People in Western Canada are struggling to find relief, as a dangerous, record-breaking heat wave continues to bake the region. Heather Yourex-West reports on the deadly toll the extreme weather is taking and how first responders are being flooded with emergency calls. As that happens throughout western North America, scientists are expecting more similar, extreme... Continue Reading →
Climate Crisis: Antartica logs highest temperature on record
Scientists at the United Nations have recorded the hottest ever temperature reading in Antarctica. The world meteorological organisation announced on Thursday that the new record for the maximum temperature for the southernmost continent is 18.3 degrees Celsius or 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Source...
To prosecute and imprison political leaders and corporate executives would require a parsing of legal boundaries and a recalibration of criminal accountability. At many moments in history, humanity’s propensity for wanton destruction has demanded legal and moral restraint. One of those times, seared into modern consciousness, came at the close of World War II, when... Continue Reading →
Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?
The time is now to prove they can go beyond just bland emissions reduction pledges. Two years ago Mark Carney, then-head of the central bank of England called into question the very existence of corporations that don’t adhere to the steep emissions reductions required to limit warming to 1.5C: “Those that fail to adapt will cease to... Continue Reading →
Will corporations choose climate transformation or climate status quo?
Drought "is not a temporary condition we can expect to go away, but rather something we have to deal with," one expert said. Trees are dying. Riverbeds are empty. Lake Mead's water level dropped to its lowest point in history, and Utah's governor asked residents to pray for rain. Water is increasingly scarce in the Western U.S. —... Continue Reading →
Drought is here to stay in the Western U.S. How will states adapt?
No More Pipeline Blues (On This Land Where We Belong)
CALL TO ACTION 1. Send a letter to President Joe Biden. Visit STOPLINE3.org/Biden 2. Follow Honor the Earth, STOPLINE3, and Welcome Water Protectors on social media. #STOPLINE3 3. Make a tax-deductible donation to Honor the Earth. http://www.honorearth.org/donation 4. Support frontlines by visiting http://www.STOPLINE3.org/take-action Courtesy of Bill McKibben who shared this in his recent article. Lots... Continue Reading →
(CNN)The movement for a cleaner, greener world has grown increasingly popular as the climate crisis has worsened, and organizations such as Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund, now household names, have raised millions to save species, cut down on pollution and slow the effects of climate change. But many environmental organizations are still predominantly staffed and led by White... Continue Reading →
The world’s top environmental organizations are still predominantly White, a new report finds
AECOM's Tatum Lau says the real estate industry must be a key partner in achieving these local and global emissions targets in our communities. We’re halfway through the first year of the most important decade on climate action, and with so little time to course-correct, rapid mobilization and regular check-ins are critical. According to a... Continue Reading →
Our Climate Crisis: Bridging Ambition into Action
The world is at a tipping point when it comes to climate change, and over 80% of executives are concerned, according to Deloitte Global’s 2021 Climate Check report. Perhaps that’s because most global organizations are already starting to feel its negative impacts. “It’s hard to ignore the increasing number of catastrophic, climate-related events affecting populations and... Continue Reading →
Organizations Are Feeling The Pain Of Climate Change: Here Are Five Ways It’s Affecting Their Business
Scientists often rely on global climate models and high-level data to anticipate which regions of the world will face flooding, droughts, and other hardships in the future. We use those models to communicate the urgency of climate change and to provide a general sense of which regions are likely to be high-risk "hotspots," and therefore... Continue Reading →
Which areas will climate change render uninhabitable? Climate models alone cannot say
In 1969, Apollo 11 was propelled into space and history when it gave us images of our magnificent planet seemingly suspended in mid-air. Our awareness of the Earth’s biosphere changed forever. Since then, we have come a long way, particularly when it comes to comprehending and unraveling issues such as climate change. Cut to 2021:... Continue Reading →
