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 →
As the latest IPCC report faults disinformation for delaying climate action, a newly released scorecard finds that the major social media platforms’ plans to handle climate disinformation remain murky. The first page of Menlo Park, California’s 2030 Climate Action Plan shows a map predicting which parts of the city will be underwater by the end... Continue Reading →
Social Media Giants Get a Failing Grade on Climate Disinformation
IPCC report 2022: Climate change and its economic consequences
The IPCC report 2022 released on Monday warned that if emissions are not cut rapidly, heat and humidity will create conditions beyond human tolerance. Its economic impact could also be as devastating Source
If the world is getting too hot, why not give it some shade? Solar geoengineering could halt global warming, but there are risks to this controversial technology. Source!
Climate change technology: is shading the earth too risky? | The Economist
cCc Comment: Valuable Webinar! Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Climate Change New Dates! Virtual Annual Conference June 21 - 24, 2022 You are invited to join with GCSE to explore the complex interactions between biodiversity and climate change, as we honor the legacy of the late Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, a scholarly giant of biodiversity, conservation, and... Continue Reading →
Global Council for Science and the Environment | New Date!
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
Swedish furniture-giant IKEA wants to bring the power of the sun into U.S. homes. The company announced on May 12 that it was partnering with residential solar provider SunPower to make “home solar solutions” available to its U.S. customers. “At IKEA, we’re passionate about helping our customers live a more sustainable life at home,” IKEA... Continue Reading →
IKEA to Start Selling Solar Panels in California Stores
Much of the "excess heat" stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700m), new research suggests. Oceans have absorbed about 90% of warming caused by humans. The study found that in the subtropical North Atlantic (25°N), 62% of the warming from 1850-2018 is held in the deep ocean. The researchers... Continue Reading →
Deep ocean warming as climate changes
The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement – Feature Documentary
Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature. As pressures on ecosystems mount and as conventional laws seem increasingly... Continue Reading →
The science is clearer than ever that to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change, we not only have to reduce emissions, but also pull CO2 directly out of the air with carbon removal. The U.S. Long-Term Strategy indicates that in addition to reducing emissions by at least 85% around half a billion tons... Continue Reading →
Building Direct Air Capture Responsibly from the Ground Up
‘Sustainable ocean management ’. ‘Natural capital ’. ‘Ecosystem services ’. What’s wrong with these terms? They seem innocent enough, but they could be helping to maintain the prevailing view of nature which has led us to the climate and ecological emergency in the first place. Language can mould our thoughts and influence the way we... Continue Reading →
