On 7-10th November, we’re organising the People’s Summit as an alternative to business as usual of false solutions and inaction at the COP negotiations.
Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers
August 23, 2021 Update: US Billionaires 62% Richer During Pandemic, up $1.8 Trillion; Wealth gain could pay for half of Biden’s $3.5 trillion package U.S billionaires have seen their wealth surge $1.8 trillion during the pandemic, their collective fortune skyrocketing by nearly two-thirds (62 percent) from just short of $3 trillion at the start of... Continue Reading →
Nature Is Bringing the Heat and We’re Acting Like a Deer in the Headlights
Why is it so hard to imagine something better than capitalism? Canada’s recent heat records, wildfires, and over 450 deaths are the tip of a quickly melting iceberg. And only a week earlier someone leaked an IPCC draft report which warns of just how close we are to a cascading failure of our precious ecosystems.... Continue Reading →
Who’s A Greater Threat To Our Planet — Next-Door Junk Hoarders Or Private Island Billionaires?
It’s time to call out the “Billionaire Money Hoarders” for their harmful and antisocial behaviour It was still dark yesterday morning as I sipped my coffee and somehow found myself watching the show “Hoarders”. It made me think of an article that I read last week about a billionaire who was charged for doing essentially... Continue Reading →
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of corporate sustainability and how it’s not delivering on the promise of a sustainable business model. Before you contest that fact, remember that in 2018 CO2 emissions hit their highest level in recent history, plastic pollution continues to get worse and is now in our food... Continue Reading →
Fake Leadership is dangerous when it comes to Corporate Sustainability, Plastic Pollution and Climate Change.
The Hidden Subsidy of Fossil Fuels
Alas, such a clean fix is impossible, because the $5.2 trillion figure includes much more than a cash transfer from government to businesses. By the commonsense definition of the term, governments actually subsidized fossil fuels by $296 billion in 2017, according to the report.
The International Energy Agency released its first Global Electric Vehicle Outlook. Sales of electric vehicles grew despite the pandemic-related economic downturn. Europe surpassed China on electric vehicles bought for the first time in 2020. Post-pandemic economic rescue plans further boosted global uptake of EVs. While global car sales took a pandemic-related hit last year, electric... Continue Reading →
Canada has committed to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 The Liberal government announced Tuesday it's speeding up its goal for when it wants to see every new light-duty vehicle sold in Canada to be zero emissions. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said that by 2035, all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the country... Continue Reading →
COP26 | Breakthrough or more Blah Blah Blah?
Is COP26 the Answer We’ve Been Waiting For Or a Dangerous Fantasy? COP26 has been described as “the” critical climate summit to have a chance at limiting the warming of the planet to well below 2ºC, preferably 1.5ºC. Will COP26 keep 1.5 degrees alive? Will it be the answer we’re looking for or yet another... Continue Reading →
Local governments are having a say in how their nations revise climate goals ahead of COP26
One of the most unique features of the Paris Agreement is perhaps represented by the preamble paragraph itself: “Recognizing the importance of the engagements of all levels of government and various actors, in accordance with respective national legislations of Parties, in addressing climate change.” However, none of the first national climate plans (formally known as... Continue Reading →
Congress’s Climate Bill Is a Major Story. Journalists Are Missing the Most Important Part.
If the US doesn’t get this right before November’s climate summit, it’ll severely limit the country’s power to influence global climate action. This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review to strengthen coverage of the climate story. In November, world leaders will meet... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 