Progress on Climate Under Obama
During Barack Obama’s eight years in office, the President cut planet-heating emissions across much of the U.S. economy, from cars to coal plants.
Nature Can Help Solve Climate Crisis
Watch this short presentation by Janine Benyus, Biomicry 3.8, to learn how nature can help us solve one of the most pressing challenges of our time.
Optimism in the Face of Climate Change
Al Gore poses 3 questions that will determine our fate, and then explains why we can dream of a safe and sustainable planet.
“You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train”
Howard Zinn said it best – to be passive in the face of a great moral crisis is to collaborate with the source of the problem, you can’t be neutral on a moving train.
The Gifts of Uncertainty
Drawing from deep ecology, systems theory and spiritual traditions, Dr. Macy builds motivation, creativity, courage and solidarity for the transition
After Paris – Back into the Trenches
Yes, the climate agreement is historic. But don’t be fooled into thinking the work required to keep us safe is certain. Here’s what you need to know.
Paris Talks Move to 1.5°C Target
What made wealthier nations change their minds was the relentless pressure from activists and vulnerable countries to limit warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Draft Climate Agreement COP21
The draft climate agreement adopted Saturday, December 5 is cluttered with disputed sections and competing options set off in brackets too numerous to count.
Time for a Sea Change
Will our children look back on the 2015 UN Climate Change talks in Paris as the sea change that saved our global ocean, or as a failed attempt to protect the resource that sustains billions of lives and livelihoods?
CLIMATE AND ENERGY
CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE & EQUITABLE JOBS ACT DOWNSTATE CAUCUS OF THE ICJC IMMEDIATE Action Required Stabilizing Earth’s temperature to significantly reduce risks to societies now requires greenhouse gas emissions to reach net zero by 2050. The IPCC acknowledges technologies capable of large-scale removal don’t yet are still being researched. Technologies such as carbon capture and […]