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Three researchers with personal experience of anxiety and depression triggered by studying the environmental destruction caused by a changing climate describe the steps they take to protect their mental health.Ruth Cerezo-Mota, a climate scientist based at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, found herself grieving for the state of the planet through her work for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.Experiencing a panic attack at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a fear of checking emails and a sense of disengagement from work, led to her seeking professional help. “I was in a really dark place,” she tells Adam Levy. Retreating to a “happy place” that combines home, books, yoga, running, cats and wine is a key copying strategy when things get tough, she says.Similar experiences are recounted by Dave Reay, a climate scientist at the University of Edinburgh UK, and Daniel Gilford, a meteorologist who works at Climate Central, a science-led non-profit based in Princeton, New Jersey, that researches and reports the facts about climate change and its effects on peoples lives.Talking to other climate researchers and focusing on positive developments around climate change also helps, says Reay. Gilford, who is based in Orlando, Florida, likens climate change to being in the path of an approaching train: “I can see it coming with all of its weight and heaviness, and I'm screaming ‘Stop. Stop the train. Stop the train.'“By screaming, by saying what is happening, by naming the problem and telling people about it, I think that that can become a solution as well,” he says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. While writing the End Climate Silence newsletter, Dr. Guenther advises NGOs, corporations, and policymakers on fossil-fuel disinformation and climate communication, and she serves as an Expert Reviewer for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Her research has appeared in both scholarly journals and media outlets such as Scientific American, The New Republic, and MSNBC, and she has been invited to speak about climate and language to audiences at Duke, Columbia, and Harvard, among other universities. She lives in New York City with her family. Links _______________________ Genevieve Guenther: https://genevieveguenther.com/ The Book: The Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Language-Climate-Politics-Fossil-Fuel-Propaganda/dp/0197642233 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1hcQAzzFak4ITdykd5XvSX?si=c721b45ebe8e4e7a Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Intro 2:40 - How words construct our political imaginations 6:21 - Language is used and abused to influence how we think about the climate crisis 12:27 - Everything we experience is shaped by language 16:29 - The Language of Climate Politics 19:01 - A quick word game - How is the term ‘alarm-ism' being misused? 32:22 - Facing the climate crisis with courage 35:20 - What language should we use to fight the climate crisis? 40:45 - Closing words
This episode of Across The Margin : The Podcast features an interview with Dr. Genevieve Guenther, a former Renaissance scholar who turned to climate research and activism after having a child and becoming increasingly alarmed about the world her son could inherit after she died. Now an expert in climate communication, Dr. Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence. At End Climate Silence she directs strategy and outreach, helping journalists explain the links between global warming and extreme weather, headline the urgent findings of climate science, and foreground the role of climate breakdown in news about politics, energy, business and finance, immigration, real estate, health, travel, food, and even the arts. She is affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. Dr. Guenther advises NGOs, corporations, and policymakers on fossil-fuel disinformation and climate communication, and she serves as Expert Reviewer for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Her recently released book, The Language of Climate Politics, is the focus of this episode, A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. In an illuminating analysis, Dr. Guenther shows that the climate debate is not, in fact, neatly polarized, with Republicans obstructing climate action and Democrats advancing climate solutions. Partisans on the right and the left often repeat the same fossil-fuel talking points, and this repetition produces a centrist consensus upholding the status quo, even as global heating accelerates. Ultimately, The Language of Climate Politics is an inspiring call to arms, a book that equips readers with powerful new terms that will enable them to fight more effectively for a livable future.Grab a copy of The Language of Climate Politics here, and follow Dr. Genevieve Guenther on Twitter here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr. Antonello Provenzale, Director of the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources at the National Research Council of Italy, discusses his recent book “History of Climate Change: From the Earth's Origins to the Anthropocene.” Climate change is the number one challenge for the world. The rise in temperature of the last fifty years has been extremely fast, making it difficult for the environment to adapt to the new conditions. The expanding human population needs water, food, energy, and shelter to survive and flourish. Humans need to reduce emissions drastically, re-naturalize the environment, stop the degradation of the soil and the extermination of and in the oceans. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned we should not exceed 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit in order to not tip into a dangerous melting phase. If we do not deal with this challenge now, future natural disasters and costs will increase dramatically.
Scientists warned that human-induced climate change is warming the planet to the point where it is causing irreversible damage in some parts of the world. The report was released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe of The Nature Conservancy joined Amna Nawaz to look at what can be done to change the direction the planet is headed. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Scientists warned that human-induced climate change is warming the planet to the point where it is causing irreversible damage in some parts of the world. The report was released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe of The Nature Conservancy joined Amna Nawaz to look at what can be done to change the direction the planet is headed. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
The contradictions and false predictions made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) should be glaringly obvious to anyone, explained Professor Emeritus of Physics at University of Connecticut Howard “Cork” Hayden in this interview with The New American magazine’s Alex Newman at the Heartland Institute’s climate summit in Orlando. Dr. Hayden, who edits ... The post UN Seeks to “Reorient Entire World to Solve Non-Existent Problem,” Top Physicist Warns appeared first on The New American.
Lloyd's List Sponsored content in association with Orbit MI WEATHER has always mattered for shipping; it will matter even more as the climate changes. The 2021 report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that it is “unequivocal” that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land. Disruptive weather events impact all sectors of the supply chain. For shipping, it is becoming imperative to understand what lies over the horizon weather-wise, and to leverage that information to make smart decisions. There has been a tremendous improvement in the accuracy of weather forecasts over the past decade, progress that has run in parallel with the functionality of maritime software. The need now is for operational data and weather data to combine to inform decision-making at every level of maritime business — especially in pursuit of decarbonisation and safety goals. Industries and businesses embrace digital technology at different speeds, however all software providers are looking to present complex information in a way that's easily understandable and makes a significant and valuable impact, whatever the customer's specific need. Towards the end of 2022, OrbitMI, the vessel performance software specialists, launched an integration with weather analytics experts DTN to upgrade weather-optimised voyage routeing. The Orbit Weather+ digital solution, powered by DTN marine weather APIs, has been implemented fleet-wide by Stena Bulk, with several pilots underway at other companies. The solution aims to find the smartest, safest, and most fuel-efficient route using AI-based machine learning to analyse constantly updated weather data fed into the Orbit VPM system through DTN APIs. Renny Vandewege is a meteorologist now focusing his attention on the impact of weather events on businesses across agriculture, aviation, utilities, and maritime. As vice-president, global commercial at DTN, he understands why shipping has been slow to merge weather data into the broader suite of cloud-based software. “Weather is just there; you feel you can't control it — which is unfortunately true. But we are learning that as we get more data sets, we can see both weather and the ocean impacts of weather more clearly,” Mr Vandewege tells Chief Correspondent Richard Clayton on this podcast. David Levy, chief marketing officer at OrbitMI, says the top request from customers has been for weather data to be incorporated into optimisation software. “The question is how can we take advantage of all the weather data that's out there?” Mr Levy asks. “There are many services and there's no shortage of weather data. We had to augment what we already have in our platform, and that's how we started to work with DTN.” This podcast addresses the reasons why weather should no longer remain in its silo, why weather data must be seen as an integral element in smart maritime decision-making, and how an understanding of climate change-influenced rougher seas, changing wave periods, more precipitation events, and more powerful hurricanes will impact shipping's decarbonisation journey.
Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. At the COP27 climate talks here in Egypt, a key focus is how to help poorer, more vulnerable nations cope with increasingly extreme weather events that threaten their homes, their jobs and the food they grow. Adapting to climate impacts has become an urgent need for billions of people around the globe, yet the money to help them is a fraction of what's needed. Wealthy nations are under pressure at COP27 to give more climate cash since they are most responsible for the emissions that are making the world's weather more dangerous. And few places are more vulnerable to climate impacts than Africa. In this episode, ST's climate change editor David Fogarty speaks with Dr Debra Roberts, a leading scientist with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and a global expert on adaptation and urban resilience. Dr Roberts is also head of the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in Durban, South Africa. Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 1:43 Why has adapting to climate change become so important? 3:19 “Africa's biggest adaptation need is basic development” 6:09 Why is it important to also look at how nature is being affected by climate change? 11:58 Is it possible to make cities climate-proof? 14:39 Is there a limit to adapting to climate change? Produced by: David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg) & Audrey Tan, Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim Edited by: Hadyu Rahim Subscribe to Green Pulse Podcast series and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWaf Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaY Spotify: https://str.sg/JWag Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/J6EV Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Follow Audrey Tan on Twitter: https://str.sg/JLMB Follow David Fogarty on Twitter: https://str.sg/JLM6 Read his stories: https://str.sg/JLMu --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #greenpulseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. At the COP27 climate talks here in Egypt, a key focus is how to help poorer, more vulnerable nations cope with increasingly extreme weather events that threaten their homes, their jobs and the food they grow. Adapting to climate impacts has become an urgent need for billions of people around the globe, yet the money to help them is a fraction of what's needed. Wealthy nations are under pressure at COP27 to give more climate cash since they are most responsible for the emissions that are making the world's weather more dangerous. And few places are more vulnerable to climate impacts than Africa. In this episode, ST's climate change editor David Fogarty speaks with Dr Debra Roberts, a leading scientist with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and a global expert on adaptation and urban resilience. Dr Roberts is also head of the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in Durban, South Africa. Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 1:43 Why has adapting to climate change become so important? 3:19 “Africa's biggest adaptation need is basic development” 6:09 Why is it important to also look at how nature is being affected by climate change? 11:58 Is it possible to make cities climate-proof? 14:39 Is there a limit to adapting to climate change? Produced by: David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg) & Audrey Tan, Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim Edited by: Hadyu Rahim Subscribe to Green Pulse Podcast series and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWaf Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaY Spotify: https://str.sg/JWag Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/J6EV Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Follow Audrey Tan on Twitter: https://str.sg/JLMB Follow David Fogarty on Twitter: https://str.sg/JLM6 Read his stories: https://str.sg/JLMu --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #greenpulseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Series overview:The UPL Reimagining Sustainability podcast series focuses on the possibilities for climate-positive, sustainable agriculture. We share our experience, talk to farmers on the ground, and collaborate with international stakeholders to discuss how agriculture can make a truly positive impact on the global food chain, local communities and the environment.Episode 1: Introducing Reimagining SustainabilityAboutAgriculture can become a climate-positive industry, making a positive, real-world impact on global sustainability efforts. UPL's Chief Strategy Officer Toshan Tamhane discusses the meaning behind ‘Reimagining Sustainability' in agriculture. He outlines how challenges can be overcome, farmers empowered, and meaningful real-world impact achieved.GuestToshan Tamhane, Chief Strategy Officer at UPL, is responsible for driving new business building, digital & analytics initiatives, M&A and proprietary investments. He is leading efforts to launch businesses in sustainability & food systems, initiating partnerships with agri start-ups and driving the analytics/digital transformation agenda. Toshan was also selected as one of India's ‘40 under 40 leaders' by the Economic Times.Show notes• PNAS - Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates• United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) - Food Security and Food Production Systems• UN IPCC – Climate Change and Land• Climate Change Post - Drought and heatwave crop losses in Europe tripled over the last five decades
Within the lifetime of anyone born at the start of the Baby Boom, the human population has tripled. In the 1960s, humans took about three-quarters of what the planet could regenerate annually. By 2016 this rose to 170 percent, meaning that the planet cannot keep up with human demand, and we are running the world down. Humans have altered about 70 percent of Earth's land surface and ocean. Wetlands have lost 85 percent of their natural area; the ocean's large predatory fish are two-thirds gone; coral reefs have lost half their living mass. Agriculture has halved the weight of living vegetation on land, driving a diversity loss of 20 percent; 40 percent of extant plants are currently endangered. The world's wild populations of birds, mammals, fishes, reptiles, and amphibians have declined by an average of nearly 70 percent in just the last 50 years, a breathtaking plummet. More than 700 species have gone extinct over the last 500 years, an extinction rate 15 times the natural rate. These disruptions and declines have caused the deterioration of soil, air, and water quality; pollination; carbon sequestration; and human health. Other things have increased: floods, fires, the number of malnourished people, plastic pollution, general, toxification and infectious epidemics. Fossil fuels, which fuel many if not most of our climate change issues, presently enable most consumption; they're the source of 85 percent of commercial energy – and this must change. Debora Ley with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 6th Assessment Report and ana Nuccitelli with the Citizens Climate Lobby talk with Host Bernice Butler about our Current State of the Planets' Climate Change. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/healthy-radio/support
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, climate scientist and lead author of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment report Joëlle Gergis joins us to discuss climate change and why this may be the most significant moment in human history. Will the 2020s be the decade when humanity rises to the challenge of climate change? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Dr Joëlle Gergis - award-winning climate scientist from The Australian National University - joins Dr Marija Taflaga and Professor Mark Kenny to discuss the science of climate change, the opportunity for the international community to change course, and her new book, Humanity's Moment : A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope.Joëlle Gergis is a Senior Lecturer at ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society and an award-winning climate scientist and writer. Her latest book is Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope.Marija Taflaga is Director of ANU Centre for the Study of Australian Politics and a lecturer in the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. Her major research is on political parties and particularly the Liberal Party of Australia.Mark Kenny is a Professor in the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the university after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When climate scientist Joelle Gergis set to work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, the research she encountered kept her awake at night. The evidence gathered by the world's top climate scientists showed that impacts on our climate were occurring faster than anyone had predicted.Joelle Gergis takes us on a journey through the science of the IPCC's report and shares her personal reflections and insists there is cause for hope - if we embrace cultural and social change we can create a better world. Humanity's Moment is a climate scientist's personal guide to rekindling hope and a call to action to restore our relationship with each other and with the planet. In this episode Gregory Dobbs talks to Joelle Gergis about her role as a lead author on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's latest report on the state of the planet, the evolving research that scientists undertake, the social and cultural change that we need to embrace in order to overcome the greatest challenge humanity has every faced, and the hope we should all harbour in our future.
When climate scientist Joelle Gergis set to work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, the research she encountered kept her awake at night. The evidence gathered by the world's top climate scientists showed that impacts on our climate were occurring faster than anyone had predicted. Joelle Gergis takes us on a journey through the science of the IPCC's report and shares her personal reflections and insists there is cause for hope - if we embrace cultural and social change we can create a better world. Humanity's Moment is a climate scientist's personal guide to rekindling hope and a call to action to restore our relationship with each other and with the planet. In this episode Gregory Dobbs talks to Joelle Gergis about her role as a lead author on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's latest report on the state of the planet, the evolving research that scientists undertake, the social and cultural change that we need to embrace in order to overcome the greatest challenge humanity has every faced, and the hope we should all harbour in our future.
Chris Pyke, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President for Product for ArcSkoru, Inc. Prior to joining Arc, Dr. Pyke was the Chief Strategy Officer for Aclima, Inc., Chief Operating Officer for GRESB, B.V., Vice President for Research at the US Green Building Council, and a physical scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is a principal investigator for the Green Health Partnership, a long-term research initiative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Pyke has served in a number of advisory roles, including as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, chair of the US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, and co-chair of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Interagency Working Group on Human Contributions and Responses to Climate Change. Dr. Pyke is on the faculty of the Urban and Regional Planning Program at Georgetown University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a B.S. from the College of William and Mary. Show Highlights The fundamental intersection between land use, the built environment and natural systems. Questions to ask to grow buildings and cities in a better way. How to create a career that provides the privilege of working to pay it forward. The gateway to information and the research side of the green building community (GBIG, GRESB, Aclima and USGBC) to see the big picture of the movement. ARC is going to be foundational to what happens next for the Green Building movement. Chris shares amazing ideas and tools that came from a “blank sheet of paper” to benefit projects and people. The benefits and impact of GRESB, The global real estate sustainability benchmark, on everything you've had an influence on. Free resources for consultants to get your building scored with a growing list of building performance standards. The three most foundational things to read to bring our movement to scale. Why green building needs more innovation around all things sustainability. The benefits of understanding and taking the scientific approach. “One of the reasons I've been successful to the degree that I have at USGBC, is that I came at it as a scientist. I'm trying to ask questions and test them with data. If I had come into USGBC as an architect, as an engineer, as a planner, I would have been locked into a tribe. I think because I wasn't from any of our ‘food groups,' I didn't have a natural affinity to only one of our tribes.” -Chris Pyke Get the episode transcript here!! Chris Pyke Show Resource and Information Linkedin Twitter Green Building Information Gateway-GBIG Malcolm Gladwell | Speaker - TED Diffusion of Innovations Crossing the Chasm The Innovator's Dilemma: The Tipping Point Net Zero by 2050 - A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES
Climate Change in Indiana by WFHB Environmental Affairs Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel Introduction: In 2022, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced that urgent steps were needed to be taken in order to limit the warming of the planet to under 1.5 degrees Celsius, which would require an immediate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions …
A report published by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows a world on track to push past the 1.5 degrees Celsius mark. While the IPCC is calling on political leaders to act on a national and international scale, the report authors said that work at the local level is also critical. In recent years, there's been a shift in perspective on who is truly responsible for the sweeping changes needed to limit emissions. Meanwhile, young people are in the forefront of climate activism. Their networks span countries and continents for one goal – saving the future. Plus, San Diego researchers working to stave off the worst impacts of global warming are looking for answers in the region's wetlands. Cattails could be part of the answer. And, California state air regulators put forth a bold proposal to move the state away from gasoline powered cars to a greener future- one led by electric vehicles. Finally, participating in clean-ups and trash pickups are always popular around this time of year as Earth Day makes people more conscious than ever about the necessity of caring for the environment. But where does the trash end up? Big questions remain about our landfills and if recycling is working.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the second part of its sixth assessment report on the state of the climate recently. The latest report has for the first time assessed the regional effect of climate change. According to the assessment, several big cities of the world are at risk. To add to the mix, the energy demand in Southeast Asia is expected to increase by 60% by 2040, in line with the region's rapid economic growth, led by increasing industrial activities, growing population, and rising incomes. Governments are putting in measures previously such as reducing carbon emissions across the region, but do these measures go far - and fast - enough? We speak with Thomas Baudlot, CEO Energy Solutions APAC & Southeast Asia Head of ENGIE about how organisations can adopt better green measures and sustainable business practices.
