Rated: Environmental and Climate issues in the 2016 Elections

Bernie Sanders noted recently at the Democratic National Convention: This election is about climate change, the greatest environmental crisis facing our planet. Here we take a look at the climate & environmental programs of the candidates for the November 2016 U.S. presidential elections (access date 27th July 2016). Rating is based on comparison of the different party…

What One Person Can Do About Climate Change | Ella Lagé | TEDxHamburg

Ella Lagé on “What One Person Can Do About Climate Change” at TEDxHamburg (http://www.tedxhamburg.de) Ella grew up in Germany, Italy, the U.S. and Israel. At 17, she received the Bavarian Environmental Award for significantly lowering the water consumption of her home town. As part of Fossil Free Berlin, she is campaigning for the city of…

Heat wave, air pollution, mortality, and adaptation, a quick look

While summer currently gears up, during exceptional continued record global warming, temperatures are set to reach the highest so far this summer in many parts of the northern hemisphere – within the next few day’s (Germany, U.S. etc). Here we look at the past 2003 heat wave and what attributed to excess deaths during that extensive heat period…

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Die Klimawandel Verharmloser

In den 90er Jahren hatte ich mal ein SPIEGEL Abo, mich interessierten die meist gut recherchierten Artikel, die Seriösität und Sachlichkeit, und die Experten kamen zu Wort. Heute lese ich gelegentlich SPIEGEL Online, meist interessieren mich die aktuellen News dabei. Wer allerdings erwartet sachlich und informativ zum beim Thema Wissenschaft informiert zu werden, wird schnell…

Time to Choose (2016 Documentary, selected clips)

Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced – and it is also our greatest opportunity. We have the solutions we need, but we are in a race against the clock to implement them in time. Visit http://www.timetochoose.com/ for more Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson: I made TIME TO CHOOSE because climate change…