Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
-
UK Journalist’s Refusal to Debate Bannon Holds Lessons for Response to Climate Denial
UK journalist Laurie Penny wasn’t scheduled to discuss climate change when she refused to appear just ahead of white supremacist provocateur Steve Bannon at ... -
Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
New Mexico Candidate Climbs a Wind Turbine Tower to State Governor’s Mansion
A U.S. congresswoman from New Mexico climbed a 265-foot wind turbine tower to her state governor’s mansion in mid-term elections earlier this month. -
Club of Rome Plans EU Parliament Launch for 10-Point Climate Emergency Plan
Halting fossil expansion and subsidies by 2020, doubling wind and solar energy capacity every four years, pricing fossil fuels to reflect their true cost, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrawdownFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & Migration
Family Planning Would Save 59.6 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Family Planning places #7 in Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 59.6 gigatons by 2050—and without it, a ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Democrats on Offence, Climate Hawk Urges ‘Green New Deal’ After Midterm Election Result
The split result in U.S. midterm elections Tuesday evening is receiving extensive coverage in the country’s climate and energy media, with the new Democratic ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Storms, Flooding Kill Six Across Northern Italy, Flood 70% of Historic Venice
About 70% of Venice was flooded earlier this week by the highest tides in at least a decade, with a regional weather system driving ... -
Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
South Carolina Minister Threatens to Dress Up as IPCC Report for a Scary Hallowe’en
A Charleston, South Carolina minister and opinion columnist was threatening this week to dress up for Hallowe’en as the recent IPCC report on 1.5°C ... -
Culture, Curiosities, & HumourDrawdownHealth & SafetyPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Plant-Rich Diet Would Save 66.11 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
A plant-rich diet places #4 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions. While data vary too widely for a comprehensive global accounting, Drawdown sees ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5EuropeNational Plans & Responses
Glynn: 100-Tonne Lifetime Emissions Limit Per Person Helps Define Nations’ Carbon Budgets
Last week’s debate on Ireland’s annual financial budget would have been a great opportunity for legislators to take a serious look at their “other” ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsUnited States
Carbon Pricing Pioneer William Nordhaus to Share Nobel Prize for Economics
Yale University carbon pricing pioneer William Nordhaus, who spent decades making the case that economic models were failing to account for the effects of ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBiodiversity & HabitatBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsChinaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
1.5°C Is Doable, but Just a Dozen Years Left to Get on a Low-Carbon Pathway
Humanity has a dozen years to hold off the accelerated risks of extreme heat waves, wildfires, flooding, drought, sea level rise, and extensive poverty ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialCulture, Curiosities, & HumourHeat & TemperatureMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & Flooding
Pace of #MeToo Movement Hold Out Hope for Rapid Attitude Shift on Climate
The rapid spread of public campaigns, most notably the #MeToo movement, creates hope that the climate crisis will produce a sudden shift in public ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
With Countries ‘Nowhere Near on Track’ to 1.5°C, IPCC Author Urges Massive Transformation
A massive transformation in the world’s energy production, transportation patterns, and food systems will be needed to limit average global warming to 1.5°C—and right ...