In this episode, Ilham sits down with top climatologist Jean-Pascal van Ypersele to discuss the important role businesses can play in the fight against climate change, the latest IPCC science, how businesses can best adopt the SDG goals, the risk of greenwashing, his passion for science, and much more!Jean-Pascal is a professor of Climate and Environmental Sciences, and Co-Director of the Specialized Master in Science and Management of the Environment at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He is also the former Vice-Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For additional details about the podcast, show notes, and access to resources mentioned during the show, please visit https://www.solvay.com/podcast
Guest: Alex Ballingall, Ottawa Bureau The latest report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been damning. It's now or never, as scientists warn the world must cap global greenhouse emissions or risk irreversible damage and the worst effects of climate change. Ottawa has now unveiled an ambitious new $9.1 billion road map to meet Canada's climate targets by 2030. Star reporter Alex Ballingall explains what it's all about and whether it is enough to rise up to the climate challenge. This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Alexis Green and Matthew Hearn
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said digital technologies can contribute to the fight to stop climate change. Leigh McGowran from Silicon Republic details some of the apps and tech tools that are available to help us manage our everyday energy usage and reduce our carbon footprint.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice on Thursday, and the first former public defender to sit on the high court. Three Republicans crossed party lines to support her, including Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report this week saying that global emissions need to peak by 2025 at the latest in order to have a chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. Amy Westervelt, an investigative climate journalist and co-host of Crooked's “Hot Take,” joins us to discuss these findings and what they mean. And in headlines: The trial in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will be relocated from Turkey to Saudi Arabia, nearly 500,000 people are without electricity in Puerto Rico, and Alabama's state legislature approved a bill to criminalize gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. Show Notes: Crooked's Hot Take – https://www.crooked.com/podcast-series/hot-take/ Amy Westervelt – https://www.amywestervelt.com/ Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/whataday/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The third and final report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 6th assessment cycle was published earlier this week. Part 3 finds that, despite warnings, emissions have continued to rise in the last decade, and that only severe cuts will allow the world to avoid climate extremes. In this week's edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to UCT professor Brett Cohen, one the lead authors of the latest report, about the finding. Cohen is also one of the directors of The Green House, a sustainability consultancy.
The third and final report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 6th assessment cycle was published earlier this week. Part 3 finds that, despite warnings, emissions have continued to rise in the last decade, and that only severe cuts will allow the world to avoid climate extremes. In this week's edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to UCT professor Brett Cohen, one the lead authors of the latest report, about the finding. Cohen is also one of the directors of The Green House, a sustainability consultancy.
Every six to eight years the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, undertakes a massive review of the latest science around climate change. Right now, we are near the end of one of these cycles of scientific review. My guest today, Ryan Hobert, is the managing director of the United Nations Foundations climate and environment team. We kick off discussing the process behind these IPCC reports before diving deep into some of the specific findings of the latest report, released Monday.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change laid out its latest report Monday stressing the critical need to implement dramatic cuts in greenhouse gasses to head off the worst impacts of climate change. Dave Roberts writes a newsletter and hosts a podcast called "Volts," which covers clean energy and the politics of climate policy. He joins William Brangham to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change laid out its latest report Monday stressing the critical need to implement dramatic cuts in greenhouse gasses to head off the worst impacts of climate change. Dave Roberts writes a newsletter and hosts a podcast called "Volts," which covers clean energy and the politics of climate policy. He joins William Brangham to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
On 28 February, the IPCC, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,launched the second part of its Sixth Assessment Report. This part assesses the impacts ofclimate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global andregional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the naturalworld and human societies to adapt to climate change.One of the main conclusions of the report is that climate adaptation is proceeding too slowlyand that measures are being implemented on too small a scale to address the major climatechallenges we face.In this episode, we discuss the findings of the report, and the work behind it, with PRIOResearch Professor Halvard Buhaug, who is a lead author in the Sixth Assessment Report.
In this week's edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Gina Ziervogel, Associate Professor in Environmental and Geographical Sciences at UCT. She's lead author of the chapter on cities, settlements, and key infrastructure, in a new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was published on Monday. It says both humans and nature are being pushed beyond their ability to adapt, and that any further delay in global action to mitigate climate change will result in the world missing the 'the brief and rapidly closing window' to secure a liveable future.
In this week's edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Gina Ziervogel, Associate Professor in Environmental and Geographical Sciences at UCT. She's lead author of the chapter on cities, settlements, and key infrastructure, in a new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was published on Monday. It says both humans and nature are being pushed beyond their ability to adapt, and that any further delay in global action to mitigate climate change will result in the world missing the 'the brief and rapidly closing window' to secure a liveable future.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just released the second of three reports on climate change. More than 300 scientists from all over the world worked together to create this account of how global warming is affecting our society. NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher fills us in on this major climate science report and actually brings three empowering takeaways hidden within it. Read the report here: https://bit.ly/3hzWNFvAnd listen to Rebecca Hersher's hopeful takeaways from the first report: https://n.pr/3pwZRGXWhat empowers you when thinking about climate change? Email the show at shortwave@npr.org!
*) Moscow, Kiev plan 'second round' of conflict talks Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia will return to their capital cities for consultations and have plans for fresh talks, both sides announced after the initial talks. "The delegations are returning to their capitals for consultations and have discussed the possibility of meeting for a second round … soon," a Ukrainian negotiator said. "We agreed to keep the negotiations going," the head of the Russian delegation added. *) Dozens of Ukraine soldiers killed, Russian military convoy grows More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kiev, a Ukrainian official said. The official later added that many Russian soldiers and some local residents were also killed during the fighting. Satellite images from Maxar Technologies showed a Russian military convoy north of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev that stretches for about 64 km. The Maxar photos also showed deployments of ground forces and ground attack helicopter units in southern Belarus. Meanwhile, Ukraine called for a no-fly zone for Russian aircrafts, which was rejected by the US as a step that could lead to a war between Moscow and Washington. *) Nearly half of humanity is living in danger due to climate crisis A latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that “nearly half of humanity is living in the danger zone now". People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit by the climate crises, scientists said in the UN report. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commented that the "IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership”. *) Burkina Faso junta chief orders three-year transition Burkina Faso's junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has signed a charter setting a three-year transition period before the country holds elections. "The duration of the transition is set at 36 months from the date of the inauguration of the president," according to the transition charter. The charter comes just over a month after Damiba led a coup to overthrow the country's elected leader Roch Marc Christian Kabore. *) Disney, Sony Pictures halt film releases in Russia Disney and Sony Pictures have suspended the release of their films in theatres in Russia after Moscow's assault on Ukraine, the companies announced separately. Upcoming titles "Turning Red" from Pixar and "Morbius" from Sony Pictures are included in the decision. The move follows the example of other major firms choosing to pull out of the country since President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into Ukraine last week.
In 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.” Yet in August of this year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new assessment report that starkly illustrated the world's collective failure to meet that target. Delegates from across the globe have just met in Glasgow for the international climate summit known as COP26, with the hope of strengthening commitments to keep emissions targets at that 1.5 degree level. After two weeks of negotiations, presentations and protests in Glasgow, COP26 is a wrap. This week we discuss what was achieved - and what wasn't - at the summit. For transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts Guests: Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist Jiang Lin, Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.” Yet in August of this year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new assessment report that starkly illustrated the world's collective failure to meet that target. Delegates from across the globe have just met in Glasgow for the international climate summit known as COP26, with the hope of strengthening commitments to keep emissions targets at that 1.5 degree level. After two weeks of negotiations, presentations and protests in Glasgow, COP26 is a wrap. This week we discuss what was achieved - and what wasn't - at the summit. For transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts Guests: Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist Jiang Lin, Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.” Yet in August of this year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new assessment report that starkly illustrated the world's collective failure to meet that target. Delegates from across the globe have just met in Glasgow for the international climate summit known as COP26, with the hope of strengthening commitments to keep emissions targets at that 1.5 degree level. After two weeks of negotiations, presentations and protests in Glasgow, COP26 is a wrap. This week we discuss what was achieved - and what wasn't - at the summit. For transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts Guests: Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist Jiang Lin, Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our book and on the show, we draw a connection between our planet heating and someone's body having a fever. We want to give credit for this analogy to Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. You can learn about the awesome work the YPCCC is conducting here: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/Olivia also mentioned that most people (adults) in the US believe global warming is happening and that climate action is needed. Here is the source, as well as other interesting climate opinion maps from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/We also reference the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Special Report on Global Warming of 1.P ºC: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/As well the Paris Agreement: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdfHere's a handy UNICEF guide on the Paris Agreement for Young People: https://www.unicef.org/lac/media/19316/file/paris-agreement-for-young-people.pdf
On Monday 9 August, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report, with a press release describing climate change as “widespread, rapid, and intensifying”. Professor Andy Pitman, a lead author on the IPCC's third and fourth assessment reports, discusses the challenges facing Australia and the issues for business. He is joined by Energetics' Sally Cook who works with boards and executives to understand and manage their climate risks. Featuring: Professor Andy Pitman, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW and Sally Cook, Head of StrategyOur host: Dr Peter Hot, General Manager - StrategyNote: The information and commentary in this podcast is of a general nature only and does not take into account the objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular individual or business. Listeners should not rely upon the content in this podcast without first seeking advice from a professional.
