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 →
This dynamic event will bring together Earth Charter supporters from all over the world with the purpose of stimulating discussion and collaboration. We will open ourselves up to two full days of learning, making new connections, and sharing and building new perspectives for turning conscience into action for a thriving Earth. The Earth Charter Center... Continue Reading →
Earth Charter Conference | 1-2 December 2022
YouTube Intro: Welcome to our Public Arena during United Nations COP27. We Don’t Have Time and partners will be live from COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, but also from Stockholm, Nairobi and Washington DC. November 8th to November 17th, 2022. Full program and register for free: https://wedonthavetime.org/cop27 The UN climate conference COP27 has now officially... Continue Reading →
COP27 – Sharing an Email from ‘We Don’t Have Time’
Greta Thunberg interview: world on climate precipice but activism offers hope
In an extended interview with Channel 4 News, as she launches The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg speaks about how she deals with online trolls and why she feels hopeful about the fight against climate change even as the world approaches a “precipice”. - Video Source Great segment and a very important message. It's 34 degrees... Continue Reading →
The State of Climate Action 2022 provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the world’s highest-emitting systems, highlighting where recent progress made in reducing GHG emissions, scaling up carbon removal, and increasing climate finance must accelerate over the next decade to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit warming to... Continue Reading →
State of Climate Action 2022
Key Points The analysis comes ahead of next month's COP27 climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The shadow of 2015's Paris Agreement will loom large over the talks in Egypt. "We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world,"... Continue Reading →
Emissions reductions pledges ‘nowhere near’ what’s needed, UN says
Climate crisis report says ‘we are not winning in any sector’ as experts call for urgent action on fossil fuels . Meat consumption should be reduced to the equivalent of about two burgers a week in the developed world, and public transport expanded about six times faster than its current rate, if the world is... Continue Reading →
Cut meat consumption to two burgers a week to save planet, study suggests
Many countries, particularly in the West, have long taken reliable food supplies for granted. But climate change, conflict and population growth are challenging such certainties. How can we ensure food security for everyone in the future? The vertical farm run by Anders Riemann in Copenhagen aims to get the maximum yield from the smallest area... Continue Reading →
Food security – A growing dilemma | DW Documentary
CORVALLIS, Ore. – An international coalition of researchers says in a report published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that “humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.” The report, “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022,” published in the journal BioScience, notes that 16 of 35 planetary vital signs... Continue Reading →
Report by OSU, international scientists says Earth is ‘unequivocally’ in midst of climate emergency
Countries must re-prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News. Secretary General António Guterres was speaking in New York ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt. "There has been a tendency to put climate change on the back burner," he said. "If we are not able to... Continue Reading →
COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe – UN chief
Scientists warn world ‘is heading in wrong direction’ amid rise in nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane . Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have reached record highs, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, which scientists say means the world is “heading in the wrong direction”. The WMO found there was... Continue Reading →