Is the Paris Climate Conference Designed to Fail?
The last time this much public attention was focused on the climate talks was in the lead-up to the Copenhagen conference in 2009. We should not forget how that turned out.
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Beyond Keystone: Why Climate Movement Must Keep Heat On
It took a committed coalition and the increasingly harsh reality of climate change to push President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. But sustained public pressure will now be needed to force politicians to take the next critical actions on climate.
A History of the Climate Negotiations in Six Videos
A few days ago, the topic for my undergraduate class, Earth in Crisis, taught to 150 students, half in Sociology and half in Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara, was “What a COP is Really Like, and What the Treaty Looks Like.”
The Global Oil Supply: Implications for Biodiversity?
The link between the global oil supply and biodiversity is not directly causal; rather, the two are elements of a broader and more integrated picture.
The Next Tango in Paris
Carbon-neutral is so 20th century. We really need to get beyond zero. That is what ecovillages can offer.
What Does Climate Change Look Like?
Extreme weather events will, of course, become more common as the planet warms. But the disruption and suffering of climate change will be largely hidden in the form of events like the war in Syria, the rise of extremists, even civil unrest like that of the “Arab Spring” which we, in the West, view favorably.
Living in the Anthropocene – a Frame for New Activism
We have emerged from the geological epoch of the Holocene into a new epoch designated as the Anthropocene.
Exxon: We knew climate change was a real threat (but we didn’t want you to)
At least one climate change denier did fund a great deal of legitimate climate research. And, what did that research show? It showed that climate change is real, is caused in great measure by human activities and has the potential to disrupt human society significantly
Imagine If Exxon Had Told the Truth on Climate Change
Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry.
Trade deals boosting climate change: the food factor
From deforestation to fertiliser use, and from factory farms to supermarket shelves, producing, transporting, consuming and wasting food account for around half of all greenhouse gas emissions
Top Buddhists sign landmark statement on climate change to global leaders
Fifteen of the world´s most senior Buddhists have issued a landmark call to political leaders to adopt an effective climate change agreement at the UN negotiations in Paris starting 30 November. Signatories include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, as well as Supreme Heads of Buddhism in Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), President of the Buddhist Association of the USA, President of the UBF (l’Union Bouddhiste de France) and Her Royal Highness Princess Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuk of Bhutan.
Why COP 21 Matters, and Why I’m Going
Are we expecting COP21 to be that moment of fireworks and dancing elephants, a ‘Great Change Moment’, when people dance in the street and subsequently put plaques up to immortalise the moment for their grandchildren? If we are, we’re missing the point.