What's happening with climate change these days? How is our adaptation going? What are the gloomy and bright spots? Join Dr. Stewart J. Cohen, climate change adaptation scientist, as he discusses the latest science and societal discussions about humanity adapting to a rapidly changing climate. Have a listen! Direct download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/multi-hazards/Are_We_Adapting_to_Climate_Change_Yet_with_Dr._Stewart_J._Cohen.mp3 Best-looking link: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/20289026 Study Guide here, click where it says "PDF" on the middle left: https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/are-we-adapting-to-climate-change-yet-with-dr-stewart-j-cohen Topics include: * How have climate change deniers been "mutating" their message over the years, much like COVID-19 is mutating? * What is the harm that climate change deniers are doing on social media? * What are some solutions to dealing with climate change deniers? * What is the new assessment from the International Panel on Climate Change, "IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – The Physical Science Basis"? * Why is the word "unequivocal" so important in climate change science and in this report? * What is this new field of "attribution studies"? * What is the “Canada in a Changing Climate -- National Issues Report”? * What's happening to communities across Canada with climate change? * "You can't fight today's battle with yesterday's battle plan!" * What's "just transition" and why is it so important? * What's the case for optimism about climate change? * Why is "polarised dialogue" about climate change so harmful? * Even though heavy industry, transportation, agriculture, etc. are big fossil fuel emitters, how do our own voting and purchasing decisions also matter? * What is the most urgent issue in climate change adaptation nowadays? * How can we get away from so many surprises when it comes to climate change adaptation? Dr. Stewart J Cohen's Bio: Dr. Stewart J. Cohen is an author and educator on human-caused climate change. Dr. Cohen is currently a part-time instructor on climate change adaptation at Royal Roads University, and is writing posts on his blog, www.doctorclimatechange.com. His university education was in geography, obtaining degrees from McGill University, the University of Alberta, and the University of Illinois. Dr. Cohen has recently retired from a 35-year research career with Environment and Climate Change Canada. He began his career in Toronto where he created and led studies on the impacts of projected climate change throughout Canada, including the Great Lakes, Saskatchewan River and the Mackenzie Basin. In 1995, as part of a research partnership agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC), he moved to Vancouver and began developing collaborative projects with the UBC community. He led several climate change impact and adaptation studies of the Okanagan region, and contributed to studies on forests in central and northern British Columbia, and on projected climate impacts and adaptation actions in the Vancouver area. He also created and taught a graduate course, “Climate Change in the 21st Century”. This led to him publishing a textbook with that title in 2009 (McGill-Queen's University Press). He has been a member of author teams for national assessments of climate change in Canada and the United States, as well as several publications of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Intro: "Ten Inch Spikes" by Jeremy Korpas on Youtube Audio Library Outro: "Travel Nonstop" by Squadda B on Youtube Audio Library Main Episode Photo by ELG21 on Pixabay
Earlier this month, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that “a hotter future is essentially locked in.” The news of the changing climate and its effects can have psychological impacts, which experts call “climate anxiety.” According to recent studies, Millennials and members of Generation Z think and worry more about climate change than people in older generations. Young people have grown up seeing the impacts of climate change, such as increasingly frequent and larger wildfires; extreme heat and drought; heavy rainfall and flooding. Brandt Williams spoke with a professor of psychology who focuses on how climate change affects our mental health, and to two young people who are working towards a better outcome for the planet. Guests: Susan Clayton is a professor of psychology at the College of Wooster. She studies the psychological impact of climate change. Niki Narasimhan is a 17-year-old incoming senior at Wayzata High School and high school leader with Youth Environmental Activists Minnesota. Sophia Curran-Moore is a 17-year-old incoming senior at St Louis Park High School and a high school leader with Youth Environmental Activists Minnesota. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.
Earlier this month, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that “a hotter future is essentially locked in.” The news of the changing climate and its effects can have psychological impacts, which experts call “climate anxiety.” According to recent studies, Millennials and members of Generation Z think and worry more about climate change than people in older generations. Brandt Williams talks to a professor of psychology who focuses on how climate change affects our mental health, and to two young people who are working towards a better outcome for the planet. Guests: Susan Clayton is a professor of psychology at the College of Wooster. She studies the psychological impact of climate change. Niki Narasimhan is a 17-year-old incoming senior at Wayzata High School and high school leader with Youth Environmental Activists Minnesota. Sophia Curran-Moore is a 17-year-old incoming senior at St Louis Park High School and a high school leader with Youth Environmental Activists Minnesota. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.
The Dixie fire is now the largest single wildfire in California history. At more than 600,000 acres, it's been burning in Northern California for over a month and has destroyed more than 500 homes in areas that never imagined wildfires to be a year-round risk.That inferno continues at the same time that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its bleakest report yet, saying: “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.”Today, we welcome our good-natured Masters of Disasters — L.A. Times earthquake reporter Ron Lin, coastal reporter Rosanna Xia and wildfire reporter Alex Wigglesworth — to make sense of these dark and hot times.More reading:Dixie fire generates fire whirl, pyrocumulonimbus cloud at 40,000 feetPG&E power line suspected in Dixie fire was set to be buried underground in safety moveCalifornia builds a ‘Noah's Ark' to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat
We are joined by Veronica Jakarasi ,she is the Board Chairperson of the Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe ,Climate Finance & Sustainability Manager at the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe and also represented Zimbabwe at the Historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015 .She is giving us more insight into the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (IPCC),released in August 2021.
The climate-change community is abuzz with the latest report just put out by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to give it its full jaw-breaking title, but we'll switch to IPCC, much easier. This is the final and authoritative report on the state of play before the COP 26 big event in Glasgow in just over 90 days time. And things have really been hotting up
The climate-change community is abuzz with the latest report just put out by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to give it its full jaw-breaking title, but we'll switch to IPCC, much easier. This is the final and authoritative report on the state of play before the COP 26 big event in Glasgow in just over 90 days time. And things have really been hotting up
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo and special guest Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com discuss the latest alarmist climate report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The so-called “AR6 Report” is getting a ton of attention in the media, and all the coverage is gloom and doom. But is […]
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2021 report has garnered significant attention since this week's publication, heralding a grim warning of a 'code red for humanity'. What do the findings of the report mean in practice for firms operating across Europe and Eurasia, and which regions will be most at risk? Join Liana Semchuk, our Europe-Eurasia Lead Analyst, Louis Cox-Brusseau, Europe Analyst, and Alex Lord, Europe-Eurasia Analyst, for the key takeaways from the IPCC's 2021 report.
The Earth will continue to warm and environmental catastrophes will become more frequent and more intense, according to a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report, released yesterday, shows the planet has warmed 1.1 degrees since the late 1800s and, even in the best-case scenario, will warm a further 1.5 degrees by 2040. It has prompted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to call it a “code red for humanity”. Today on Please Explain, national environment and climate editor Nick O'Malley joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the IPCC report. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The CDC warns that young children are at risk of severe Covid-19, with new data showing that children under five years old hospitalized with the virus tripled in the first half of July. Dr Mark Kline, Physician in Chief at Children's Hospital New Orleans, joins to give his experience of treating children who are becoming increasingly infected with the contagious delta variant and how the situation has now developed into a game-changer. The United States is averaging more than 108,000 new Covid-19 cases per day as Florida Governor Ron Desantis threatens to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. Carly Simon, Superintendent of Alachua County Public schools joins to tell Don why she is standing up to Governor Desantis. Washington D.C. Police Officer Jeffrey Smith was one of the many who rushed to defend the capitol on January 6th. The 12-year veteran was hit in the head with a metal poll during the riot and became the second officer to take his own life after defending The Capitol. His wife Erin Smith joins to discuss her asking D.C. to recognize her husband's death as being in the line of duty. Sources tell CNN that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's closest confidants spent the weekend trying to convince him to resign in the wake of the New York's Attorney General's report which alleges the Governor sexually harassed 11 women. CNN Political Analyst Errol Louis joins to talk about Governor Cuomo's attorney's CNN interview in which she addresses the explosive allegations by 'state trooper number one'. Finally, a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, concludes that the Earth is warming much faster than scientists had previously realized, with the U.N. Secretary General calling it "a code red for humanity". The past five years have been the warmest on record for our planet and 18 of the hottest 19 years have occurred since 2001. Jennifer Francis, Senior Scientist at the Woods Hole Research Centre, joins to give her perspective on the report and its implications for our futures. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
The Earth will continue to warm and environmental catastrophes will become more frequent and more intense, according to a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report, released yesterday, shows the planet has warmed 1.1 degrees since the late 1800s and, even in the best-case scenario, will warm a further 1.5 degrees by 2040. It has prompted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to call it a “code red for humanity”. Today on Please Explain, national environment and climate editor Nick O'Malley joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the IPCC report. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The consequences of global warming are now unavoidable, while climate catastrophes are likely to get worse. Those are the findings of a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The earth is projected to surpass a heating threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius. It's at that point when serious climate events are expected to take place. All that is according to Michael Prather, a professor of earth system sciences at UC Irvine and a contributor to the IPCC report. “There's probably going to be environmental issues of insecurity and threats around the world because a lot of places will not be livable,” Prather tells KCRW. “When you exceed 40 degrees Celsius … people cannot work outdoors. And so we're basically going into a new world.”
(English) In a video message to a climate conference in Veracruz, Mexico, Supreme Master Ching Hai emphasized the urgency of climate change stating, “Our current course of climate change is worse than the worst case scenario projected by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Even if the world reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the planet will take time to recover from the gases already in the atmosphere.” “This is why it is necessary to focus on short-lived gases, ...
