Speaking at the beginning of the UN’s Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old acclaimed climate activist Greta Thunberg, was unsparing in her criticism of world leaders, telling them that they are still “not mature enough to tell it like it is”. Full Article - UN News Full Speech - SoundCloud
UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete plans for cutting harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for carbon neutrality by 2050. So what, exactly, was promised at Monday’s all-day event at UN Headquarters in New York? Full Article - UN News
leaders not to come to his landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches…
Link and PDF to site | PDF is a Climate101 Lesson and site is very informative. Our mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts. A key objective is a national market-based program to reduce emissions cost-effectively. We believe a sound climate... Continue Reading →
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions…
Meat Trends, Climate Change & Global Food Security – Dawn Moncrief
An examination of the long-standing trend of increasing global consumption of animal products and the relationship to climate change and global food security. Highlights include: disparities in national consumption, leadership responses, inherent gender and racial biases, advanced understanding of the livestock-climate percentages and feed conversion ratios, and thoughts on the possible impact of cultured "clean"... Continue Reading →
Believers in a market economy are dismayed by radical voices arguing that capitalism is incompatible with effective climate action. But unless capitalism's defenders start supporting more ambitious targets and policies to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, they should not be surprised if an increasing number of people agree. This year, the evidence that global... Continue Reading →
Is capitalism incompatible with effective climate change action?
Resolution submitted to United States to declare a Climate Emergency
Resolution submitted to United States to declare a Climate Emergency by Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.Continued...
millions of Americans exposed to ‘Off-the-Chart’
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer
As the BBC notes, almost from the first moment that people realized that the human-caused climate crisis is real, there’s been an effort to determine how quickly action needed to be taken to stave off the worst outcomes. Could we wait 50 years? What about 30? What about 20? The answers are no, no, and no. Recent studies... Continue Reading →
we can’t get to Jan. 1, 2030, and throw a global switch
Climate change is not moving as slowly as we’d like to think. In fact, half of all the damage done through burning fossil fuels has been just over the last 30 years. Unfortunately, every year is now more damaging than the last. The good news is that we are not at a point of no... Continue Reading →
Why Climate Change is Worse Than You Think…
Bill Nye: Climate Change Is Now | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC
CO2 levels are the highest they have been in 3 million years. Bill Nye the Science Guy joins Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle with his thoughts on our warming planet. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc Continued at source...
show to the rest of the world that it can be done
Joshua Álvarez: “Become the model for a global, large nation and show to the rest of the world that it can be done, that we can transform our economy and our society into 100% renewable energy. And we can do it within the next 10 years, if the DNC has the guts to allow us to have... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 