Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In Elizabeth Kolbert’s excellent 2002 article “Ice Memory,” climatologist J. P. Steffens — who studies ice cores from his base on the frozen wastes of Greenland– says our frenzied growth in this one era could only happen because we have been fortunate enough to have a period of calm in the storm.
COP21 in Paris is over. Now it’s back to the hard work of fighting for, and implementing, the energy transition.
This brand new climate deal will kick in in 2020. But is it really as ‘ambitious’ as the French government is claiming?
As our betters jet back from Paris, with bellies full of artisanal French food and exciting business contacts that allow them to both profit and “save” the world, our thoughts on the farm have been on Delores
I know that some readers of this blog get bored by my engagements with the ecomodernists, whereas others find them interesting. So I’m going to try to keep everyone happy.
James Hansen is fretting about the Paris climate talks, and for good reason.
While much of the momentum to fight climate change is focused on political channels, there are parallel efforts using law to force government to take specific, enforceable actions to reduce carbon emissions.
The Sengwer community has been repeatedly evicted by the government’s forest guards from their forests and glades at Embobut, high in the Cherangany Hills in Western Kenya.
The rapid growth in global carbon dioxide emissions over the last decade appears to have stalled, a new study says.
There’s an interesting story developing at the Paris COP 21 UN climate summit that may have more to it than meets the eye.
As much as world leaders would like to focus attention on their economies, terrorism, or winning the next election, the heat is rising.
On a recent visit to flood-prone regions to the south of the country, I discovered that people on the front line of the changing climate are taking matters into their own hands and preparing themselves against future climate shocks.
