IN what appears to be another well - timed, and well - orchestrated plan to thaw out the inconvenient noise of the brutal NH winter still raging deep into Spring, the mainstream media, in concert
with the climate crisis industry, has wheeled out an old favourite that always guarantees a juicy headline and an eco-emotional response — The «Death» of The Great Barrier Reef...
Countries like the Philippines need a strong, reliable flow of finance and technology in order to deal
with the climate crisis.
The word «presidential» was crossed off in red paint because this election has taught us that it's the people, not the government, who are going to have to find ways to deal
with the climate crisis.
The argument for CCS is that if we can capture and sequester the emissions from these fossil fuel reserves, then we can tap them; we can deal
with the climate crisis yet avoid these assets being stranded.
As Wall Street profits remain sky high and fat cat bonuses are doled out on silver spoons, the world's poor are struggling to deal
with a climate crisis that they did not cause, facing increasingly severe droughts, floods, crop losses and water shortages.
We will let our children and grandchildren deal
with the climate crisis when it hits them.
No, because
with no climate crisis, there would be no Climate Institute.
With the climate crisis unfolding all around us, we need to race towards this goal as fast as possible, harnessing when we're at our best and most powerful.
With the climate crisis advancing at an ever - quickening pace, an immediate step toward the solution should be to stop funding fossils.
A particular worry of mine is that some developing nations, faced
with a climate crisis, may use the notion of the past uncompensated atmospheric imperialism by rich nations as a moral justification for launching a unilateral assault on the climate, by means of solar radiation management.
With the climate crisis escalating, no state is better positioned than Washington to demonstrate that the transition to fossil fuel - free electricity powering zero - emission vehicles is technically possible, economically viable, and a key driver for new jobs and economic growth.
It'll take a whole lot of people getting a whole lot more educated about what's happening
with climate crisis, what is happening with clean tech, and what role we each play in the mix before we can get cracking on serious improvements world wide.
«I gave a well - attended talk on how money in politics is the single biggest obstacle to legislation dealing
with the climate crisis,» Craig Dunkerley, a member of the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee, wrote in a recent post on the party's blog.
Not exact matches
Mirko Drotschmann, or MrWissen2go, a science blogger
with about 500,000 subscribers who has recently posted videos on Germany's political parties, Islamic State and
climate change, said he would have liked to grill her more on the refugee
crisis.
As
with climate change, we have ample evidence that we're facing a biodiversity
crisis, we know what's causing it and we have numerous solutions.
With negotiations under way for the UK to leave the European Union, he argued for a cross-party approach and stressed that a partnership with Europe, needed to deal with the challenges posed by the refugee crisis and climate change, would require that Britain's «parting is carried out well&raq
With negotiations under way for the UK to leave the European Union, he argued for a cross-party approach and stressed that a partnership
with Europe, needed to deal with the challenges posed by the refugee crisis and climate change, would require that Britain's «parting is carried out well&raq
with Europe, needed to deal
with the challenges posed by the refugee crisis and climate change, would require that Britain's «parting is carried out well&raq
with the challenges posed by the refugee
crisis and
climate change, would require that Britain's «parting is carried out well».
Christian Solidarity Worldwide attributes the tense
climate to «the promotion of Turkish ultra-nationalism» and «the backdrop of mounting terrorist violence,» as the country grows more involved
with the Syria
crisis.
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Mr. Cohn - Bendit began the debate by characterizing the current
climate as «a turning point in European history, because the European Union is confronted
with one of its most serious
crises, caused by the financial
crisis».
Unfortunately, unlike Mrs Thatcher, the French are more hostile and anxious of change than the British and the
climate of opinion, because of the onslaught of the financial
crisis and the
crisis of neo-liberal capitalism, was not
with the French Right.
2) Which is why I would not be overly concerned that the 2500 participants did not manage to come up
with a blue print for all the «actions» that were necessary to avert the
climate crisis.
Representing $ 180 billion, New York City's pension funds have yet to take necessary bold action on par
with what the
climate crisis requires, explained the organizers of the action.
Unless... Suppose David Cameron and Nick Clegg announced that they agreed
with Ed Miliband's warning over the weekend that Britain is «sleepwalking to a
crisis», and that «
climate change threatens national security» — and went on to commit themselves to working together on a long - term plan to protect the nation not just from extreme weather conditions but the other consequences of
climate change.
* Gordon Brown will use his New Year message to pledge to work
with Barack Obama, the US President - Elect, to end the economic
crisis and get to grips
with climate change.
Once, when I played one of these shows for my college students, they were pleasantly surprised (and filled
with hope) to learn that a political party dedicated 100 percent to solving the
climate crisis actually exists.
SOL also represented a community response
with sense of urgency to find reachable solutions to pressing issues facing the Latino community, including the hostile political
climate,
crisis of affordable housing, threats to immigrants rights, low graduation rates and lack of access to higher education, and lack of job opportunities.