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Yesterday Cortes Currents published a story about local governments asking the BC government to defer logging in old-growth forests until the recommendations of the province's Old Growth Strategic Review have been implemented. At the bottom of that story there are links to reports from the Comox Valley Regional District and the municipal governments of Courtenay, Cumberland, Lantzville, Metchosin, Nanaimo, Powell River, Port Moody, and Victoria. The Capital Regional District (CRD), which represents 13 municipalities and three electoral areas in Southern Vancouver Island, was going to vote on a similar resolution Wednesday, but the Pacheedaht First Nation said this would be a violation of the sovereignty and wishes of their nation. The CRD has not yet published the minutes of that Board meeting. Locally, Geraldine Kenny, from Sierra Quadra is asking the SRD to support the old Growth Strategic Review. “Be it resolved that the SRD call on the provincial government to immediately defer logging in all high productivity, rare, old and mostly intact old-growth forests as recommended by the Old-Growth Strategic Review, pending the implementation of all 14 of the panel's recommendations,” said Kenny. “We ask that the SRD call on the Government of British Columbia to allocate sufficient funding to enact deferrals in an economically just manner, and in the full spirit of reconciliation to support the economic transition of affected First Nations communities—and all non-First Nations communities, too— from unsustainable old-growth logging to the development of long-term sustainable local economies.” “The United Nations[ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has determined that we now have less than ten years to do everything possible to reduce global emissions and avoid climate catastrophe. The protection of primary forests has been identified as one of the best global solutions to address climate change. The BC government and all elected officials must act quickly to protect these globally significant carbon sinks. It is the government's responsibility to the people of British Columbia to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and associated land-use changes through an immediate ban on old-growth logging.” “Public support for protecting old-growth is evident: 55,000+ people have signed a petition to end logging in at-risk old-growth forests across B.C. Thousands more have sent emails, made phone calls, and reached out on social media. More broadly, the Sierra Club's recent polling indicates that over 90% of people living in British Columbia support action to protect endangered old-growth forests.” “We demand that our elected officials act as climate leaders and immediately stop the destruction of the globally essential carbon sinks that are BC's remaining old-growth forests. It is encouraging that the Resolution to do so has been supported to date by the communities of Cumberland, CVRD, Lantzville, Nanaimo, Port Renfrew, Metchosin, Colwood and Powell River, with more signing on daily.”
EPISODE 8: Thinking Big. How Government and Markets Can Work Together on Climate Solutions. Climate change is a complicated web of science, politics, technology, economy, and controversy. Where do we begin in building a solution? In this Episode: A discussion with Dr. Zeke Hausfather about realistic greenhouse gas emissions trajectories. The challenges of predicting human behavior. Can we rely on markets and companies to innovate ourselves into a net zero economy? Where does the government fit in? Dr. Hausfather's take on the role of carbon emissions capture technology. Episode Links: Zeke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hausfath Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/ The Breakthrough Institute: https://thebreakthrough.org/ Welcome back to another episode of Climatrends. I'm meteorologist Susie Martin. At the time we've recorded this, news of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reaching levels 50% higher than during the industrial revolution hit the headlines. This is according to measurements from the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii… https://www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-atmospheric-co2-now-hitting-50-higher-than-pre-industrial-levels The data is clear. This is an urgent matter and unfortunately, there is no quick solution to the climate crisis. Climate change is a complicated web of science, politics, technology, economy, and controversy. With oil as the lubricant of the global economy, how can we reduce our dependence on fossil fuels? Coal supplies roughly half of the electricity used in the U.S. and nearly that worldwide. Then there's the matter of infrastructure. Approximately 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from infrastructure construction and operations such as power plants, buildings, and transport. There are layers upon layers upon layers to this. There are two main players to the solution: the government and markets. There is a growing expectation that your company be not only prepared to handle the business implications of physical and transitional risks associated with climate change, but also do your part to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. It's tricky because this is a moving target as policies shift and new science emerges. Our goal with the podcast is to have meaningful discussions with true experts with a business lens and peel the layers. I'm particularly excited about our guest today. We're going to be discussing the complicated dynamics of climate change and what this means for businesses. What technologies may be part of the solution? What is the role of government? How is this going to affect markets? One thing is for sure: going into this blindly is a dangerous proposition for your business. Note that in this episode, we mention the IPCC AR5 report. For those that don't know, it is the Fifth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was released in 2014. We also briefly discuss RCP scenarios that were used in the IPCC AR5. RCP stands for representative concentration pathway. The RCP scenarios are an attempt to predict future greenhouse gas emissions trajectories based on human behavior. The four RCPs range from very high (RCP 8.5) to very low (RCP 2.6) future concentrations. Without further delay… let's begin.
It is never too early to engage young women and men in the fight against climate change. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provided a wake-up call about the importance of teaching kids about sustainability. The report warns that greenhouse gas levels are at their highest in 800,000 years. The findings signal the need for drastic action globally at all levels of society including among governments, businesses, communities, and schools. This includes educating kids across all age groups and levels of schooling to prepare them to be able to live more sustainable lives. In this episode, we're featuring 16-year old climate activist Sarah Goody who is launching a 4 Part “Climate Action Crash Course” Webinar Series for Youth and Young Adults. Sarah will share her work and reveal how we need to engage the next generation of women and men in the fight against climate change.
(English+Spanish) Highlights In message to a climate conference in Veracruz, Mexico, Supreme Master Ching Hai emphasized the urgency of climate change stating, “Our current course of climate change is worse than the worst case scenario projected by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Even if the world reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the planet will take time to recover from the gases already in the atmosphere.” ...
Twitter: Sources:https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109 - House Resolution 109https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/59 - Senate Resolution 59https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ - Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C” by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf - Paris Climate Accordshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/19/fact-check-joe-biden-doesnt-want-ban-all-fracking-only-new-permits/3215253001/ - Biden's official statements in re: frackinghttps://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/do-we-need-new-climate-change-guidelines - Jeffrey Mirren, Cato Institute Carbon Tax Plan
Dr. Andrew Weaver is the Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head since 2013. From December 2015 to January 2020, he was the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia. He is a Member of the Order of British Columbia, a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, and a winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a lead author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate with a group that included former US Vice President, Al Gore. He has authored or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed papers in a variety of academic journals.
Dr. Andrew Weaver is the Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head since 2013. From December 2015 to January 2020, he was the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia. He is a Member of the Order of British Columbia, a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and a winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a lead author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate with a group that included former US Vice President, Al Gore. He has authored or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed papers in a variety of academic journals.
Can we actually adapt to a changing climate that seems like a runaway train? As the world heats up and nature quickly readjusts itself, how can we survive? In this episode, Dr. Stewart J. Cohen discusses how we predict where the climate is headed and how we can reduce its impacts on society. He discusses how the adaptation process works and how to involve stakeholders. If you want to dive deep into climate change adaptation, here's your chance! Be sure to check out the Study Guide for the program! Click on the top left where it says "Pdf" above the date! https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/adapting-to-our-changing-climate-interview-with-dr-stewart-j-cohen Dr. Stewart J. Cohen's Bio Dr. Stewart J. Cohen is an author and educator on human-caused climate change. Dr. Cohen is currently a part-time instructor on climate change adaptation at Royal Roads University, and is writing posts on his blog, www.doctorclimatechange.com. His university education was in geography, obtaining degrees from McGill University, the University of Alberta, and the University of Illinois. Dr. Cohen has recently retired from a 35-year research career with Environment and Climate Change Canada. He began his career in Toronto where he created and led studies on the impacts of projected climate change throughout Canada, including the Great Lakes, Saskatchewan River and the Mackenzie Basin. In 1995, as part of a research partnership agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC), he moved to Vancouver and began developing collaborative projects with the UBC community. He led several climate change impact and adaptation studies of the Okanagan region, and contributed to studies on forests in central and northern British Columbia, and on projected climate impacts and adaptation actions in the Vancouver area. He also created and taught a graduate course, “Climate Change in the 21st Century”. This led to him publishing a textbook with that title in 2009 (McGill-Queen’s University Press). He has been a member of author teams for national assessments of climate change in Canada and the United States, as well as several publications of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Photos: Flood: Photo by Chris Gallagher on Unsplash Okanagan Vineyard: Photo by Kelowna09 on Wikimedia Seaside: Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Kaboom Pics Busy Street Scene: Photo by Anubhav Saxena on Unsplash Wave: Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash Smoke Stack: Photo by Mohri UN-CECAR on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/66770481@N02/6741179149) California Wildfires: Photo by Bjorgialt on Wikimedia Drought: Photo by redcharlie on Unsplash
The New South Wales bushfires have continued to burn with a red smokescreen filling the Sydney CBD. There is no room for climate deniers anymore the media has told our politicians, the bushfires, haze and weekend nationwide heatwave prove it. One man who is still an out and proud climate denier is Stephen Wells. On the end of week edition of WilmsFront after the people of Britain just rejected more climate mitigation policy lunacy Stephen debunks the latest arguments in the climate change scam. Stephen demolishes all the climate change arguments and mitigation policies. The arctic and antarctic ice are not melting, nor are the polar bears extinct. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predictions is simply computer-generated models. CO2 does not cause more extreme weather like bushfires or cyclones. The latest tactic from climate activists apart from Extinction Rebellion causing chaos in our major cities is to manipulate historic climate data which is inconvenient to them. Wilms Front Links: Website: http://timwilms.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wilmsfront Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront DLive: https://dlive.tv/timwilms BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/timwilms/ Rational Rise TV: https://rationalrise.tv/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/theunsh... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theunshackled Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: The Uncuckables: http://theuncuckables.com/ Debt Nation: http://steelearcher.com/ Report from Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Affiliate Productions: The Rational Rise: https://rationalrise.com/ The Dusty Bogan: http://thedustybogan.com/ Right Minds NZ: https://www.rightminds.nz/ Matty's Modern Life: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattus52 Matty Rose/XYZ Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsVPqW6Mi0XP6hOXTE4sT6g Melbourne Traditionalists: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCREh4e70ZihL5dj0N_kyaaw Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over By Morgan Munro
“While optimism is certainly associated with individual well-being, it’s what allows us to take action. If you’re a pessimist, then why bother?” In this episode, Dr. Joe speaks with Susan Clayton, Professor of Psychology and Chair of Environmental Studies at the College of Wooster. Susan is a globally-recognized authority on the mental health impacts of climate change. She is the lead author of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) report on Mental Health and Our Changing Climate and a contributor to the upcoming report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She is also the author and editor of the Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology and Identity and the Natural Environment. Her work focuses on the intersection of mental health, environmentalism, and social psychology. In this episode, Dr. Joe and Professor Clayton explore: - The basic scientific facts of climate change - The mental health impacts of climate change, including eco-anxiety - The economics and politics of climate change - Recommendations for building resilience in the face of eco-anxiety - The possibility of broad social and economic transformation to adapt to climate change If you’d like some support in coping with your concerns about climate change, Mindspace can help. We are launching an eco-anxiety support group in January and we have a few psychologists who specialize in this area. Please visit mindspacewellbeing.com/eco-anxiety for more information. For more information on eco-anxiety check out Dr. Joe’s article on the Mindspace blog and his interview on Radio-Canada.
