This is a Ted Talk video search list: ted talk climate change solutions Definition: Climate change includes both the global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century, humans have had unprecedented impact on... Continue Reading →
Climate crisis: Area of forest twice the size of UK cut down in just over a decade, WWF report reveals & ‘Nature is under siege’: Study finds insect population shrinking 1 to 2 percent each year & Unsure how to help reverse insect declines? Scientists suggest simple ways & Electric cars rise to record 54%... Continue Reading →
A few consolidated climate related articles of concern…
The World Needs You. Now.
NEW YORK, Jul 20 (IPS) - "We may all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now," Martin Luther King Jr once said. His timeless wisdom rings truer than ever today for the many challenges the world is facing. COVID-19, continued armed conflicts and forced displacement, climate-change induced disasters, deep divides... Continue Reading →
Why your carbon footprint is a scam by our changing climate
Why your carbon footprint is a scam, explained. Source
Why Climate Change is a threat to human rights…
Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended -- and their human rights threatened -- by killer storms, starvation and the loss of their own lands. Mary Robinson asks us to join the movement for worldwide... Continue Reading →
Can the world meet the challenge of climate change? After more than three decades of global negotiations, the prognosis looks bleak. The most ambitious diplomatic efforts have focused on a series of virtually global agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and the Paris Agreement of 2015. With so many diverse interests across so... Continue Reading →
How to Fix the Climate
Humility, transparency and urgency are the keys to successfully steering an organization -- big or small -- through the challenges that come your way. Leadership expert Amy C. Edmondson provides clear advice and examples to help any leader rise to the occasion. Source...
How to lead in a crisis…
10 years to transform the future of humanity — or destabilize the planet
"For the first time, we are forced to consider the real risk of destabilizing the entire planet," says climate impact scholar Johan Rockström. In a talk backed by vivid animations of the climate crisis, he shows how nine out of the 15 big biophysical systems that regulate the climate -- from the permafrost of Siberia... Continue Reading →
Since the Chernobyl disaster nearly 35 years ago nature has been recovering and has reclaimed the irradiated territory now referred to as the ‘exclusion zone’ once occupied by man. The speed and magnitude to which this natural recovery has taken place not only demonstrates the negative impact humans had on the surrounding environment, but also... Continue Reading →
Chernobyl demonstrates man’s hold over nature, but also its resilience if given time to recover
Sustainable Development Goals The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. They are a call to action for peace and prosperity by 2030. Australia was one of the 193 United Nations members that agreed to the SDGs. The goals address population growth, income growth, climate change, environmental... Continue Reading →
Sustainable Development Goals
A clear, certified home compostable mailing film has been created in Adelaide by local manufacturer BioBag World Australia for Direct Mail Centre of Australia as an alternative to single-use plastic that breaks down into microplastics. BioBag World Australia Director Scott Morton said the Compostable Wrap is an opportunity for a better environmental outcome because... Continue Reading →