Climate Change: A Threat Multiplier” excerpt by H.E. Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General of the Federation, moderated by H.E. Adnan Amin, Director General at IRENA. #WorldGovSummit Watch the full talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozUzRhm-EYY
Excerpt of Peter Gleick’s talk at the 2018 Saint Louis Climate Summit. You can watch the full 35 minutes presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLmV_Ybbyc
Cornell University – 2017 Climate Change Seminar by Prof. Charles Geisler (Development Sociology). Recorded at Cornell University – February 12, 2018, part of Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge seminar series. More info http://www.atkinson.cornell.edu/events/ClimateChangeSem.php Related Sampling bias in climate–conflict research https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0068-2
Climate change and national security panel discussion from the World Affairs Council on May 3, 2005. Then NASA chief James Hansen outlined the state of global climate change research. In late 2005, however, Dr. Hansen’s ability to voice his concerns about global warming was severely compromised by NASA public affairs officials. After he called on…
Extreme weather events and other disasters, and what to do were discussed in the late 50s and 70s, including the consideration of climate change (1958), or more broadly pollution (1972). This short presents a compilation of historic disaster documentary style film footage. Climate Change 1958: The Bell Telephone Science Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-AXBbuDxRY Your Chance to Live:…
After the Cold War, climate change was the driving force behind unusual political cooperation between secret services in the United States and in Russia. This documentary tells of unknown research projects, but also of surprising friendships. The amazing and unknown story of how American secret services partnered with their erstwhile Russian adversary, Russia’s main military…
At the AGU Fall Meeting 2017, Michael Mann explained why the narrative of certain doom of mankind is equal to denial, and that our actions today make a difference to what we can expect with future warming. Watch the entire panel discussion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2k2tpbfVk Conversation Earth content with Guy McPherson http://www.conversationearth.org/near-term-human-extinction-guy-mcpherson-218 SUPPORT CLIMATE STATE● Patreon…
Fiji plans to move more than 40 villages to higher ground to escape coastal floods and is also working on ways to help future migrants from other Pacific island nations as sea levels rise, Fiji’s attorney general said. http://news.trust.org/item/20171117103442-72wi4 Glacier calving footage by rqmondo Teaser image https://pixabay.com/en/beach-woman-sea-swing-blue-coast-2858720 Sound effects http://TrailerMusicAcademy.com
A Potentially Extreme and Persistent AR is forecast to Impact the Pacific Northwest http://cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-update-20-november-2017-outlook-and-summary Oroville dam timeline video California DWR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZv0Xo_rqE
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…
Climate change threatens national security in a number of ways. How does the national intelligence community fit into the climate security picture? Twitter @ISGPforum or read the policy position paper and debate summary associated with this episode at the Institute on Science for Global Policy’s website: http://scienceforglobalpolicy.org Via Institute on Science for Global Policy (ISGP)…
Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Jeff Piotrowski https://twitter.com/Jeff_Piotrowski and https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski Harvey Slams Ashore in Texas; Catastrophic Flood Threat Still to Come https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/harvey-slams-ashore-texas-catastrophic-flood-threat-still-come For live coverage visit https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/reports-over-160-000-without-power-as-harvey-rages-over-texas/70002563 or at https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-harvey-texas-impacts Hurricane Harvey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey References INTENSE eye wall of category 4 Hurricane Harvey from Rockport, TX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5_wav6QZo Jeff Piotrowski https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski