Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
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AustraliaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesHealth & Safety
All-Female, All-Indigenous Fire Brigade Defends Remote Settlement in Southeast Australia
With their community tinder-dry, and most of their menfolk disinclined to pitch in, it is the women of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust in ... -
‘Pop-Up’ Virtual Meeting Draws Participants from 32 Countries with No Air Travel
A five-hour “pop-up” conference in November set out to get the benefits of a face-to-face meeting without the dramatic climate impact of an international ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate DenialClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHealth & SafetyMethaneNational Plans & Responses
Russia Sets Adaptation Agenda, Plans to ‘Use the Advantages’ of Changing Climate
Russia is planning to “use the advantages” of a changing climate at the same time that it adapts its economy and populations to climate ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Biomimicry Designs Suggest Semi-Serious Solutions for Coastal Cities Facing Sea Level Rise
Threatened with implacably rising tides and temperatures, even as they face massive influxes of people seeking refuge from a hostile hinterland, the architects of ... -
Times Square Ball Drop Adopts Climate Crisis as 2020 New Year’s Theme
Appropriate to a year in which extreme weather events wreaked havoc, and brave and resolute young people took to the streets to demand action, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & Gas
Crossword Puzzle Tests COP Delegates’ Knowledge on Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Just when you thought there was nothing but despair emanating from UN climate negotiations in Madrid, that there was no creative way to push ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
UK Rock Band Gets Serious About Cutting Its Carbon Footprint
Determined to do its part to tackle the climate emergency, Bristol-based trip hop band Massive Attack has partnered with Manchester University to map the ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Climate Protesters Disrupt Harvard-Yale Football Game, Earn Blanket Media Coverage
An estimated 500 climate protesters held up the annual Harvard-Yale football game for almost an hour Saturday, after swarming the field to demand the ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Oxford Selects ‘Climate Emergency’ as 2019 Word of the Year
With its finger on the linguistic pulse of the English-speaking world, Oxford Dictionaries has chosen “climate emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrawdownHealth & SafetySupply 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 ... -
CitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Venice Submerged by Second-Highest Tidal Floodwaters Ever
Eighteen months before Venice’s state-of-the-art flood barrier is scheduled to be complete and operational, the so-called “Floating City” is drowning, submerged this week under ...