Thirty - three states have strategic plans for dealing
with climate change, but only five of those currently include a public - health response, according to the Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. «We only respond after a Katrina - like
crisis,» says Jeffrey Levi, the trust's executive director.
«We conclude that coastal communities are facing a looming
crisis due to
climate change related sea - level rise, one that will manifest itself as increased frequency of Sandy - like inundation disasters in the coming decades along the mid-Atlantic and elsewhere, from storms
with less intensity and lower storm surge than Sandy,» Sweet said.
The economic
crisis may have also been influential, as well as the public simply becoming «bored
with hearing about
climate change in the media,» he said.
Another great carbon footprint calculator is available at EarthLab.com, an online «
climate crisis community» that has partnered with Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection and other high - profile groups, companies and celebrities to spread the word that individual actions can make a difference in the fight against global w
climate crisis community» that has partnered
with Al Gore's Alliance for
Climate Protection and other high - profile groups, companies and celebrities to spread the word that individual actions can make a difference in the fight against global w
Climate Protection and other high - profile groups, companies and celebrities to spread the word that individual actions can make a difference in the fight against global warming.
These examples underscore the many options available to alleviate a growing global water
crisis exacerbated by
climate change, water experts said yesterday at forum in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Growing Blue, a group created by Veolia Water in consultation
with the United Nations, Columbia University and water conservation groups.
The meeting coincides
with a gathering of
climate change skeptics in New York City, who are debating topics like «Global warming: Was it ever a
crisis?»
Even people who don't want to use the phrase «global warming» or «
climate crisis» are finding new ways to express what they feel
with their own senses, and they're responding to political leaders who are using facts as a basis for new policies.
We need to suck CO2 from the air to solve the
climate crisis, but what do we do
with it?
«The letter continues the decades - long efforts of the scientific community to persuade Congress to act on the
climate crisis,» says Sarah Green, a chemistry professor at Michigan Technological University who studies
climate change and who is affiliated
with of several of the societies that signed the letter.
It ranks extreme weather events as second only to international conflicts,
with natural catastrophes, not acting on
climate change and water
crises all featuring in the top 10.
As
with climate change, the
crisis in antibiotics has been looming for decades: and yet we have carried on dazedly dispensing them like medicinal sweets to humans and fattening treats to livestock.
Coming up on Radio Ecoshock, I'll have an extended chat
with Dr. Kathy McMahon, the clinical psychologist who helps people rethink their lives, even in times of great social
crisis (whether it's peak oil,
climate disruption, or a fall of the fake economy.)
«One of the big challenges
with climate change is figuring out what is the
crisis, what is the burden of proof, and what is the demonstrable evidence.»
Together
with smaller environmental initiatives at the school, like widespread installation of energy - efficient compact fluorescent «twisty bulbs» and automatic light sensors, the various components of the Bloom effort have begun to save the school thousands of dollars in energy costs while simultaneously helping many of the school's 1,700 students understand the science behind the
climate crisis.
And we need leaders to deal seriously and honestly
with the crux of these talks — global inequality and historical responsibility — and to make progress on a fair, just, equitable and transformative global partnership to combat the ever escalating
climate crisis.»
To articulate recommendations that promote student mental health as a critical component of improving school
climate, safety, and learning, and to provide school leaders
with best practices for dealing
with teen suicide and other school
crises related to mental health.
While it's somewhat ironic that the company credited
with inventing the very object now blamed for an impending
climate crisis is now pioneering technologies for a zero - emissions future, one thing is for sure: The German car company makes a compelling case for EVs
with a luxury vehicle that retains many Mercedes hallmarks and does so at a competitive starting price of $ 42,375.
As we are seeing
with the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa communities are increasingly vulnerable due to
climate change and the international community is struggling to deal
with the terrible humanitarian
crisis.
The artist's major solo exhibition at Tate Modern, London, in 2017 included works that demonstrate his increasingly direct engagement
with current affairs, from gay rights to refugee
crises and
climate change.
With the impending
climate crisis, overpopulation and the rise of cyborg and surveillance technologies, Future Shock feels timely and pertinent.
The exhibition takes its inspiration in part from the 1985 New Zealand post-apocalyptic film of the same name, and serves as an abstract documentation of the ways that humans have responded to the ecological
crises of
climate change
with scientifically informed aesthetic practices.
According to Finkel, «a personal sense of
crisis» brought on by the current political
climate in the U.S. pervades Tomorrow is Another Day, which was named after the last line of Margaret Mitchell's epic Civil War novel Gone
with the Wind.
An extremely conservative administration paired
with a dominant art market has produced a cultural
climate in
crisis, heightening the need for cultural producers to create space for desires of their surrounding community.
Inspired by growing up in Denmark and Iceland, Eliasson's use of natural elements evokes an awareness of the sublime world around us and how we interact
with it; his projects often point toward global environmental
crises and consider art's power to offer solutions to issues like
climate change and renewable energy.