</li></ul>In an era when the climate crisis is <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/extreme-weather-biggest-concern-business-leaders-politicians-world-economic-forum-2024-1">redefining</a> business across industries worldwide, the art market is also faced with the need to adapt to the effects of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-largest-carbon-removal-plant-iceland-climeworks-2024-5">rising emissions</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-migration-where-moved-escape-natural-disasters-extreme-weather">Extreme weather events</a>, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/more-expensive-cool-home-this-summer-extreme-heat-energy-bills-2024-6">temperature fluctuations</a>, and pollution are no longer abstract concerns but tangible threats to the longevity of art collections. Pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, produced from fossil fuel combustion, can <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1506270">cause pigments to degrade more rapidly</a> than in controlled environments. This could reduce both the lifespan and the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theeditgallery.com/blog/7-factors-that-determine-the-commercial-value-of-art/">value</a> of artworks.As a result, some investors, collectors, and gallery curators in the art market are placing emphasis on environmental responsibility when assembling their portfolios — part of a practice called "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-still-doing-esg-work-despite-politics-criticism-2023-11">impact investing</a>."Hauser &amp; Wirth, a gallery at the forefront of this movement, has set a new precedent for major galleries by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hauserwirth.com/sustainability/">committing to reduce at least 50%</a> of its greenhouse-gas emissions by 2030 by adopting <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-renewable-energy-transition-solar-electric-vehicles-hit-records-2024-2">renewable energy</a>, reducing freight travel, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hauserwirth.com/resources/36036-industry-collaboration/">collaborating</a> with climate-conscious artists who promote sustainable practices in the industry. The gallery's approach exemplifies how investors in the art world can adapt to and mitigate the effects of the climate crisis when curating their collections.From investing in artists who also prioritize environmental awareness to adopting renewable energy in art facilities, here are four green strategies for building a low-carbon art portfolio.<h2 id="eb55b99a-543e-4bfe-98c5-a5aa201f34dd">Invest in artists who promote environmental awareness</h2>Some artworks that tackle environmental themes have been <a target="_blank" href="https://www.christies.com/about-us/press-archive/details?PressReleaseID=10156">rising in market value</a>, as more collectors and galleries recognize the growing importance of backing artists whose work resonates with the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-climate-jobs-skills-gap-linkedin-2024-6">climate priorities</a> of younger generations.The value of art is often linked with its cultural relevance — aligning a portfolio with social-impact initiatives can elevate its worth by tackling current issues.For instance, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bohnettfoundation.org/david-bohnett-bio/">David Bohnett</a>, a philanthropist and tech entrepreneur, is known for his contemporary art collection focused on social justice and sustainable art. His collection features notable figures like <a target="_blank" href="https://www.haring.com">Keith Haring</a>, an artist who championed LGBTQ+ rights, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/robbieconal/?hl=en">Robbie Conal</a>, known for his street art critiquing societal and environmental injustices. Bohnett's portfolio, estimated to be worth <a target="_blank" href="https://labusinessjournal.com/news/weekly-news/former-internet-executive-social-causes-technology/">$300 million,</a> reflects a broader trend in which a growing demand for civic art, especially in niche markets, can drive value appreciation.<h2 id="c0c53a51-5816-44cd-a0ba-94f9de2cf87b">Reduce carbon emissions in transportation</h2>From public exhibits to private collections, the global transportation of art can significantly increase the carbon footprints of galleries, collectors, and investors — especially when air travel is involved.Our World in Data found that air travel is one of the <a target="_blank" href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-aviation-emissions">most carbon-intensive shipping methods.</a> Exploring transportation alternatives offers collectors an opportunity to make a substantial impact.The art collector <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=92e88559d49ece5eda2f8562277f4b94f913cc23f9e8a016a985b0ef95f48097&amp;postID=66e3163c78044123bec3af96&amp;postSlug=art-investors-collectors-gallery-curators-build-sustainable-climate-portfolio-2024-9&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sothebys.com%2Fen%2Farticles%2Feco-revolution">Sibylle Rochat</a> opts for consolidated land transport that combines multiple shipments into one vehicle and sea freights that use fuel-efficient ships for long distances, both of which can significantly <a target="_blank" href="https://www.freightos.com/freight-resources/air-sea-freight-co2-emissions-calculator/#:~:text=How%20Much%20CO%E2%82%82%20Does%20A,ton%20per%20kilometer%20of%20transportation.">reduce</a> carbon emissions.<h2 id="474b1606-7596-45e5-9875-3a6bdb4ce3e9">Transition to renewable energy for art facilities</h2>Art storage facilities are designed to maintain optimal conditions for artworks, ensuring appropriate temperature, humidity, and lighting to prevent deterioration or damage.These sites traditionally rely on energy-intensive climate-control systems powered by fossil fuels. By transitioning to renewable energy sources like <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fastest-growing-career-wind-technicians-job-salary-us-2024-6">wind</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/solar-careers-in-demand-workforce-shortage-2024-7">solar</a>, upgrading climate-control systems for greater energy efficiency, and adopting LED lighting that can cut energy <a target="_blank" href="https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/led-lighting">consumption by up to 75%</a>, collectors and gallery curators can reduce the environmental impact of their art storage.The art collector <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/05/29/the-green-debate-how-can-the-international-art-market-recover-sustainably">Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo</a> is known for her philanthropic work in the arts and sustainability. She plans to transform the small Italian island of San Giacomo into an art center with galleries, performances, and educational programming. The island is set to open to the public in 2026 and will be <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=2076c8cb19f6cc35f23092635f451d8381d45772c637e5fbd05ed2e083ce1cfd&amp;postID=66e3163c78044123bec3af96&amp;postSlug=art-investors-collectors-gallery-curators-build-sustainable-climate-portfolio-2024-9&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sothebys.com%2Fen%2Farticles%2Fgulls-gunpowder-and-avant-garde-art-patrizia-sandretto-re-rebaudengos-venetian-dream">fully powered by green energy</a>, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo said.<div type="image" title="Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo standing in front of a red tree sculpture with ornaments hanging from the branches." height="683" width="1024" msid="113607066" hostid="261" sizebytes="42906"></div><h2 id="974da666-4871-4b46-9045-bbd114022b5f">Go digital</h2>The international art circuit consists of global <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/art-basel-unlimited-switzerland-curator-shares-how-exhibit-comes-together-2024-6">exhibitions</a>, events, and art auctions. It has long relied on extensive travel and foot traffic that can increase the industry's carbon footprint.As digital platforms gain widespread adoption, online exhibits present a cost-effective way to diversify investments while reducing transportation and storage needs.The COVID-19 pandemic prompted galleries like <a target="_blank" href="https://deitch.com/archive/deitch-projects">Deitch Projects</a> to adopt digital showcases and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/arts/design/los-angeles-galleries-coronavirus.html">online viewing rooms</a>, reducing international travel and reshaping art acquisition practices. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.stephenfriedman.com/viewing-room/">Stephen Friedman Gallery</a> is hosting five online viewing room showcases throughout 2024, bringing in-person exhibitions directly to screens at home.Collectors, gallery curators, and investors play a crucial role in shaping a sustainable future. The assembly of portfolios that prioritize environmental responsibility actively contributes to a greener legacy that will inspire future generations to take action and stand as a testament to art's power to shape a better world.From supporting artists who promote environmental awareness to reducing carbon footprints in operations and embracing digital platforms, collectors, gallery curators, and investors are preserving art and its legacy in their fight to curb the climate crisis.

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