Can we survive the coming decades? Given the state of global affairs today, that's probably a question many people are asking themselves right now. The IPCC has just published their answer, at least from a climate point of view. And they pull no punches. We're almost out of time, they say, and we need immediate... Continue Reading →
By Susan Joy Hassol and Michael E. Mann | April 12, 2022 3:05 PM EDT | Hassol is the director of the non-profit Climate Communication. She publishes Quick Facts on the links between newsworthy events and climate change, and received the 2021 Ambassador Award from the American Geophysical Union. | Michael E. Mann is distinguished... Continue Reading →
Now Is Not the Time To Give in to Climate Fatalism
Truth vs Lies By the Editors | How do we navigate the post-truth era, when there is no longer an expectation that politicians or pundits will be honest? In this eBook, we break down the science of deception so that we can protect ourselves against it. We look at human perception and how those perceptions... Continue Reading →
eBook: Truth vs Lies
Extinct 2021 (Amazing Watch)
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For six years I worked in climate advocacy. I researched how to mobalise ourselves, and politicians, to halt climate change. Because good policy doesn’t come out of thin air. Policies start as ideas, batted around by a bunch of people trying to please a bunch of stakeholders. Laws are a manifestation of the minds of... Continue Reading →
Climate.Emergence Blog
Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal personhood to nature to a groundbreaking lawsuit by a coalition of young activists, Krznaric shares examples of ways we can become good ancestors -- or,... Continue Reading →
How to be a good ancestor…
Ban Ki-moon wants to solve the climate crisis with kindness
On video chat, Ban Ki-moon is almost preternaturally kind. “Thank you for your interest in my life story and my philosophy,” he says, smiling serenely. At 76, the former secretary-general of the United Nations — who completed his final term in December 2016 — still wears the rimless glasses familiar from thousands of news wire... Continue Reading →
understand sustainability…
"How, then, are we to understand sustainability? In simplest terms, I think it could be described as follows: a way of life in which we refrain from seeking our own happiness at the expense of others; a determination not to pass on our local community and the planet as a whole to the next generation... Continue Reading →
Greta Thunberg Connects Climate, Ecological, and Health Crises
‘If we don’t change, we are f*cked’ — In her new video, @Greta Thunberg lays out how we can connect the dots between the climate, ecological, and health crises. Source...
Unless the subject is clearly a 'Climate Urgency' -- which in that case I will share it as an independent blog post, otherwise I will just add to these occasional lists to those listed below and in addition much more here. Noticing that there is now so much more to read then before, this is... Continue Reading →
A few important and crucial ‘Climate’ articles of the week…
“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle It is a fact that the biggest threat to our species is not climate change, though it will likely end much of what we experience today, but rather our war on bio-diversity. Bio-diversity is under attack from a swelling human population that... Continue Reading →
