WASHINGTON (AP) — For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, President Joe Biden has learned that the hard way. Among the 10 biggest carbon emitters, only the European Union has enacted polices close to or consistent with international... Continue Reading →
For many of us in the climate movement, 2022 was going to be the year the green energy transition would take off, building on the post-COP26 momentum and the promised build-back-better programs announced by governments worldwide. But this was not to be. Is the Green Energy Transition Stalling? In the Globe and Mail Report on... Continue Reading →
Has the Green Energy Transition Stalled?
Techno-utopianism is popular precisely because it doesn’t challenge the status quo, and lets polluters off the hook In seeking to prevent environmental breakdown, what counts above all is not the new things we do, but the old things we stop doing. Renewable power, for instance, is useful in preventing climate chaos only to the extent... Continue Reading →
We need optimism – but Disneyfied climate predictions are just dangerous
“Instead of hitting the brakes on the decarbonization of the global economy” amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, “now is the time to put the pedal to the metal towards a renewable energy future,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. But instead, we are sleepwalking to climate catastrophe. Walking to Climate Catastrophe “The 1.5-degree goal is on... Continue Reading →
We Are Sleepwalking To Climate Catastrophe
Individuals can make a huge difference when it comes to action on climate. New research shows that “government and industry do have the most responsibility, but citizen and community action is meaningful, impactful, and urgently needed.” We’re all in the war on climate together. Citizens have to take the jump and be part of the... Continue Reading →
Citizens Need To Take the Jump On Climate
The Global EverGreening Alliance works with, and through, its numerous member organisations – and with governments and multi-lateral agencies – to implement massive land restoration programs. In so doing, the Alliance fosters collaboration, learning, sharing and harmonisation across institutions, sectors and borders. Why we do it Land degradation has negative impacts on food production, climate... Continue Reading →
EverGreening the Earth
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to change the way they live and, in the process, cracked open the door to a rare reset opportunity. Behavioral scientists refer to this phenomenon as the “fresh start effect,” where disruptive events act as temporal landmarks, separating past behaviors (and selves) from new, often aspirational ones. As we... Continue Reading →
Is Behavioral Science the Secret Ingredient for Effective Climate Action?
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden’s stalled climate agenda
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including President Biden’s predicament of trying to fulfill his climate change agenda while addressing rising energy prices, a new poll finding that Biden is losing support from young people, plus former President... Continue Reading →
Growing numbers of young nonviolent climate protesters are willing to face jail. Dorian Lynskey followed them in the weeks leading up to last week’s action In a flat in east London, on the night of 31 March, two dozen people in their early 20s are packing sleeping bags and energy bars and discussing unorthodox toilet... Continue Reading →
Just Stop Oil: behind the scenes with the activists
Agreements, not wars, start with a walk
As shared by Bill McKibben in previous blog post. By TERRY MOLLNER Ican feel it in my bones. I suspect you can also. It is the time in history for the people on Earth to speak with one voice: we want agreements not wars. It is time to end the killing of children, women and... Continue Reading →
Which is why solving the climate crisis might require aluminum bike panniers... Most of the time I’m writing about vested interest as the key obstacle to making the energy transition. And it is—without the endless campaign of delay, denial, and disinformation from Big Oil and its friends, we’d have started making big changes long ago.... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 