What you need to know about the Climate Emergency The science of climate change is well established: Climate change is real and human activities are the main cause. (IPCC) The concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth. (IPCC) The concentration has been rising steadily,... Continue Reading →
Why Climate Change Denial Still Exists In The U.S.
(CNBC - YouTube Link-Back Share) Despite overwhelming scientific evidence, some American politicians continue to deny that climate change exists, while others question the severity of its impact. But public opinion is shifting, and today even oil and gas companies publicly admit that climate change demands action. So why does climate denialism continue to influence U.S.... Continue Reading →
Abandon Apathy and Be Moved to Action
(Wangari Muta Maathai reflecting on the words in the Earth Charter) […] So as to make these words meaningful, we need to reflect on them. For example, when we pick the word “just,” we want a just world. Can we think of all the injustices that we have on this planet, whether they are injustices... Continue Reading →
The United Nations chief has called on world leaders to declare states of “climate emergency” in their countries to spur action to avoid “catastrophic” global warming. Antonio Guterres’s comments on Saturday came during his opening statement to the Climate Ambition Summit, a virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions... Continue Reading →
Declare ‘state of climate emergency’, UN boss urges world leaders
Thousands of scientists warn of ‘untold human suffering’ as they declare climate emergency More than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries on Tuesday officially declared a climate emergency and warned of “untold human suffering” if immediate bold action is not taken to stop the warming of the globe. In a paper published in BioScience, researchers at... Continue Reading →
2 must read Climate Emergency articles from Alternet…
THE THAW SPEEDS UP
The unexpectedly rapid collapse of ice-rich permafrost in the Arctic could pump billions of additional tons of methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year—a threat that has yet to be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists are discovering destabilized landscapes where permafrost that once thawed a few inches a year can now... Continue Reading →
We are in a climate emergency – it’s time to rebel
We are in a climate emergency - it's time to rebel | Rachael Treharne | TEDxBonnSquare We are finally waking up to the reality of climate breakdown, but accepting what this means - for us, for nature, and for people worldwide - is much harder. Extinction Rebellion is showing us a new path to tackling... Continue Reading →
The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about the reality of climate change - where none exists. The latest estimate is that the world's five largest publicly-owned oil and gas companies spend about US$200 million a year on lobbying to control, delay or block... Continue Reading →
Here Are Five of The Main Reasons People Continue to Deny Climate Change
Kristalina Georgieva is very keen to talk about the research one of her International Monetary Fund economists is doing. Surprisingly, this is not about any of the issues that have gripped the organisation in the past 75 years: balance of payments crises or global recessions. It is about whales and the part they play in... Continue Reading →
Tackling climate crisis is what we should be doing, says new IMF boss
American Climate
Rising temperatures are strengthening the destructive force of wildfires, hurricanes and floods, putting tens of millions of Americans at risk. Tens of thousands of Americans are already paying a high price, their lives shattered by climate calamities Here are twenty-one of their stories. Videos Continued at Source..
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Mr Beast, otherwise known as Jimmy Donaldson, is a 21 year old American YouTuber and philanthropist who, back in May 2019, set in motion a global online initiative which has so far resulted in 16 million new trees being planted. Team Trees' target is to get 20 million new saplings in the ground by January... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 