Climate Change

02/11/21
Author: 
William E. Rees
South LA from the air

October 29, 2021

Measured atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory. Note: red = the monthly mean values; black = the same, after correction for the average seasonal cycle.

Measured atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory. Note: red = the monthly mean values; black = the same, after correction for the average seasonal cycle.

02/11/21
Author: 
Democracy Now

This year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow may be the whitest and most privileged one ever, with thousands from the Global South unable to attend because of lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines and travel restrictions. The global inequity in vaccine access mirrors the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis that has fallen mostly on poor countries least responsible for emissions, says climate activist Dipti Bhatnagar in Mozambique.

01/11/21
Author: 
Primary Author: Mark Fischetti
Heat Wave New York - Global Jet/Flickr

Oct. 28, 2021

On October 31, world leaders will descend on Glasgow, Scotland, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 26, in a last-ditch effort to defuse the climate emergency by limiting global warming to less than 1.5°C. Reaching that level would still bring violent storms, deep flooding, gripping droughts, and problematic sea level rise, but it would avert even more severe consequences. Global temperature has risen by nearly 1.1°C since the industrial revolution.

01/11/21
Author: 
George Monbiot
Coffee  cup: Composite: Guardian/Rex/Shutterstock

Oct. 30, 2021

Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up

There is a myth about human beings that withstands all evidence. It’s that we always put our survival first. This is true of other species. When confronted by an impending threat, such as winter, they invest great resources into avoiding or withstanding it: migrating or hibernating, for example. Humans are a different matter.

29/10/21
Author: 
Seth Klein
Premier John Horgan released his government’s CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 this week, but Seth Klein is not impressed. Photo via Province of British Columbia / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

October 27th 2021

This week, as governments prepare to head off to Glasgow, Scotland, for the UN’s COP26 climate negotiations, the B.C. government released the long-awaited update to its provincial climate plan, dubbed its “CleanBC Roadmap to 2030.”

29/10/21
Author: 
Ann Grant

[Note: Mine was just one of many, sometimes very eloquent, presentations to Council on the topic Future of False Creek South: Advancing a Conceptual Development Plan and Addressing Lease Expiries.  The meeting extended over three days because of the large number of presentation, (over 170 signed up to speak), and only very few were in favour of the plan.  The presentations may be viewed/heard on the videos of the Council here starting on Oct.

28/10/21
Author: 
TUED

Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) is pleased to provide the following overview of events scheduled around COP26, which TUED is convening, coordinating, or participating in.

 

This document will be updated periodically as additional information becomes available.

 

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