Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
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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 & GeoengineeringChinaClimate 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 ... -
Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Tests Show One Cruise Ship Emits as Much Particulate as a Million Cars [Sign-On]
With a mid-sized cruise ship emitting as much particulate pollution as a million cars, environmental organizations in Germany and Canada are urging vacationers to ... -
U.S. Science Teachers Stand Up for Climate Science
Responding to escalating pressures on American public school teachers to de-emphasize, and even eliminate, climate change education from their classrooms, the National Science Teachers ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy Access & EquityFirst PeoplesUnited States
Indigenous Grandmothers’ Blockade Allows San Francisco Climate Artists to Complete World’s Biggest Street Mural
A major highlight of last weekend’s global Rise for Climate protest was what’s believed to be the world’s biggest street mural ever—a 2,500-foot-long, 50-foot-wide creation spanning ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Sentencing Should Reflect ‘Real-World Context’ for Pipeline Protests, Doctor Tells TMX Judge
The massive, irrefutable harms to human health already being delivered by climate change demand that courts rule beyond the narrow letter of the law ... -
Swedish Enviro Minister Pitches Food Culture, Shifting Diets as Climate Solutions
Nordic countries “have set out to prove that the simple act of eating may be our best tool in the fight against climate change, ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourHealth & SafetyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
‘Trudeau Got Snowed’: British Columbia Connects Wildfire Crisis to Pipeline Politics
As British Columbia declares a(nother) state of emergency in response to an epic wildfire season, and smoke from the province’s more than 600 fires ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSmall Island StatesUnited States
Guam Poet Raises His Voice for Climate Justice
In a 21st-century update on the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword, poetry may yet prove a powerful recruit in ... -
Shrinking Budgets, Fear of ‘Getting it Wrong’ Inhibit Media Coverage of Canadian Oilpatch
Shrinking newsroom budgets, fear of getting a “high-stakes issue” wrong, and a deep rooted—and irresponsible—reluctance to stand up to Big Oil all contributed to ... -
CanadaCCS & GeoengineeringCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Energy Efficiency Needs ‘Cool Factor’, New Thinking to Slow Down Climate Disruption
Energy efficiency can help slow the pace of climate disruption, but only if it takes on a new “cool factor” and heralds a “radical ...
