Remembering Helmut Kohl’s Call for Climate Action (1995)

2017, Europe, Germany, PolicyLeave a comment

Today Helmut Kohl died, aged 87, he was chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998, and responsible to reunite Germany’s eastern and western parts. Back in 1995 he called for CO2 reductions, at a United Nations conference. Related Helmut Kohl, Chancellor Who Reunited Germany, Dies at 87 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/world/europe/helmut-kohl-german-chancellor-dead.html German: Der schwarze Riese http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/zum-tode-helmut-kohls-der-schwarze-riese-a-1152559.html Release via…

Warlike Climate Mobilization

2017, Adaptation, Climate Change, Communication, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Farming, Policy, Project, SolutionsLeave a comment

The Climate Mobilization Victory Plan, written by Ezra Silk, is a policy document that tangibly demonstrates how the U.S. could eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, contribute to a global effort to restore a safe climate, and reverse ecological overshoot through a massive WWII-scale mobilization. http://www.postcarbon.org/the-climate-mobilization-victory-plan-foreword The Victory Plan (PDF) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByftlCTrJRYVejBuYUZkM1dKcms/view The Climate Mobilization…

Media, Political Leaders React to U.S. Paris Climate Exit

2017, China, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Europe, Policy, Solutions, USALeave a comment

A compilation of recent responses to Donald Trump’s announcement from June 1, 2017, to exit the Paris Agreement, signed by 195 nations. Woodrow Wilson Center FOX and CNN via Emmanuel Macron Secular Talk ABC News Aljazeera http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/eu-and-china-agree-on-joint-climate-change-action/5458479676001 Related Globe heaps scorn on Trump for Paris exit http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336176-globe-heaps-scorn-on-trump-for-paris-exit

Trump motivated by Bannon to exit Paris Deal? And what about the Jobs?

2017, China, Clean Tech, Coal, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Policy, USALeave a comment

The announcement by the Trump Administration to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, has been attributed to people like Steve Bannon, influencing Trump. And what about jobs and clean energy? References China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/china-invest-renewable-fuel-2020-energy China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology Related The Strange History of…