Where should we live?
Political Will will not feed us. Nor will he make it possible to sustain the systems that rely on extravagant use — and waste — of resources. To most of the world, this is obvious.
Arthur Berman: “Shale Oil and the Slurping Sound”
On this episode, Arthur Berman returns to unpack the complexity underpinning the oil trends of the last 75 years and what new data can tell us about availability in the coming years.
CoP28: no speed limit imposed to avert collision
A national poll, commissioned from market research company Ipsos as part of the report, revealed that just one in four UK adults (26%) believe global average temperatures are likely to, or definitely will, be limited to 1.5°C by 2100.
Wasp Wisdom
One way to measure the change I’ve undergone in the last several years is via wasps. That’s right: wasps.
It’s as if I woke up one morning realizing that I grew up in a society of human supremacists, that I was one too, and that I no longer want to live that way.
The COP is the Scoreboard, not the Game
For two weeks every December, the giant global climate meeting—this year with at least 70,000 delegates, lobbyists, activists, and journalists enjoying the tacky spaceport that is Dubai—provides a cascade of feelings.
Global Tapestry of Alternatives: Weaving Transformation Connections
The Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) was initiated in mid-2019 as a confluence of movements of radical transformation for collaboration, solidarity, and visioning from local to global levels.
Reshaping the Local Frontiers of Farming and Biodiversity
The EU Horizon 2020 FRAMEwork project is supporting a transition to biodiversity sensitive farming by uniting farmer clusters and citizen observatories to protect sensitive ecosystems while ensuring food security.
Climate Politics: The view from Washington December 11, 2023
Legislation is not enacted in a vacuum. Successful advocacy strategies begin with understanding the political context in which proposed climate-related policies are to be debated and acted upon.
Crazy Town Bonus Riff: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions
The most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the “Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to focus on the world’s smallest monkeys.
End CoP: Aren’t we all fed up with this annual vapid self-congratulatory farce?
The real danger of the way CoP28 ended with a ‘positive’ outcome is that it makes it seem as if something has been achieved. Whereas all that has been achieved, after 28 years, is a toothless statement of the obvious: that we need to transition away from fossil fuels.
Climate tipping points are nearer than you think – our new report warns of catastrophic risk
The climate system has many potential tipping points, such as ice sheets disappearing or dense rainforests becoming significantly drier and more open. It would be very difficult, effectively impossible, to recover these systems once they go beyond a tipping point.
Sand Futures: Post-Growth Alternatives to Excessive Mineral Extraction in the Global South
Digging into sand reveals how current development paradigms work in service to capital — and at the expense of people’s wellbeing.
