We Don't Have Time and UNDP are proud to present the second episode in a series of 10 in-depth table talks on the subject of fossil fuel subsidies. 💡 Ask your questions to our guests on: https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/... We need to halve our emissions by 2030 and hit net zero no later than 2050 to save... 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
Climate panel calls for "rapid and deep" transition away from fossil fuels. Nations have moved too slowly to curb climate change, and now must take swift and aggressive steps if they hope to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, the world’s top scientists warned on Monday. Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within the next... Continue Reading →
‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future
The dangers of climate change have been well reported for years. But what's had less attention is how the world could effectively tackle the issue. Yesterday, UN scientists laid out a plan that they believe could help people avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures. The report, by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change... Continue Reading →
Climate change: IPCC scientists report five ways to save the planet
Electrolux launches a new Microplastic Filter for washing machines to help prevent up to two plastic bags worth of microplastic fibers* from being released from laundry, per household, every year. The new Microplastic Filter can prevent up to 90% of microplastic fibers, larger than 45 microns, being released from synthetic clothing during laundering. Laundering alone... Continue Reading →
Electrolux launches microplastic filter to help tackle rising tide of plastic pollution
TACTICAL URBANISM or how to save our cities experimenting | LACOMETA
(This video is in Spanish Language) In this new video we will talk about the city as a space for coexistence, social movements and how experimentation and participatory processes are the best "resilience" tool for our cities. I also connect with some very good examples such as the dreamhamar project (Norway) of Ecosistema Urbano or... Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting hopeful signs of progress. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the report by the Intergovernmental... Continue Reading →
UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’
The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn't meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year. The World Health Organization, about six months after tightening... Continue Reading →
WHO says 99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air
Image-focused social network says it will take down content that distorts or denies facts of climate crisis Pinterest is to block all climate misinformation, as the image-focused social network seeks to limit the spread of false and misleading claims. Under the new policy the site is committing to take down content that distorts or denies... Continue Reading →
Pinterest announces ban on all climate misinformation
"Some government and business leaders are saying one thing—but doing another," António Guterres said in a scathing address. "Simply put, they are lying." Following the publication of a key United Nations climate report on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres took aim at governments and corporations—whom he accused "a litany of broken climate promises"—while defending the... Continue Reading →
UN Chief: Those Expanding Fossil Fuels—Not Climate Activists—Are the ‘Truly Dangerous Radicals’
By Eric Roston April 4, 2022, 5:30 PM EDT Listen to this article instead! The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest 3,000-page look at how humanity can avoid compounding catastrophe if nations take sufficient action to do so. So far humanity hasn’t, the report concludes. Left unchanged, the world’s current emissions... Continue Reading →
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