The first thing you notice in this fire-scarred forest is the color. Not long ago this square of land south of Yellowstone National Park was a monochrome of ash and burned pines. But last summer, shin-high seedlings and aspen shoots painted the ground an electric green. Purple fireweed and blood-red buffalo berries sprouted around blackened... Continue Reading →
With time running out to head off the worst damage from climate change, the United States government is starting to quantify the cost of inaction – for taxpayers. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the first ever accounting of how unchecked global warming would impact the federal budget, looking at its... Continue Reading →
The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government
UN Climate Change News, 20 April 2021 – Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degradation and the need for immediate action. This year, it also presents a major... Continue Reading →
Earth Day 2021 Is Set to Galvanize Climate Action (repost)
InfluenceMap analysis says 11 large U.S. utilities are ‘obstructive’ to climate policy. Almost half of the largest investor-owned utilities in the U.S. are actively pushing back against climate policy, slowing government efforts to combat global warming, according to a report by climate research group InfluenceMap. Eleven of the 25 biggest U.S. utilities are viewed by InfluenceMap as “obstructionist” to... Continue Reading →
Big U.S. Utilities Are Undermining Climate Goals, Study Says
The Irish Agroforestry Forum (IAF) has recently launched its website to foster collaborations and act as an information hub tailored to the growing interest in agroforestry. Agroforestry includes the growing of trees on farmland within a wide range of spatial configurations, and can support climate mitigation and resilience as well as providing other environmental benefits,... Continue Reading →
Agroforestry to benefit farmers and help achieve environmental targets
The planet has already warmed by 1.1 degrees C (2 degrees F) due to human-induced climate change, and millions of people are today facing the real-life consequences of higher temperatures, rising seas, fiercer storms and unpredictable rainfall. Rapidly reducing emissions is essential to limit temperature rise and secure a safer future for us all, as... Continue Reading →
What Is “Loss and Damage” from Climate Change? 6 Key Questions, Answered
To most people, a solar farm or a geothermal plant is simply a power producer. Scientists and engineers see far more potential. They envision offshore wind turbines capturing and storing carbon beneath the sea, and geothermal plants producing essential metals for powering electric vehicles. Electric vehicle batteries, too, can be transformed to power homes, saving... Continue Reading →
These energy innovations could transform how we mitigate climate change, and save money in the process
The latest IPCC report makes clear that we have everything we need to combat rising temperatures. The only question is whether we care enough about the future of humanity to do it If you want to celebrate a great human accomplishment, forget the moon landing or Purple Rain. Celebrate this. For the last 34 years,... Continue Reading →
There’s a Silver Lining to the U.N.’s Final Warning on Climate Change
In recent months, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has published the first two instalments in a trilogy of mammoth scientific assessments covering how greenhouse gas pollution is heating the planet and what that means for life on Earth Paris, France: UN climate experts are set to release what is expected to be the definitive... Continue Reading →
UN to release handbook of climate change solutions
TOGETHER WE GROW
SYNOPSIS Together We Grow is a 40-minute documentary that tells the inspiring story of a thriving hub helping to build resilience into its local community by growing, sewing, repairing, sharing – you name it, Common Unity is doing it! Too many of our communities, here and around the world, are facing housing crises, food insecurity,... Continue Reading →
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future – Free Full Documentary
Watch our brand new film 'Together We Grow', along with many others at https://happenfilms.com Purchase a digital download of Living the Change: https://happenfilms.com/buyltc Host a screening of the film: https://happenfilms.com/screenltc Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be... Continue Reading →
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