Ashley Murphy, a PhD Researcher at Keele University raises an important point about the role of the UN Security Council in an article on The Conversation website. What are your views? Climate change is a security threat – so where is the UN Security Council? Climate change is one of the great security challenges … Continue reading What is the UN Security Council doing about the threat of climate change?
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Alaska realises it cannot avoid taking major steps to fight climate change
While the Trump Administration may be negative in its approach to climate change, more and more states are taking action. We have regularly read about California, but now we are seeing that Alaska, with its fragile environment is now developing a long-term plan. Brad Plumer explains in an article in the New York Times. … Continue reading Alaska realises it cannot avoid taking major steps to fight climate change
Atmospheric carbon dioxide reached levels for first time in our history
We have to be increasingly concerned about the increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels being reached. Eric Holthaus calls this on the National Observer website “the biggest problem humanity has ever faced.” So why were UN talks officially suspended this week in Bonn as countries failed to resolve differences about implementing the Paris climate agreement. What … Continue reading Atmospheric carbon dioxide reached levels for first time in our history
Climate data from more than half of unclassified Earth-observing satellites restrict access
This is not a normal article for EiD, but it is interesting as all of us, one way or another, rely on climate data. Mariel Borowitz, Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology explains in an article on The Conversation website about the restricted availability of climate data from unclassified Earth-observing satellites. … Continue reading Climate data from more than half of unclassified Earth-observing satellites restrict access
The mixed record of reducing urban heat
Heavily urbanised areas within cities are between 1℃ and 3℃ hotter than other areas, as most of us understand so well. Tiziana Susca, Research Fellow and Francesco Pomponi, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University write in an article on The Conversation website about the importance of reducing urban heat but the mixed record … Continue reading The mixed record of reducing urban heat
Indigenous women met with European banks to push for fossil fuel divestment
We are regularly reading about fossil fuel divestment as part of the energy transition. Katharina Wecker writes on the Deutsche Welle website about how indigenous women travelled to Europe to meet with European banks to push for fossil fuel divestment. Indigenous women show the way for banks to divest from fossil fuels First Nations … Continue reading Indigenous women met with European banks to push for fossil fuel divestment
New study shows increased vulnerability of low-lying tropical islands
Rising sea levels are of concern, as we better understand the impacts of climate change. If any of you have been to the annual global UNFCCC climate conferences, representatives from island states have been vocally raising concern, as their futures are increasingly vulnerable. In a different view of the problem, Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis … Continue reading New study shows increased vulnerability of low-lying tropical islands
“We need to choose between pursuing a sustainable ecological future or accept decent into ecological chaos”
Sometimes there is real value is reading how one person has tried to put all the pieces together in planning for sustainability. Roy Morrison does that in an extended article on the Counterpunch website. What are your views? Climate Truth: a Plan for Sustainability There is a practical path for tackling climate change, for … Continue reading “We need to choose between pursuing a sustainable ecological future or accept decent into ecological chaos”
“The people of northern Canada face many social challenges and are bearing the brunt of global warming”
With the impact of climate change, the Arctic region is incredibly vulnerable and adaptation is not simple. Cody Dey, Emma Hodgson, Aerin Jacob, Jennifer Provencher, David Yurkowski and Jean Polfus write on the Policy Options website that Canada’s federal government should rely on the knowledge of Arctic Indigenous peoples and on Arctic science. These are … Continue reading “The people of northern Canada face many social challenges and are bearing the brunt of global warming”
Don’t forget buildings in the energy transition
There is a great rush to think that if we install enough renewable energy, then our sustainable energy worries are over. They aren’t. Zack Semke, chief marketing officer at NK Architects in Seattle points out in an article on the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce website that building energy efficiency has never been more relevant … Continue reading Don’t forget buildings in the energy transition
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