What you need to know about the Climate Emergency The science of climate change is well established: Climate change is real and human activities are the main cause. (IPCC) The concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth. (IPCC) The concentration has been rising steadily,... Continue Reading →
YouTube Intro: Welcome to our Public Arena during United Nations COP27. We Don’t Have Time and partners will be live from COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, but also from Stockholm, Nairobi and Washington DC. November 8th to November 17th, 2022. Full program and register for free: https://wedonthavetime.org/cop27 The UN climate conference COP27 has now officially... Continue Reading →
COP27 – Sharing an Email from ‘We Don’t Have Time’
Key Points The analysis comes ahead of next month's COP27 climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The shadow of 2015's Paris Agreement will loom large over the talks in Egypt. "We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world,"... Continue Reading →
Emissions reductions pledges ‘nowhere near’ what’s needed, UN says
Climate crisis report says ‘we are not winning in any sector’ as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels . Meat consumption should be reduced to the equivalent of about two burgers a week in the developed world, and public transport expanded about six times faster than its current rate, if the world is... Continue Reading →
Cut meat consumption to two burgers a week to save planet, study suggests
CORVALLIS, Ore. – An international coalition of researchers says in a report published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that “humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.” The report, “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022,” published in the journal BioScience, notes that 16 of 35 planetary vital signs... Continue Reading →
Report by OSU, international scientists says Earth is ‘unequivocally’ in midst of climate emergency
There’s good news and bad news for forests. Over the last 10 years, satellite imagery and other remote sensing technologies have revolutionized our ability to monitor and understand the causes of forest loss. The bad news is that deforestation data spanning the last two decades reveals a persistent hemorrhaging of the world’s most valuable terrestrial... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Why are Tropical Forests Being Lost, and How to Protect Them
Biodiversity has been defined as one of nine planetary boundaries that help regulate the planet’s operating system. But humanity is crossing those boundaries, threatening life on Earth. The big question: Where precisely is the threshold of environmental change that biodiversity can withstand before it is destabilized and collapses planetwide? The planetary boundary for biodiversity loss... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
The upcoming midterm elections will not be about climate change. Half of registered voters agree climate is “important,” but the issue is still ranked below six others. However, for young people, climate is a major issue in this election cycle, despite its overall sixth ranking. Some conservatives would push back and reassert that climate is... Continue Reading →
To have credibility with young people in November, you have to talk climate
Professors, students offer perspective on generational climate change response From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2022 print edition. You can find the digital version here. After decades of inaction by governments across the globe and countless warnings by climate scientists, people of all ages are feeling discouraged, overwhelmed and hopeless about... Continue Reading →
When the future looks grim: Young people experience ‘eco-anxiety’ about impending climate crisis
Current Global Outlook on Planet Earth – A Race Against Time
First and foremost, Karim Ahmed is awesome, he is a really great climate educator. We here at cCc strongly suggest giving this video a watch and share it. For over five decades, Dr. Karim Ahmed has been at the forefront of planetary health science and policy. In this 90-minute lecture, Dr. Ahmed presents the data... Continue Reading →
Greta Thunberg… (Reposting For Mid-Term Elections)
“We deserve a safe future. And we demand a safe future. Is that really too much to ask? Change is coming, whether you like it or not.” - Greta Thunberg . Greta is one of the most incredibly courageous persons in human history, her conviction know no bounds and rightly so. She sees like many... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 