Will post part #2 in a few days..., however this news list is long and know that it is hand-picked as the most crucial and/or climate solutions based news articles of the last four to five weeks (going back to early November). Climate News now is very worrisome, disappointing, and now serves as a call... Continue Reading →
Small country, big ambitions Despite its modest size, Denmark has set one of the world’s most ambitious climate goals: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) and reach net zero emissions in 2050 at the latest. Denmark’s own contribution to reducing CO2e may be a drop in... Continue Reading →
The Danish Government’s Climate Partnerships 2030
In a crowded field, no issue more spectacularly illustrates the failures of our political system than climate change. We are hurtling toward catastrophes that threaten the very existence of humankind, yet the matter is almost totally absent from political discourse. Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address didn't mention it. Neither did the official... Continue Reading →
excerpts from planet earth gets a ground game… (Published: April 8, 2018)
Next week’s primary election in Georgia has made national news as a potential bellwether of how voters view former President Donald Trump and his false claims that the 2020 presidential election in the state, which he lost, was stolen. Far from the national news, lower down the ballot, that same election on May 24 will... Continue Reading →
The Small, Local Election With Potentially Major Climate Change Significance
Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're rereading this piece about what Indigenous people can teach us about fighting climate change. ICYMI, President Biden will travel to Colorado this week to designate his first national monument. Maxine broke the news of the expected designation last month. But first:... Continue Reading →
Half of voters say climate change is important in midterms, poll finds
The FUTURE OF EARTH – (If these die out, we will too)
From BBC | 'The FUTURE OF EARTH', by Science Focus If these die out, we will too BEES Insects have been pollinating flowers for 100 million years. About 70 percent of our agriculture today depends on them, and bee pollination of crops has been valued at $20bn in the US. But fertilizers, pesticides, habitat... Continue Reading →
Climate Solutions 101 (Training: Includes FREE Course Units)
(On the top of the site there is a must watch video native to the site.) Your climate solutions journey begins now. Filled with the latest need-to-know science and fascinating insights from global leaders in climate policy, research, investment, and beyond, this video series is a brain-shift toward a brighter climate reality. Climate Solutions 101... Continue Reading →
Transforming news is critical to building a more equitable and sustainable world. The Solutions Journalism Network is leading a global shift in journalism, focused on what the news misses most often: how people are trying to solve problems and what we can learn from their successes or failures. Our mission is to transform journalism so... Continue Reading →
What is Solutions Journalism?
Quote by Reverend Gerald Durley
“I never could have conceived of becoming a champion for climate change. As a pastor, it seemed trivial to prioritize polar bears in a world plagued by poverty, violence, drugs, and broken families. But, I have had a change of heart… Climate Change is a civil rights issue… When your children suffer from asthma and... Continue Reading →
When permafrost thaw reaches concentrations of ice underneath the surface, it may trigger local soil instability. Climate change is driving periods of unusually high temperature across large swaths of the planet. These heat waves are especially detrimental in the Arctic, where they can push surface temperatures in regions of significant permafrost past the melting point... Continue Reading →
Ice Lenses May Cause Many Arctic Landslides
The Earth is changing faster than at any point in human memory as a result of human-caused global heating. Since the mid-1800s, when we began burning fossil fuels at an industrial scale, we have been modifying our atmosphere and causing the globe to heat up. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, which causes hotter... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 