Climate Change
COP21 ended with nearly 200 countries agreeing to a historic carbon emissions-slashing deal. But climate campaigners are saying that the agreement doesn’t go far enough, and that the real work is just beginning.
In a landmark case, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) announced Friday it will launch the first-ever investigation into dozens of fossil fuel companies for alleged human rights violations over the industry’s role in worsening climate change.
A comprehensive pair of reports by dozens of researchers convened by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) offered “a damning critique of geoengineering,” according to Tim McDonnell of Mother Jones. Highly controversial, geoengineering refers to technological efforts to counteract global warming by altering the atmosphere’s chemical composition.
Ben Davidson discusses the top 6 climate change problems, after stipulating that: Climate is changing; there has been a warming trend since 1880; Human activity affects the climate; we must decrease pollution. The top 6 climate change problems: (1) The Climate is Changing Unexpectedly ; (2) It Is Difficult to Trust What You Hear; (3) The Future is Uncertain; (4) The Entire Solar System is Shifting; (5) The Sun May Dictate Our Future; (6) Someone is Screwing With the Weather
With people already being officially called climate refugees, and conflicts exacerbated by climate change on the rise. Here are 5 things you need to know about the Paris climate talks.
Hopefully nations and people around the world will eventually see all of the global climate talk for what it is – a global taxation scheme to fund the global government forever so they can complete their imagined goals of stripping sovereign nations and individuals of their rights. This process is already underway.
Civil society representatives proposed the creation of an environmental justice court, recognition of indigenous ancestral knowledge, and demanded developed countries should recognize their climate debt as a legal and moral obligation.
I was recently initiated as an Earth Keeper by the Q’ero shamans of Peru, an honor and responsibility that I don’t take lightly. These wise men have come down from their mountain to share their knowledge and prophesies with us. It is a time of great urgency when we need to make our beloved Mother Earth our top priority. She is sick and crying for our help.
Some researchers look at surface temperatures, some at ice cores, some tree rings and more recently satellite measurements of the larger atmosphere. What do the different collection techniques reveal?
Coral reefs, often referred to as “rainforests of the sea” simply “haven’t been able to adapt to the higher base temperatures of the ocean,” say the scientists.
Companies are actively doing their part to reduce their impact on climate change. What do you think about this?
Tangentially, there is a clear link between poverty and who climate change impacts first and worst—and women make up the greatest percentage of the worlds poor.
Clearly we need a global reordering of priorities, away from short-term economic gain and towards long-term sustainability.
Wednesday, September 9, was the hottest day of the year in Los Angeles. The air conditioning stopped working in classrooms across the city, stifling students with sometimes 90-degree temperatures inside and sending some to the hospital.
The independent work by both NASA and Japan Meteorological Agency show that July 2015 was the warmest month on record, and the chances are good – especially because of the strong El Niño – that 2015 as a whole will end up being the hottest year on record too.
