Tim Rumage (Coordinator Environmental Studies), speaks at the Sustainable Communities Workshop November 29, 2018, the talk is titled, “The Shrinking Timeline for Global Warming.” Source Sarasota County Government (Official) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWYl3o3bWgg
A brief outline of CO2 emissions, based on global trends, with a focus on China by Zeke Hausfather (Berkeley) and U.S. CO2 emissions by Trevor Houser (Rhodium Group), as well as an outline on reductions by Drew Shindell about various emissions, including SLCP’s (Short Lived Climate Pollutants). Sources: Global release of greenhouse gases has increased…
Johan Rockström (Stockholm Resilience Centre), talks about planetary boundaries and tipping points, “Living in the Anthropocene”, at the Club of Rome 50th Anniversary Meeting in Rome, October 2018. https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/in-short/new-report-updates-201climits-of-growth201d-pik-experts-speak-at-club-of-rome-anniversary-conference And briefly outlines the report, “Transformation is feasible – How to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals within Planetary Boundaries” https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2018-10-17-a-smarter-scenario.html Source https://www.facebook.com/clubofrome/videos/321777088377685/ and https://50thclubofrome.com Johan Rockström…
NASA just confirmed that asteroid Oumuamua broke apart, and a smaller meteorite was injected into Earth orbit! Remains found at the impact site near San Francisco included a small capsule. The capsule, or device continuously transmits the following message, oddly enough obtained from Earth. Watch the full talk from Stefan Rahmstorf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io3FI-PLCXA Meteor footage https://twitter.com/amsmeteors/status/1075709900330811393…
A thought provoking metaphor of how our collective is still helping to push the outcome of climate change. #FossilFuelBurning
Despite valiant efforts by environmentally-conscious individuals worldwide, both the impacts and costs of global warming are expected to be far more severe than expected according to an assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which was released in October this year in South Korea. With the past decade being riddled with an increasing number of forest…
Professor David Tilman (University of Minnesota), a leading expert in the fields of ecology, evolution and resource competition, gives the keynote lecture for the 2018 ONE Network event for staff and graduate students across the University of Oxford. http://www.one.ox.ac.uk/events/one-event-181113.html Video via Environmental Change Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfATHJ54qXw
Part of We Don’t Have Time Climate Emergency Plan, streamed November 24, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHeE3Z6SdVg First speaker Ingmar Rentzhog, the second speaker is Per Espen Stoknes https://twitter.com/estoknes Watch the full stream here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHeE3Z6SdVg A crucial discussion about transformation and how to expand the movements for climate action. The first ever Climate Seminar by We Don’t Have…
The Club of Rome Climate Emergency Plan, a collaborative call for climate action. Read the Club Of Rome Climate Emergency Plan here https://www.clubofrome.org Speaker Anders Wijkman, co-president of the Club of Rome between 2012 and 2018, is chairman of the Swedish Association of Recycling Industries, and member of the Board of the Swedish Development Authority…