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Méxican Seeds
Méxican Seeds Last month’s ruling by the country’s Supreme Court fuels sustainable farming worldwide, writes Ernesto Hernández-López. Mexico’s Supreme Court in Mexico City. (Ricardo Daniel Maldonado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) Last month México’s Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn […]
Can the Green New Deal save us? No it can’t.
Can the Green New Deal save us? No it can’t. Advocates for a Green New Deal are for a collection of admirable goals which it is usually taken for granted can be achieved within a capitalist economy and while the pursuit of economic growth continues. Here is an indication of the main reasons why these […]
The End of Growth: ten years after
The End of Growth: ten years after Fifty years ago the authors of the groundbreaking book The Limits to Growth showed that, in any of a series of computer-generated scenarios, world economic growth would end sometime during the 21st century. Using simple math and logic, they pointed out that growth in any material input or output cannot continue […]
Net-Zero Policies: Taking From the Poor and Giving to the Rich
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison gesture prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 30, 2021. (Kirsty Wigglesworth- Pool/Getty Images) VIEWPOINTS Net-Zero Policies: Taking From the Poor and Giving to the Rich It is too often overlooked in all […]
Some Thoughts About COP-26
Some Thoughts About COP-26 Whether you love, hate, or don’t care about Greta, one must admit that she really gets it right in this video. Like most people, she has grown in her knowledge and now no longer sees technological devices as a way out of the predicament of ecological overshoot. Of course, the COP […]
New Rule: OK, Zoomer
New Rule: OK, Zoomer
Here Come the Climate Change Lockdowns
Here Come the Climate Change Lockdowns Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Cities in India Will Lockdown Over Air Pollution The Supreme Court of India has ordered India’s capital, New Delhi, and […]
Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: Developing a PLAN for the future
Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: Developing a PLAN for the future Abstract This age of modernity is characterized by consistent growth in energy use, economic activity, and resource consumption, and a generally increasing standard of living—albeit inequitably distributed. All currently living humans, and most academic disciplines, have developed in this age, which appears normal […]
Too clever by half, but not nearly smart enough
Too clever by half, but not nearly smart enough
Why the Climate Change Committee should reconsider their approach to farming
https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/why-the-ccc-should-reconsider-their-approach-to-farming/
Disastrous Flooding Cuts Vancouver Off From Rail, Road Service
Disastrous Flooding Cuts Vancouver Off From Rail, Road Service Food and toilet paper have been stripped from grocery store shelves across British Columbia as panic buying follows the realization Wednesday, Nov. 17 that the previous day’s Biblical flooding means road and rail connections with Vancouver and southwestern British Columbia could be disrupted for months. There […]
Terry Glavin: The scale of the disaster unfolding in B.C. is unprecedented
Terry Glavin: The scale of the disaster unfolding in B.C. is unprecedented The sheer damage to basic infrastructure caused by the flooding is catching everyone unprepared Abandoned transport trucks are seen on the Trans-Canada Highway in a flooded area of Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. PHOTO BY DARRYL DYCK /Canadian Press VICTORIA — At […]
18th November 2021 Today’s Round-Up of Climate News
https://climateandeconomy.com/2021/11/18/18th-november-2021-todays-round-up-of-climate-news/
Media Declares ‘Climate Lockdowns’ a “Conspiracy Theory” as India Prepares to Impose Climate Lockdown
Media Declares ‘Climate Lockdowns’ a “Conspiracy Theory” as India Prepares to Impose Climate Lockdown Nonessential travel banned as tens of millions told to work from home. Hindustan Times via Getty Images While the media declares the notion of ‘climate lockdowns’ to be a fake news “conspiracy theory,” India is preparing to impose a climate lockdown […]
We Are Already in Overshoot
We Are Already in Overshoot
