https://democracynow.org – At COP23, the International Energy Agency predicts U.S. oil production is expected to grow an an unparalleled rate in the coming years—even as the majority of scientists worldwide are saying countries need to cut down on fossil fuel extraction, not accelerate it. Meanwhile, a group of 15,000 scientists have come together to issue…
Implementing Paris and the SDGs through Fuel Subsidy Reform and Taxation: Country Best Practice 13 November 2017 http://enb.iisd.org/videos/climate/unfccc-cop23-side-events/implementing-paris-and-the-sdgs-through-fuel-subsidy-reform-and-taxation
Film star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at the COP23 UN climate conference on Sunday, November 12, 2017. Schwarzenegger held a keynote at a COP23 Presidency event on health and climate called “Health Actions for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement”. He underlined the importance of also speaking to the health issues related…
Richard Damania, Lead Economist of Water Global Practice, The World Bank speaks at keynote event October 2017. What are the effects of droughts and floods on firms, farms and families? They are more significant and numerous than previously known. New data reveals how increasingly erratic rainfall, poorly managed water supplies, and deepening water deficits can…
Forest conservation has long been seen as a way of mitigating climate change, but across the world, natural landscapes are increasingly threatened by industrial development and urbanisation. According to the organisation Redd+, deforestation primarily in the tropical regions contributes a remarkable 10% of annual global CO2 emissions. https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2017/11/14/forests-matter-climate-change-cop23
Unearthed accompanied scientists to the heart of the Congo Basin rainforest as they learned more about a part of the world that could have massive implications for the planet. https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2017/11/10/congo-basin-rainforest-peatlands-simon-lewis-climate-change-carbon/
Johan Rockström from the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden speaks about sustainable development goals. This talk is part of the Impacts World 2017 conference, more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wICG8eTcchM Rockström at https://twitter.com/jrockstrom Title: World Development within a Resilient and Stable Earth system – Only Path to the SDGs
Rupert Seidl from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Vienna, Austria), gave this talk at the Impacts 2017 conference, titled “Climate impacts on forests: The good, the bad and the ugly.” For the full lecture with other speakers, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7me1vjWJ60M
WILLIAM WEHRUM IS the Trump administration’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation. https://theintercept.com/2017/10/06/watch-a-top-epa-nominee-embarrass-himself-with-feigned-ignorance-of-basic-facts More Clueless Climate Deniers https://climatecrocks.com/2017/11/12/more-clueless-climate-deniers
Carbon Brief spoke to Glen Peters, Research Director at the Centre for International Climate Research Oslo, at the UN climate conference in Bonn (COP23). Our Creative Commons license: you are welcome to reproduce unadapted material in full for non-commercial use, credited ‘Carbon Brief’ with a link to the original article. Please contact us for commercial…
Over the next few months, communities around the globe will launch Fossil Free Resolution Campaigns to build a world free from fossil fuels, powered by 100% renewable energy for all. Everyone has a role to play in the #FossilFree movement. It’s a global movement, anchored by local action. Join Us. http://gofossilfree.org/usa Video via 350 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXegwM5H1-w
Jim Hansen gave this interview November 9, 2017 at COP23 the UN Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany. Source https://www.facebook.com/unitednations/videos/vb.54779960819/10155962970985820 RelatedEemian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eemian