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What the IPCC report should have told us
What the IPCC report should have told us The problem with the recent IPCC report is that it is still talking about ‘average’ changes over the earth, discussing what might happen decades from now as a result of increased rate of change. Even if the message is labeled “code red” or urgent, it is still understating what […]
The last climate warning: heat waves and the IPCC leak
The last climate warning: heat waves and the IPCC leak NEARLY 50 CELSIUS DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST OF CANADA Records everywhere, and at the same time, a leak to the press, a preview, of a part of the major report on the climate crisis. It doesn’t sound like a coincidence In Lytton, Canada, 49.6º was […]
Zero by 2050 or 2030? 1.5°C or 2°C? Overshoot or not? Demystifying carbon budgets.
Zero by 2050 or 2030? 1.5°C or 2°C? Overshoot or not? Demystifying carbon budgets. Confused about carbon budgets for the Paris climate goals? Zero by 2050 or 2030? 1.5°C or 2°C? Overshoot or not? There is a maze of contradictory positions, claiming to be based on research evidence. But the assumptions behind much of that […]
Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out
Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out Photograph Source: Alexander Savin – CC BY 2.0 Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion/XR recently interviewed Peter Carter, M.D., who has the distinguished title – Expert IPCC Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The interview was conducted to get to the bottom of what […]
The Criminology of Global Warming
The Criminology of Global Warming Pulp mill, Longview, Washington. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Some – like Exxon since 1957 – have been aware that the world is facing global warming that has all the signs to render earth uninhabitable. At least with United Nations’ IPPC and NASA reporting on global warming, others have realised that we also face an unprecedented threat. Potentially, all […]
We Can’t Grow Our Way Out of Poverty
WE CAN’T GROW OUR WAY OUT OF POVERTY For more than half a century, economists and policymakers have focused fanatically on growth as the only feasible way to end global poverty and improve people’s lives. But in an era of planet-wide ecological breakdown, that comfortable conventional wisdom is crashing to an end. Jason Hickel lays it on […]
Microbes a key factor in climate change
Microbes a key factor in climate change Preface. The IPCC, like economists, assumes our economy and burning of fossil fuels will grow exponentially until 2100 and beyond, with no limits to growth. But conventional oil peaked and has stayed on a plateau since 2005, so clearly peak global oil production is in sight. As is […]
IEA Sees $90 Crude Ahead Of Oil’s Downfall
IEA Sees $90 Crude Ahead Of Oil’s Downfall Global oil demand will plateau around 2030, according to a major new report, but the decline in demand is way too slow to head off the worsening effects of climate change. Oil demand begins to flatten out in the 2030s “under pressure from rising fuel efficiency and […]
Of Warnings and their Ripple Effects
Of Warnings and their Ripple Effects In her testimony to the US Congress, Greta Thunberg did not prepare a statement for submission to the record. Instead, she submitted the most recent scientific report, issued by the IPCC three weeks earlier. She said simply, “I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don’t want […]
Strike for the Environment, Strike for Social Justice, Strike!
Strike for the Environment, Strike for Social Justice, Strike! Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair A very large chasm exists between those in power, including most of the 2020 presidential candidates, and environmentalists and scientists intent on acting now to resolve growing environmental crises. To reiterate what is known, the United Nations, through its IPCC and the IPBES committees, has […]
Neoliberalism and Environmental Calamity
Neoliberalism and Environmental Calamity Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Current conditions represent a political emergency of sorts, meaning that ways of solving environmental and social problems will either be worked out or circumstances, led by the environment, will assume a life of their own. Given that these conditions are the result of historical processes that […]
The Vancouver Sun’s Op-ed Denying a Climate Crisis a Symbol of Wider Journalistic Malpractice
The Vancouver Sun’s Op-ed Denying a Climate Crisis a Symbol of Wider Journalistic Malpractice A journalist’s role is to seek truth, especially in the face of an emergency. But the media is not doing its job. So I was disappointed when that misery coincided with the Vancouver Sun’s publication of an op-ed column by University of Guelph economics professor Ross […]
Shell Sued in the Netherlands for Insufficient Action On Climate Change
Shell Sued in the Netherlands for Insufficient Action On Climate Change Plaintiffs allege Shell’s current business model threatens human rights because the oil giant is knowingly undermining the world’s chances to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Photo Credit: Paul Ellis/Getty Images Seven environmental and human rights organizations in the Netherlands have filed suit against […]
What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren?
What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren? Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for “Deep Adaptation”—that we must prepare for inevitable collapse. However, this orientation is dangerously flawed. It threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy by diluting the efforts toward positive change. What we really need right now is Deep […]