Shaughnessy and Miriam Goldstein of the Center for American Progress talk about the recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on how climate change and is impacting our oceans and the cryosphere. She explains why plastics as a product of fossil fuels are a double whammy to our oceans and how warming ocean waters, ocean heatwaves and acidification, and melting glaciers are all symptoms of climate change and amplify the effects we feel in stronger storms and threats to ocean ecosystems and food sources. Follow Miriam on Twitter: @MiriamGoldsteFollow Shaughnessy on Twitter: @VoteShaughnessy
With a mother who is an opera singer and a father who is an actor, it stands to reason that young Greta Thunberg would follow her parents’ footsteps into the performing arts. Greta (shown) — a 16-year-old who can pass for 12 — has become an international star for her role in the traveling production of Climate Strike, a show sponsored by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and assorted socialist non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide. Read the article here!
Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky, co-founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, pioneered climate change policy and sustainable development planning, participating in the development of the Kyoto Protocol and as lead U.S. author for the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports and guidelines. An economist and mathematician, she recognized early the looming climate impact of CO2 in the atmosphere and has been recognized by Time, The Washington Post, and other publications as a leader in environmental innovation. Dr. Chichilnisky talks with Earth911's Mitch Ratcliffe about the economic and climate-saving potential of Global Thermostat's carbon capture technology.Global Thermostat uses a CO2 capture method based on amine, a compound of ammonia, to bond to CO2 in the air. Using less energy than many other carbon capture technologies, the Global Thermostat process uses steam to liberate the captured CO2, producing 99 percent pure CO2 for industrial uses. That CO2 can be made into fuel, turned into biodegradable plastic, used in greenhouses to accelerate plant growth, and manufactured into carbon fiber, among many uses. The units are small and because they are co-located with industrial facilities, inexpensive to operate using waste heat from the factory whose emission it cleans. Chichilnisky, whose company is backed by long-term environmental investor Edgar Bronfman, says even an oil refinery can be made carbon neutral using Global Thermostat technology. She discusses the $1-trillion-plus economic opportunities for the system, including the kinds of workers who will be needed by the carbon removal industry as it matures.We start the conversation with a basic answer to the questions we all want to understand: What makes CO2 heat the atmosphere and can emissions reductions alone resolve the problem? Dr. Chichilnisky explains the physics of CO2 and offers that, without carbon removal technology, current atmospheric CO2 levels will warm the planet more than our society can withstand. The time for change is here, and an industry with massive job opportunities can deliver the raw materials for making essential products we rely on in modern life. From start to finish, you'll find this innovator interview a mine of useful ideas and insight.Join the conversation and share your thoughts with the community in our Earthling Forum.
With the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Democrats in Congress, presidential candidates, and the entire left-wing media telling us that we only have a little more than a decade before our man-made climate issues will destroy the planet, is it any wonder that the more gullible among us are starting to feel some angst over the prospect of a coming dead Earth? Read the article here!
The scientists charting the impacts of climate change continue to issue dire predictions about our planet's future. In late 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report stating that some of the most devastating effects could be felt as soon as 2040. The National Climate Assessment, a federal report on climate impacts within the United States, also had some grim predictions, including more flooding in the East and more wildfires in the West. For this episode of Crosscut Talks, we gathered co-authors of those two reports, along with other climate policy experts, to help us understand what it all means, and where we can look for hope. This conversation was recorded on May 4, 2019, at Seattle University as part of the Crosscut Festival.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, released a report in August demonstrating the harmful relationship between climate change and how we humans are using land for food and agriculture. The warnings are dire. Agriculture and deforestation account for nearly a quarter of all human made greenhouse gas emissions -- and big changes in how we produce and consume food need to take place if we are to curb the worst effects of climate change. At the same time, the world population is increasing and poverty is declining, meaning food consumption patterns, particularly around meat, are changing. Big changes in how we produce and consume food need to take place if we are to curb the worst effects of climate change. On the line with me to discuss how we can feed the world without destroying the planet is Timothy Searchinger. He' s a research scholar at Princeton University and fellow with the World Resources Institute. He was recently the lead author on a report by WRI Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Feed Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050. We kick off discussing the IPCC report and the significance of its findings before having a solutions- focused conversation about policies that can be enacted to help better balance our relationship between food and how humans use the finite resource of land. If you have 20 minutes and want to learn how we can feed the world without destroying the planet, have a listen. Unlock Rewards. Become a Premium Subscriber
And then they came for my hamburgers ... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a new report that, among other things, urges humanity to eat far less meat. The report claims that a less meaty diet will free up valuable land — especially in Amazonia — to soak up more carbon from the air. Read the article here!
Climate change is one of the most contentious issues of our time, leaving many Christians unsure of how they should view climate change. A key issue of concern at the Christian Research Institute is discernment, which is precisely why Hank wanted to have a conversation with Dr. Patrick Michaels to encourage Christians to critically consider how they view climate change. Dr. Michaels is a leading climatologist, who was a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. We hope that this conversation helps you to better understand this highly controversial and politicized issue.. Click here to see Hank's writings on this topic. https://www.equip.org/article/how-should-christians-think-about-global-warming/ Topics discussed include: why is the government involved in scientific issues, and what happens when science gets politicized? (6:00); are CO2 emissions always bad? (8:15); the social cost of carbon, and asking if there is a social benefit to carbon emission? (10:10); isn't the climate always changing? (12:10); how should we process alarmist narratives pushed by politicians regarding climate change? (14:45); the economic impact of climate change initiatives (16:55); how reliable are the computer models that predict climate patterns? (18:55); the political abuse of the global-warming narrative (21:40); the virtue signaling of global warming and the role it plays in a modern secular religion (24:45); do global warming initiatives harm the poor? (26:00); the problem with consensus science (27:00); which of the many climate models is best at predicting climate patterns? (29:20); Patrick Michaels taking a stand against climate change consensus because science has always progressed by people going against the consensus (32:10); is it really time to panic about climate change? (34:20); how can people read the news stories about climate change with a critical mind? (38:20); is the Earth warming, and if it is, what should we do about it? (39:15); why Patrick Michaels believes that the Paris Climate Accord is a joke (43:35); is global warming actually bad? (46:40); should nuclear fission be viewed as an alternative energy source? (48:00); Patrick Michaels on his upcoming book Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy (50:05); and are people developing apocalypse fatigue? (53:40). Thank you for listening to the Hank Unplugged podcast! We prayerfully ask you to consider making a financial pledge of support to stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth. The outreaches of the Christian Research Institute are fully funded by listeners like you. To learn more about how you can support this podcast or any of the many outreaches of the Christian Research Institute simply visit https://www.equip.org/product/2019fyewa/ or call 888-7000-CRI. Thanks again for tuning into another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast
Oceanography. I’m viewing the world in tactile and tangible ways. Oceanography has real elements of discovery and adventure. Kurt Polzin humanizes the stressful responsibilities of million dollar instruments returning from the depths of the ocean. “I worry obsessively on whether or not a multi-million dollar instrument is going to come back from the depths of the ocean or not. When it doesn’t come back, I find myself worrying and sitting there on a boat. I listen to its ping and I know where it is more or less. My interest in science and oceanography started before even graduate school. When I was an undergraduate I got this degree in physics but I knew that I didn’t want to do high-energy physics. That type of job puts me in a large group situation, in buildings and often underground. What I felt from oceanography is that it was a little bit more individualistic and there was some adventure that was related to that. With oceanography I go out on a boat and I throw things into the ocean. I’m looking at the world in a very tactile and tangible way. That took me to Woods Hole. I am from Eastern Washington State. The Evergreen State. But I’m from the part of the Evergreen State that is semi-arid. One goes from the mountains into the desert with rattlesnakes and sagebrush. Well, I left all of that behind and went to graduate school at MIT. I began working on projects that were related to turbulent mixing. My projects used very specialized instrumentation built here at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Part of my job is to spend a fair amount of time at sea trying to understand what the instrument was doing. And of course analyzing data the ocean was providing.” (#) Acronym Meanings: (IPCC is=United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change, its potential effects and options for adaptation and mitigation.) (GCM=general circulation model. It is a type of climate model. It employs a mathematical model of the general circulation of a planetary atmosphere or ocean. These equations are the basis for computer programs used to simulate the Earth's atmosphere or oceans. Atmospheric and oceanic GCMs (AGCM and OGCM) are key components along with sea ice and land-surface components. GCMs and global climate models are used for weather forecasting, understanding the climate and forecasting climate change.) (ACC= The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the most important current in the Southern Ocean, and the only current that flows completely around the globe. The ACC, as it encircles the Antarctic continent, flows eastward through the southern portions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.)
If greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, the Earth’s atmosphere will warm up by as much as 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2040, leading to flooded coastlines, intensifying droughts, and human suffering and poverty. This was the stark conclusion of a landmark report issued in October by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. To avoid such dire consequences, activists have proposed that the United States embark on what they’re calling a Green New Deal. Most recently New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey introduced a congressional resolution calling for the implementation of one. To make sense of it all, we recently sat down with Marc N. Conte, an associate professor of economics whose expertise includes the economics of climate change.
We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at climate change. Several major studies, including the federal government's National Climate Assessment and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, showed that global warming is already having a deadly impact around the world and that all countries need to take "unprecedented" actions to cut carbon emissions over the next decade. Business leaders seem to be focusing more on the dangers posed by climate and environmental issues, and it's even a top issue at the World Economic Forum in Davos this month. But the US seems to be falling behind, with President Trump having pulled the US out of the Paris climate accord and reversing a lot of Obama era policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Host Dan Loney talks with ERIC ORTS, Guardsmark Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School and faculty director of the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL), and FELIX MORMANN a Professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, join us to discuss how we can deal with this urgent issue in the coming year. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode of Stanford Legal, Pam and Joe are joined by Tom Heller, faculty director of the new Sustainable Finance Initiative at Stanford and professor emeritus at Stanford Law School. An expert in climate policies, law, and economic development, Heller has spent much of his career focusing on the legal and financial challenges of solving climate change—particularly in developing economies. He was part of the network of experts who made up the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2008 Nobel Prize prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Originally aired on SiriusXM on January 19, 2018. Recorded at Stanford Video.
Consumer choices can have a big impact on tackling climate change. In October, the latest United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report included suggestions for how consumers can help tackle climate change - including changes in consumption and lifestyle choices. Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia. - 本月2-14日,有接近200個國家的領導人齊集在波蘭參與聯合國氣候變化大會,商討辦法達成一套一致的規範及準則,以兌現在2015年《巴黎氣候協定》的承諾。但應對氣候變化並不非單單是國家領袖的責任,消費者亦同樣有義務減輕氣候變化對生態環境所構成的影響。2018年10月,聯合國跨政府氣候變化委員會(IPCC)所發表的最新報告,提出了消費者可以如何在四個生活範疇上作出改變,協助應對氣候變化。余睿章在今集「時事百寶箱」為大家講解。
Copyright 2018 - The Energy Show, Barry Cinnamon The bad news about global warming continues unabated. This fall the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (fondly referred to as the IPCC) sent up an emergency flare. According to Amjad Abdulla an IPCC board member and chief negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States, “The report shows that we only have the slimmest of opportunities remaining to avoid unthinkable damage to the climate system that supports life, as we know it.“ Obviously, small island states are at the most immediate risk. But if the earth's warming trend continues, many populated areas around the globe will essentially be uninhabitable. I read the entire report. It's complex, dense, hard to understand and full of bureaucratese. There were two conclusions in the report that were especially surprising to me. First, unless the world acts immediately and intensively, there is almost no chance that global warming will be less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The reason is that there is a lot of inertia in the earth's climate system — we are already on a rapid warming trend. The second conclusion is that an immediate worldwide investment of roughly $900 billion per year will be required to stay below this 1.5% threshold. On a positive note, I learned a lot of new TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms). My personal belief is that our grandchildren will be saddled with the economic and sociological disruptions that global warming will cause. Nevertheless, there is a large portion of our population that remains skeptical about global warming and its potential impacts. One reason for this global warming divide relates to economics. Some industries — particularly those dependent on fossil fuels — will be negatively impacted (“harmed" is the non-bureaucratic term). On the other hand there will be many industries that will benefit…not only solar and wind, but also from all the jobs created from the transition away from fossil fuels: EVs, heat pumps, more extensive electrical infrastructure, control systems and as yet undeployed new energy technologies. As an solar enthusiast, I'm obviously biased. But the consequences of global warming are so severe that even the skeptics should consider immediate action as a form of an insurance policy. In case the skeptics are wrong about global warming, an investment now can avoid a disaster later. For more about the IPCC's recommendations to stabilize and reverse global warming, listen to this week's Energy Show.
Climate Change From the Perspective of Religious Traditions with Karenna Gore and and staff of the Center for Earth Ethics The majority of US citizens do not need to be convinced that climate change is real and a present and future threat to our fragile ecological systems. We are frequent witnesses to its reality and vast toll in every part of our nation. It is our leaders and lawmakers, and those of other countries, who seem to be unconvinced and unmotivated to address the issue forthrightly. We were recently reminded of the severity of this crisis by a report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued by 91 scientists from 40 countries. It summarized what has become a virtual consensus by all leading worldwide climatologists: without emergency efforts to cut greenhouse emissions to half of current levels by 2030 we may no longer have the ability to control the slow deterioration of our planet, our island home. Resources that we have underutilized in this struggle toward a more conscious awareness are the insights contained within our religious traditions that have long stressed our human responsibility for the care of the earth and its resources. Join us for this series of thought-provoking explorations of the valuable perspectives provided by religious traditions that may help motivate us to address this issue as a serious moral crisis requiring our most creative and imaginative capacities to address. TODAY: “Indigenous American Religious Traditions and a Wholistic Ecological Vision”
Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a conservative body, estimates that humans have twelve years to take effective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Given the lack of response by most governments to do what is necessary, a new movement has arisen in the United Kingdom targeting the House of Parliament to force significant policy changes. Called the Extinction Rebellion, this movement needs to go global. We spoke with Marijn Van de Geer about what the Extinction Rebellion is doing, their model of change and how to get involved. Subscribe to Clearing the FOG on Patreon and receive our bonus show, Thinking it Through, plus Clearing the FOG totes, water bottles and T shirts. Visit Patreon.com/ClearingtheFOG.
Climate Change From the Perspective of Religious Traditions with Karenna Gore and and staff of the Center for Earth Ethics The majority of US citizens do not need to be convinced that climate change is real and a present and future threat to our fragile ecological systems. We are frequent witnesses to its reality and vast toll in every part of our nation. It is our leaders and lawmakers, and those of other countries, who seem to be unconvinced and unmotivated to address the issue forthrightly. We were recently reminded of the severity of this crisis by a report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued by 91 scientists from 40 countries. It summarized what has become a virtual consensus by all leading worldwide climatologists: without emergency efforts to cut greenhouse emissions to half of current levels by 2030 we may no longer have the ability to control the slow deterioration of our planet, our island home. Resources that we have underutilized in this struggle toward a more conscious awareness are the insights contained within our religious traditions that have long stressed our human responsibility for the care of the earth and its resources. Join us for this series of thought-provoking explorations of the valuable perspectives provided by religious traditions that may help motivate us to address this issue as a serious moral crisis requiring our most creative and imaginative capacities to address. November 11: “Christian Traditions and the Care of the Earth”
The latest report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) demanding an end to the use of coal for electricity production to stop runaway global warming, is contradicted by reliable scientific studies on the world’s climate.
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CORRECT EPISODE NOW POSTED. Today's episode is on the alarming new report out from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and how it is that William Nordhaus—an economist whose work is dedicated to arguing that that it would be too inefficient to address the ecological crisis aggressively and urgently—recently won the discipline's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Dan speaks to Alyssa Battisoni, a PhD candidate in political science and member of Jacobin's editorial board. Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their huge selection of left-wing books at www.versobooks.com Please support this podcast with your money at www.patreon.com/TheDig
Last week, the world’s leading climate scientists released a sobering report, which claimed that there are only a dozen years to keep the Earth’s climate from increasing by 1.5 degrees Celsius. If the planet fails to do so, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned, the risk of drought, floods, extreme heat, and poverty for hundreds of millions of people will massively increase. To avoid barreling toward this future, the entire world will have to make massive changes in the way it currently consumes energy. “It’s a line in the sand and what it says to our species is that this is the moment and we must act now,” Debra Roberts, a scientist who worked on the report, told The Guardian. “This is the largest clarion bell from the science community and I hope it mobilizes people and dents the mood of complacency.” But upending the status quo is incredibly difficult work, says Peter Harris, cofounder of A Rocha, an international Christian nature organization. A former parish minister, Harris says he sees parallels between his conservation work and his life in church ministry. “I had to sit next to the bedside of a dying friend. It was good to be there. It was good for us to share the presence of God and the hope of the resurrection,” he said. “And sometimes we know when we’re potentially going to lose the conservation battle—and honestly I doubt if we will keep the temperature rise below two degrees within the next 15 years—what we have to do it out of is that the Lord will not abandon his creation. He’ll stir up his church worldwide.” Harris joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss UN report’s warnings and predictions, the human impact of climate change, and why a Christian response to this report must be rooted in a bigger vision than halting climate change.
