When Rishi Sunak granted 27 new North Sea licences this week, he wasn’t thinking about the survival of the living world
Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of environmental crises we have seen this year, coupled with the strategic uselessness of powerful governments, rushes us towards the point of no return.
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As new areas become suitable for planting, researchers predict that vast swaths of biodiversity will be at risk, particularly in northern regions and the tropics.
Climate change has the potential to restructure the world’s agricultural landscapes, making it possible to plant crops in places where they have never been viable historically. Within the next 40 years, these new growing regions could overlap with 7 percent of the world’s wilderness areas outside Antarctica, putting those ecosystems at risk, scientists reported Thursday.
The Climate Crisis: We Implore You to Act with More Urgency
An Open Appeal to Premier Eby and B.C. MLAs
Appeal to Premier Eby
Dear Premier Eby, and every British Columbia MLA,
Greetings! We are the West Coast Climate Action Network. We have 236 member groups across B.C., representing hundreds of thousands of voters. Our member organizations have authorized us to speak out.
LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg was detained by British police on Tuesday alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference.
