Let's do a refresh, in addition to the topics and discussions you are having at your Climate Week sessions. Here are two videos from MSNBC year 2020 from both Marianne Williamson and Bernie Sanders. Switch the words if you will from running for President to those running for Senate and Congress as well as local... Continue Reading →
There are clear connections between the fossil fuel industries and the politicians who are both stalling action on climate change and diminishing democracy – and it’s a dangerous shift, argues an international studies professor in her new book. By Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This... Continue Reading →
Rising Authoritarianism and Worsening Climate Change Share a Fossil-fueled Secret
As climate impacts accelerate worldwide, businesses can support the huge societal shifts needed by showing true leadership. WWF’s Beyond Net-Zero guidance shows the way, writes Milan Kooijman, Climate Business Expert at WWF. We are at a defining moment in the fight to tackle climate change. To limit warming to 1.5°C and avoid the most catastrophic... Continue Reading →
Beyond Net-Zero: Setting a path for true corporate climate leadership
The Climate Leader is an introductory training series in systems thinking to help fuel the global response to climate change. These materials will help you to be more effective at addressing climate change by enabling you to see the interconnections and big picture in your work. For the first time, we are offering an online... Continue Reading →
The Climate Leader Introductory Training Series
Climate action needs new frontline leadership
We can't rely on those who created climate change to fix it, says climate justice organizer Ozawa Bineshi Albert. An Indigenous woman living in the heart of oil and gas country in the US, she's observed an alarming disconnect between empty promises made by corporations and the actual needs of communities on the ground. In... Continue Reading →
“Too Little, Too Late”: Global South Activists Decry 2050 “Net Zero” Goal by Wealthy Nations
Please read some of the viewers comments as well... After nearly a week of speeches, negotiations and protests at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Meena Raman, head of programs at Third World Network, who says developing countries need more time and resources to adapt to the climate crisis and end the use... Continue Reading →
14 Characteristics of Fascism
YouTube Comment Quoted: Mike, a quote from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's book, Strongmen, on fascists-" No other type of ruler is so transparent about prioritizing self-preservation over the public good and so lacking in the human qualities that define ethical leadership...the strongman is at his worst as a leader when he is most needed by his country."... Continue Reading →
The senator told oil and gas executives that politicians are there to be sublet for their needs. We’ve long known what Senator Joe Manchin is, and now we don’t even have to haggle about the price. From the New Republic: He exhorted CERAWeek attendees to provide leadership in Washington and look for a “return on... Continue Reading →
Joe Manchin Is a Walking, Talking Advertisement for the Real Consequences of Citizens United
“We cannot continue to use the sky as an open sewer in a way that is absolutely destroying the future,” Gore said before an audience at the Kennedy Center. . Al Gore is fired up. The environmentalist and former vice president appeared on stage Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., speaking to young activists from Georgetown... Continue Reading →
Al Gore looks to youth to spark action on climate change
Role of public-private partnerships in progressing net zero commitments brought to forefront SEOUL (June 1, 2021) — 67 world leaders and heads of international organizations united for climate action at the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit on May 30 and 31, calling for concrete action to meet ambitious climate commitments. More than 200 high level officials including... Continue Reading →
RELEASE: 67 World Leaders Call for Investing in Climate Solutions for Developing Countries at 2021 P4G Seoul Summit
Morton Deutsch, eminent psychologist, Columbia University professor, mentor extraordinaire, and one of the founders of the field of conflict resolution, died last March at age 97. Deutsch spent his illustrious career creatively and systematically studying ways to make the world more just and peaceful. He was a tough-minded and tenderhearted scientist with an intense commitment to developing... Continue Reading →
