We all know carbon dioxide is driving climate change. But this gas is also crucial for many aspects of life on this planet. So surely increasing it to levels not seen for millions of years should disrupt far more than just climate? From harming cognition, to ocean acidification, there are plenty of reasons to fear... Continue Reading →
You’re Thinking about Climate Change WRONG!
With so much talk about climate change, it's easy to fall into unhelpful - and unhealthy - thinking about the crisis. But a lot of the ideas we come across can be misleading at best, and hold us back from doing what matters. So I'm here to help get your thinking straight! Source
Partnering Countries Will Harness the Power and Expertise of the U.S. Government, Philanthropic Groups and Academia to Scale Up Clean Energy Deployment and Investment WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States of America today announced the Net Zero World Initiative — a new partnership between countries working to implement their climate ambition pledges and accelerate transitions... Continue Reading →
U.S. Launches Net-Zero World Initiative to Accelerate Global Energy System Decarbonization
Hello and welcome to the first edition of The Burning Issue — Grist’s limited-run newsletter about all things fire. My name is Zoya Teirstein and below, you’ll hear from my colleague Nathanael Johnson. Every week, Grist will send you an email that will arm you with everything you need to know about this wildfire season.... Continue Reading →
An obsession with suppression
The recent leak of a draft of the next IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) warns that recovery from climate breakdown may be impossible as the impact of tipping points leads to far-reaching and perhaps irreversible disaster. Well, it turns out we don’t need the IPCC report to point that out. We’re getting a... Continue Reading →
What do Heat Waves, Wildfires and Banks Have in Common?
A Scottish "Oyster card", green taxes and scrapping air miles are among 80 recommendations of a citizens' assembly looking at how Scotland can tackle climate change. Scotland's Climate Assembly also urges a ban on single-use plastics and a four-day working week. The assembly brought together more than 100 people from all walks of life to discuss... Continue Reading →
Report outlines 80 ways Scotland could tackle climate change
There's likely to be a significant increase in the number of lawsuits brought against fossil fuel companies in the coming years, say researchers. Their new study finds that to date, lawyers have failed to use the most up-to-date scientific evidence on the cause of rising temperatures. As a result, there have been few successful claims for compensation.... Continue Reading →
Climate change: Courts set for rise in compensation cases
Haunted by their failure to pass a climate bill in 2009, some Democrats are vowing “no climate, no deal.” Democrats tried to pass a big climate bill the last time they controlled the White House and Congress. It failed in a Senate with a bigger Democratic majority than the one they currently have. More than... Continue Reading →
Democrats think now is their last, best chance to pass a big climate bill
Experts says scientific advances are making it easier to attribute the damages of climate breakdown to companies’ activities Businesses could soon be facing a fresh wave of legal action holding them to account for their greenhouse gas emissions, owing to advances in climate science, experts have warned. More than 1,500 legal actions have already been brought... Continue Reading →
New climate science could cause wave of litigation against businesses – study
3 climate news that will dominate the next 6 months
Welcome to episode 2 of Climate Brief, an Ecosia series on how to navigate the era of climate change. In this episode we selected the three most important climate policies to keep watching out for in 2021. Of course, for brevity, we omitted many other relevant climate news of 2021, but let us know in... Continue Reading →
Planned Obsolescence Sucks. Here’s Why It Still Exists.
Why (and how) Planned Obsolescence and Capitalism make terrible products. Continued at source...
empowerment & inner transformation... 