Dark Age America: Climate
One of the most important factors that will shape the history of North America over the next five centuries and is particularly amenable to a systems analysis is climate.
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Why Restoring Wetlands Is More Critical Than Ever
With sea levels rising, coastal communities…in the U.S. and Europe are realizing the value of wetlands as important buffers against flooding and tidal surges.
Our watershed moment
We humans need water for life, we love it for leisure, we make art out of it; yet we also waste it, dirty it, privatise it, use it as a weapon and, most dangerously, stir it up brutally in the form of manmade climate change.
A Framework For Assessing Country-Level Resilience
With no meaningful actions on such things as climate change and peak resources in sight, a realistic assessment of country (and regional) level resilience is required.
Natural gas: A green bridge to hell
Albert Einstein is rumored to have said that one cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that led to it. Yet this is precisely what we are now trying to do with climate change policy.
Strengthen Community Forest Rights to Fight Climate Change
Expanding and strengthening the community forest rights of indigenous groups and rural residents can make a major contribution to sequestering carbon and reducing CO2 emissions from deforestation, according to a new report.
Energy Crunch: Global debate heats up
News that last month was the world’s hottest June on record provided another reminder that urgent global action is needed to combat climate change.
Back to the Garden
The natural paradise that surrounds us is our true home, both physically and spiritually.
The Future Looks Bleak For Coal And We Shouldn’t Invest In It
In the transition towards a post-carbon future, infrastructure built today for fossil fuels could easily become stranded assets which burden investors and taxpayers with sunk costs.
Two Realities
Our contemporary world is host to two coexisting but fundamentally different—and, in at least one crucial respect, contradictory—realities. Political Reality and Physical Reality.
Planet’s Hottest June On Record Follows Hottest May
Last month was the warmest June since records began being kept in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Monday.
Australia Becomes First Nation to Repeal Carbon Tax
With Australia’s standing as the world’s highest per-capita emitter of carbon dioxide, one would think the country would be the last to repeal a pollution tax.. Think again.
