At some time in the future, possibly in our lifetimes, we may find that our appreciation of science and technology may be eroded should the planetary ecosystem begin to unravel as the Earth warms. A new philosophy may emerge that rejects the value of science if very dangerous climate change becomes the ‘new normal’ and if catastrophic conditions become unavoidable….
DailyMail The latest findings published in Nature confirm fears that the days of the legendary rainforest curbing the impact of rising emissions could be coming to an end. The 2010 drought saw the Amazon River at its lowest levels for half a century with several tributaries completely dry and more than 20 municipalities declaring a state…
Rising global demand for energy over the next two decades is at odds with the fight against climate change, the head of BP said on Tuesday, as he outlined the oil giant’s forecasts showing unsustainable increases in carbon emissions. BP’s annual energy outlook predicted that the world economy would double in size in the next…
Call for Papers 2015: 2015 Canberra Conference on Earth System Governance: “Democracy and Resilience in the Anthropocene”. In recent years, particularly since the global financial crisis, there has been a surge of interest in concepts such as the ‘green economy’ and ‘green growth’: but has this moved us toward building economically and environmentally resilient economies? This stream…
David Ray Griffin, Special for CNN: The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive? Updated 12:56 PM ET, Wed January 14, 2015 Links: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/opinion/co2-crisis-griffin/ http://www.claritypress.com/Griffin.html
Global Climate Deal and the Missing Link Original posting is here. The climate deal fleshed out in Lima, Peru, is that all countries can set their own climate goals [1,2,3]. But will this be effective in preventing dangerous greenhouse gas emissions? Very unlikely, writes Delton Chen (Geo-Hydrologist, Civil Engineer): During the past 250 years of industrial…
Richard Branson Backs Digital Currency Ahead of Australia Summit CoinDesk Nermin Hajdarbegovic | Published on November 13, 2014 at 14:24 GMT http://www.coindesk.com/richard-branson-backs-digital-currency-ahead-australia-summit/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffercd439
IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) Summary Synthesis Reporton Climate Change Press Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
Global 4C has its first interview on the internet. Global 4C is presented as a proposal for world transition. May 12, 2014. by Cameron Gray See the original article here. Can cryptocurrencies help stop climate change? The author of this article is affiliated with the project) Amidst these radical times of the early twenty-first century we…