The Aloha State is on the front lines of climate change. The seas surrounding Hawai‘i already have risen as much as 3.5 inches since 1960. Long-term forecasts anticipate massive beach erosion, higher average temperatures, prolonged droughts, heavy flooding linked to volatile trade winds, and increased ocean acidity that could bleach coral and disrupt marine migration. But Hawai‘i also is on the front lines of scientific experimentation that could mitigate the harsher effects of global warming. What can the world learn from this research and the state’s experience with climate change? How can Hawai‘i set an example for sustainable living that other states and countries might emulate? University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa geologist Chip Fletcher, RAND Corporation scientist and contributor to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Robert Lempert, Honolulu chief resiliency officer Joshua Stanbro, and moderator Catherine Cruz, co-host of Hawai‘i Public Radio's "The Conversation" took part in a Zócalo/Daniel K. Inouye Institute “Pau Hana” event at Artistry Honolulu to discuss how Hawai‘i can help the world survive and thrive amid environmental disruption.
Our hosts are joined by Keya Chatterjee (U.S. Climate Action Network), Heather McTeer Toney (Moms Clean Air Force), and Dr. Rachel Licker (Union of Concerned Scientist) to discuss the new alarming report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This report is bleak, y’all. We dive into what this report means for our […] The post Episode 29: “We’ve Been Warned – Special Episode on new United Nations Climate Report” [October 16, 2018] appeared first on Hip Hop Caucus.
Our hosts are joined by Keya Chatterjee (U.S. Climate Action Network), Heather McTeer Toney (Moms Clean Air Force), and Dr. Rachel Licker (Union of Concerned Scientist) to discuss the new alarming report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This report is bleak, y’all. We dive into what this report means for our […] The post Episode 29: “We’ve Been Warned – Special Episode on new United Nations Climate Report” [October 16, 2018] appeared first on Hip Hop Caucus.
GHGSat is on a roll having raised more funds and looks to pad its lead in the commercial monitoring of global emissions from small satellites. Recently GHGSat announced it had raised US$10M in a Series A2 financing. The funds bring to $20M GHGSat has raised to date, including funds from the Alberta and federal governments. It’s also been over two years now that GHGSat’s first satellite, Claire, was launched. In that time a lot has changed politically, especially when talking about carbon taxes. What hasn’t changed is the need to monitor global emissions. And this week the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also issued a dire warning. My guest this week on the SpaceQ podcast is Stephane Germain, CEO of GHGSat. Stephane is also a member of the Space Advisory Board and he’ll provide us a brief update on the Advisory Board’s activities. As you’ll hear from Stephane, regardless of the political climate, monitoring global emissions by commercial companies like his isn’t going away, in fact, the business case and businesses in this space segment are getting ready to take-off.
Dr. Bill Moomaw is quite the accomplished individual. He has lived a life dedicated to environmental policy and action through his time spent as lead author for several reports from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the head of the science advisory committee on Earthwatch's Board of Directors to chairing the board of the Woods Hole Research Center. He sat down with us to guide us through the ins and outs of how humans have responded to climate change over the years – from the view of society and politics – and how individuals can take action today to slow global warming. (The music in this episode is “Partly Sage” by Blue Dot Sessions, provided under the Attribution-Noncommercial License.)
Listen NowIn mid-January the CDC abruptly canceled a three-day "Climate and Health Summit" the Center had been planning for months. The meeting was intended to discuss public health risks caused by the climate crisis and steps being taken to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases or its adverse consequences on human health. (It was speculated the meeting was canceled because the CDC did not want to run afoul of the incoming president who has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese.) The American Public Health Association (APHA) and others however went ahead and held a one-day meeting on February 16 titled,"Climate and Health" at the Carter Center in Atlanta. The meeting was keynoted by former Vice President Al Gore. Dr. Jonathan Patz, the Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was one of the meeting's organizers and participants. During this 24 minute conversation Dr. Patz discusses how the meeting came about and what was accomplished, e.g., he summarizes the afternoon's panels that discussed what's being done to reduce green house gas emissions. He also discussed how to better involve the professional medical community and how to effectively communicate the reality of the climate crisis. Dr. Jonathan Patz is the Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor and the John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment with appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences. For 15 years, Dr. Patz served as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC)—the organization that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. He also co-chaired the health expert panel of the U.S. National Assessment on Climate Change, a report mandated by the Congress. Dr. Patz has written over 90 peer-reviewed articles, a textbook addressing the health the health effects of global environmental change and co-edited the five volume Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (2011). He has been invited to brief both houses of Congress and has served on several scientific committees of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Patz served as Founding President of the International Association for Ecology and Health. He is double board-certified, earning medical boards in both Occupational/Environmental Medicine and Family Medicine. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University (1987) and his Master of Public Health degree (1992) from Johns Hopkins University.A webcast of the February 16 meeting is at: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/health. Listeners are particularly encouraged to listen to Vice President Gore's 30 minute keynote address. For more information concerning the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health go to: https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/.Since I mention during the discussion the Obama administration's 2016 "The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the US: A Scientific Assessment," a review of the paper is, again, at: http://altarum.org/health-policy-blog/nature-bats-last-a-warming-earth-will-exact-adverse-health-effects-but-our-responsibilities-are. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com
CLIMATE CHANGERichard welcomes a one of the world's leading sceptic climatologists - Dr. Timothy Ball -who presents evidence as to why the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is nothing more and nothing less than a politically contrived organization.PART TWO - WHERE IS FLIGHT MH370Richard speaks with a former commercial pilot - Nelson Thall - about the various rumours and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight No. 370.
CLIMATE CHANGERichard welcomes a one of the world's leading sceptic climatologists - Dr. Timothy Ball -who presents evidence as to why the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is nothing more and nothing less than a politically contrived organization.PART TWO - WHERE IS FLIGHT MH370Richard speaks with a former commercial pilot - Nelson Thall - about the various rumours and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight No. 370.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 's new synthesis report adds urgency to the need to cut additional greenhouse gas pollution
Daniel Sperling is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, and founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). In February 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Daniel to the "automotive engineering" seat on the California Air Resources Board. In this position he focuses on climate policy, low carbon fuels and vehicles, and reducing vehicle travel and land use. Daniel is recognized as a leading international expert on transportation technology assessment, energy and environmental aspects of transportation, and transportation policy. He was co-director of the 2007 study that designed California's landmark low carbon fuel standard and co-director of a follow-up 2012 national study. In 2008 he was appointed the first chair of the "Future of Transportation" Council of the Davos World Economic Forum. Alongside authoring "Two Billion Cars", he was a lead author of the transportation chapter on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore. In 2010 he received a Heinz Award for his "achievements in the research of alternative transportation fuels and his responsibility for the adoption of cleaner transportation policies in California and across the United States." In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
On the show this week we talk to climate researcher Michael Mann about how he, as a self-described math and computer nerd working in an esoteric field known as paleoclimatology, wound up front and center in a nationally watched political campaign.His situation traces back to the world famous "hockey stick" graph, originally published by Mann and his colleagues in a 1998 scientific paper, and then prominently displayed by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its 2001 Third Assessment Report. Because of its stark depiction of just how dramatically humans have altered the climate in a relatively short time period, the figure may well be the most controversial chart in history. Not scientifically controversial, mind you: politically controversial.This episode also features a discussion of the myth that left-brained people are logical and right brained people are creative, and the legacy of Carl Sagan and its lessons for today's science wars.Subscribe:itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiring-minds/id711675943feeds.feedburner.com/inquiring-minds
The Mind Renewed : Thinking Christianly in a New World Order
According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Global Sea Level is rising at an alarming rate, threatening millions who live in coastal regions and islands around the world, thanks to the global-warming activities of human beings on planet Earth. To challenge these claims, we are joined by Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner, former Expert Reviewer for the IPCC, and erstwhile Head of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, whose research into sea levels around the globe paints a very different picture. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)
The Mind Renewed : Thinking Christianly in a New World Order
According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Global Sea Level is rising at an alarming rate, threatening millions who live in coastal regions and islands around the world, thanks to the global-warming activities of human beings on planet Earth. To challenge these claims, we are joined by Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner, former Expert Reviewer for the IPCC, and erstwhile Head of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, whose research into sea levels around the globe paints a very different picture. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)
In November 2007, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared with more than 90 percent certainty that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are responsible for a significant portion of the increase in the Earth’s average temperature since the mid 20th century. As a result, the debate over climate change has largely subsided; however, a new debate has emerged. What is the best climate change policy moving forward? More importantly, what is the most efficient and cost-effective policy? How will the cap and trade bill currently debated in Congress affect climate change policy? Join the Council and a panel of economic and policy experts for a discussion on the economic costs and barriers to implementing a successful climate change policy. What are the foreseeable costs to individuals, businesses and government? The panel will also compare climate change policies across developing and developed economies—specifically, taking a comparative look at China and California.
Vegan - Vegetarian Solutions for a Sustainable Environment - Environmental and Ecological
UN Says Eat Less Meat To Curb Global Warming - Climate expert urges radical shift in diet - Industry unfairly targeted - farmers Juliette Jowit, environment editor The Observer, Sunday September 7 2008 People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further. His comments are the most controversial advice yet provided by the panel on how individuals can help tackle global warming. Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel's chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems - including habitat destruction - associated with rearing cattle and other animals. It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport, he said. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds, for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbon dioxide. The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set to double by the middle of the century. 'In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity,' said Pachauri. 'Give up meat for one day [a week] initially, and decrease it from there,' said the Indian economist, who is a vegetarian. However, he also stressed other changes in lifestyle would help to combat climate change. 'That's what I want to emphasize: we really have to bring about reductions in every sector of the economy.' . . .the rest of the article can be read by visiting the online version of The Observer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/07/food.foodanddrink