Australian Professor Writes of the Likelihood of Runaway Climate Change
Rather than decarbonising, the world is carbonising at an unprecedented rate, and it is doing so at precisely the time we know we have to stop it. 2.5 degrees Celsius is likely by the end of the century in spite of our childlike belief that climate change can be averted; the cost will prove incalculable.
Too Stupid to Take Action on Climate Change? It’s Time to Get Smart and Get Started
In addition to reducing greehouse gas emissions to zero as quickly as possible and developling more carbon sinks, such as planting a many trees as possible, we must concurrently begin research and development of ways to artificially remove carbon from our atmosphere. The excess carbon we have to rid our planet of is the equivalent of the mass of over four Mount Rainiers.
A Conversation With Dr. James Hansen – The Earth Island Institute
The approach that Copenhagen is using to specify goals for emission reductions and then to allow offsets to accomplish much of that reduction is really a fake. For the general public, it actually makes sense to move more rapidly beyond fossil fuels. If world leaders won’t act, civil resistance may have to be an option.
Countdown to Copenhagen – Contemplating the Possibility of Failure
The United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty that, it is now widely acknowledged, are dangerously adrift.
The Urgency to Address Global Climate Change: Possible Implications for New Directions of Climate Change Ethics
Dr. John Lemons writes “I wish to be clear that I am not faulting those involved in the ethics of global climate change in their traditional focus of studies or influence with policy makers and decision¬–makers. Indeed, the work of such ethicists is never finished because each time a new climate change issue arises it introduces new questions for analyses. And, make no mistake that I believe ethicists have contributed greatly to a deeper understanding of the problems and prospects of global climate change. Simply put, my recommendation is that global climate change ethicists continue looking at proposed climate change policies and arguments through an ethical “lens” while, because of the urgency of taking action to combat global climate change, at the same time devoting new serious attention to examining when nonviolent civil disobedience is ethically justified.”
George Monbiot: Wherever temperatures peak, that is more or less where they will stay. There is no going back
Governments’ hopes about the trajectory of temperature change are ill-founded. Most, including the UK’s, are working on the assumption that we can overshoot the desired targets for temperature and atmospheric concentrations of CO2, then watch them settle back later. What this paper shows is that wherever temperatures peak, that is more or less where they will stay. There is no going back.
The Real Cost of Our High CO2 Emissions Lifestyle
Germanwatch has produced a short film about Carbon Debt–whereby developing countries pay, through climate change impacts, for the Carbon-intensive lifestyles of developed countries. It’s one of the greatest challenges of our time, and one of the reasons that a truly global deal in Copenhagen is so important.
Climate Change: The Hard Numerical Reality, and What We Can Do About It
In this FORA.tv presentation given earlier this year at the Long Now Foundation, Griffith examines the numerical reality of the fight against climate change. Drawing from a personal assessment of his own energy needs, Griffith argues that we not only need to switch to alternative energies, we also need to drastically reduce their consumption in order to prevent a global catastrophe. In this clip, Griffith lays out in hard numbers the need for a massive increase in “green” energy, and proposes how it can be achieved.
On Measures to Combat Global Climate Change, Canada Now Ranks at Very Last
On the latest G8 Climate Scorecard (PDF) released in advance of the L’Aquila, Italy G8 Summit, Canada has fallen into last place. The scorecard was released by the WWF and financial services giant Allianz SE. It noted that Canada’s emissions have risen by 26% over 1990 levels, and that telling statistic means that Canada’s per capita emissions will soon surpass the US. And the sad truth is that per capita emissions in Canada and the US are double those in Europe.
James Hansen’s 23 June 2009 remarks at Coal River Mountain, with the Declaration of the demonstrators
The story of James Hansen’s arrest on 23 June 2009, with his remarks at Coal River Mountain, with the Declaration of the demonstrators
