The Energy Bulletin Weekly 16 August
While global crude demand remains on an uneven upswing, the rapid spread of the coronavirus delta variant has dented most demand projections for the rest of 2021.
Tom Whipple
Central bankers’ “net zero 2050” scenarios fail on risk basics
This extract examines the “net zero 2050” (NZ2050) scenarios produced by the central bankers’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and finds they are not adequately addressing the real risks and uncertainties of climate change.
Distant Socialising Please, Not Social Distancing
Psychologist Jamil Zaki has described ‘distant socialising’ as something most of us might wish for in current conditions: to be connected despite physical distance. He points to the confusion created by the go-to label of social distancing, which implies a loss of companionship and connection.
Revisiting The Limits to Growth
The choice is that either we end up with unmanaged decline, which would be catastrophic, or a managed levelling out of our economies, shaped by a shift in social values and expectations.
Finding Magnificence in the Ordinary: A Second Look at Agriculture and Nature
Capturing beauty is not the only purpose of my art. To commemorate the declining structure of the “old way” of agriculture, which laid a gentle footprint on the land, is also my intention.
What We’re Reading: Regenerating soil, regenerating soul: an integral approach to understanding agricultural transformation
We at TomKat Ranch hope that this article, and hopefully many others that will follow in its footsteps, will show that a transition to regenerative agriculture must not only be scientific and data-driven, but also empathetic, patient, and committed to building trusting and supportive relationships.
Dying Normal
Normal will end, probably has ended in spite of all our efforts and bleating, because it is artificial and unsustainable. Reality wins every time.
IPCC Climate Report Signals “Code Red” for Humanity, but the reality is so much worse
There is no “getting back to normal”; now is the dawn of a new age, either by design or default. We have to thoroughly transform how we live, or it will be transformed for us.
9 Ways to Create a Local Regenerative Economy
We need to address the failures of capitalism and its ineffective forms head-on by creating decentralized and cooperative local economies, and emphasizing local production with local resources to meet local needs, and to build local wealth.
Aanii Ezhi-Nisidawendamang Dibaajimowinan Akiing? How do we understand the stories of the land?
As modern society faces climate change and the sixth extinction, these oldest stories of place and survivance are evolving. And they are also remaining the same, allowing us to see the past and imagine alternate futures as we move with the Earth around the sun.
Enough for Everyone
We have available a wide variety of strategies that can help societies ask, answer, and act on the questions, “What is enough?” “What is too much?” and “How can we keep the Earth livable and achieve sufficiency for all?”
The European cultural sector, pandemic precarity, and Universal Basic Income
What a UBI offers is a form of protection that does not trap people either outside employment (thanks to its universality) or inside employment (thanks to its being obligation-free).
