BONN, Germany, Jan 13 (IPS) - 2021 is going to be critical, not only for curbing the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, but also for meeting the climate challenge. But as Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) was clear to point out, the climate challenge is essentially an energy challenge. And... Continue Reading →
2020 matched all global heating records. In 2021 carbon releases will reach a milestone. Soon we face a 2°C hotter future. LONDON, 12 January, 2021 − We Earthlings are now unmistakably on our way to the global climate we promised barely six years ago we’d never reach − a 2°C hotter future. Some time this... Continue Reading →
Earth is now committed to a 2°C hotter future
The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of scientists, who warn people still haven’t grasped the urgency of the biodiversity and climate crises. The 17 experts, including Prof Paul Ehrlich from Stanford University,... Continue Reading →
Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption
'Ecological Ponzi scheme': Dire scientific assessment warns humanity in denial of looming 'collapse of civilization' In an example to the rest of the scientific community and an effort to wake up people—particularly policymakers—worldwide, 17 scientists penned a comprehensive assessment of the current state of the planet and what the future could hold due to biodiversity... Continue Reading →
…humanity in denial of looming ‘collapse of civilization’
Never before have we had to deal with a problem that is this detrimental to society and lacks bipartisan support. The whole situation is a policy problem from hell, and in order to enact change, we need total support from pretty much everyone (the reason it’s really a problem). I could go on about the... Continue Reading →
The Last Climate Change article you need to read…
Humans once lived in harmony with the natural world. Consider timekeeping. Until relatively recently, the human notion of time was based on the natural rhythms of nature. Time was measured by a new moon, the first snow, a migrating bird, or the ebb and flow of a river. Time meant situating ourselves as part of... Continue Reading →
Human Have Rights and So Should Nature…
A few months ago a group of scientists warned about the rise of “extinction denial,” an effort much like climate denial to mischaracterize the extinction crisis and suggest that human activity isn’t really having a damaging effect on ecosystems and the whole planet. That damaging effect is, in reality, impossible to deny. This past year... Continue Reading →
What We’ve Lost: The Species Declared Extinct in 2020…
The events of the past few days are shocking in their novelty—the glory of seeing the first Black Democrat ever elected to the Senate from the South, the shame of seeing a President incite a mob to storm the Capitol. Who knows what drama will come next, except for one constant: the unrelenting rise in... Continue Reading →
Our Best Chance to Slow Global Warming Comes in the Next Nine Years
some suggested readings…
I thought I might (if it is OK with you readers) share some suggested readings or more over what I deemed to be the top Climate Change Books and crucial reads, especially the two on the Green New Deal (offsite), if I might. They are as follows: 1. No One Is Too Small to Make... Continue Reading →
No one needed to predict a frothing horde of Trump supporters would lay siege to the Capitol on Wednesday because they told us that was the plan all along. They told us not just on Twitter, TikTok, and TheDonald in the weeks leading up to the attack. They’ve been telling us for years from the... Continue Reading →
There is Such a Thing as Too Late…
Early humans adapted to major environmental change in 'Cradle of Mankind' 2 million years ago New evidence unearthed at the Oldupai Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania known as the "Cradle of Mankind," has revealed that "environmental adaptability and pioneering behavior were in place two million years ago" in early humans, said lead... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 