A revolutionary slogan by climate scientists “1.5C is Dead – Climate Revolution Now!” emblazoned the streets of the world on April 6th spawned by the Sixth Assessment Report, Mitigation of Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released April 4th. Overnight, civil disobedience by climate scientists erupted in 25 countries on every continent enraged... Continue Reading →
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 →
THE FUTURE OF FORESTS
Climate Change Isn’t a Distant Threat — It’s Our Reality | Selina Neirok Leem | TED Countdown
Every year, ocean levels rise and high tides flood the low-lying Marshall Islands in the Pacific, destroying homes, salinating water supplies and disrupting livelihoods. In a stirring poem and talk, youth climate warrior Selina Neirok Leem explains why adaptation using Indigenous solutions is the only choice for people on the front lines of climate change.... Continue Reading →
Renowned author, social critic, and philosopher Noam Chomsky believes that human civilization is rapidly "approaching the most dangerous point" in its collective history, citing a conflagration of global crises that threaten to shatter the foundations of modern society. Chomsky, a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,... Continue Reading →
‘We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history’: Noam Chomsky on climate change and nuclear war
Because they're down to the nub At 5 a.m. this morning we were supposed to get the report from Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It didn’t come—because delegates were still arguing. And the arguments were over the two most fundamental questions of the climate era: must we get off fossil... Continue Reading →
IPCC talks go down to the wire
Dino Talks #2 — A Deeper Dive into the Damages Caused by Fossil Fuel Subsidies
We Don't Have Time and UNDP are proud to present the second episode in a series of 10 in-depth table talks on the subject of fossil fuel subsidies. 💡 Ask your questions to our guests on: https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/... We need to halve our emissions by 2030 and hit net zero no later than 2050 to save... Continue Reading →
Climate panel calls for "rapid and deep" transition away from fossil fuels. Nations have moved too slowly to curb climate change, and now must take swift and aggressive steps if they hope to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, the world’s top scientists warned on Monday. Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within the next... Continue Reading →
‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future
BERLIN (AP) — Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting hopeful signs of progress. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the report by the Intergovernmental... Continue Reading →
UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’
By Eric Roston April 4, 2022, 5:30 PM EDT Listen to this article instead! The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest 3,000-page look at how humanity can avoid compounding catastrophe if nations take sufficient action to do so. So far humanity hasn’t, the report concludes. Left unchanged, the world’s current emissions... Continue Reading →
Five Takeaways from the UN’s Latest 3,000-Page Climate Report
CLIMATE CHANGE 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Streamed on 4.4.22
Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘achilles heel’ For nine years, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island since 2007, made weekly speeches called “Time To Wake Up” urging the Senate to take action on the climate emergency. He ended the weekly ritual once... Continue Reading →
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