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COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th of its kind. After a Covid-related postponement, it was held this year in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12. Dr Chris Maughan has been in Glasgow for […]
Warning – Migrate from Urban Cities to the Suburbs
Warning – Migrate from Urban Cities to the Suburbs I have warned that they were considering lockdowns for climate change. India has been the first to impose a lockdown in New Delhi all for air pollution. I strongly recommend that if you can, get out of the major urban cities before you find yourself locked […]
Weather whiplash in Canada: extreme rains hit wildfire-devastated British Columbia
Weather whiplash in Canada: extreme rains hit wildfire-devastated British Columbia Climate change is likely to increase extreme flooding from atmospheric river events like this one. Flooding in British Columbia on November 15, 2021. (Image credit: BC Hydro) An intense low-pressure system brought an atmospheric river of water vapor and torrential rains to southern British Columbia and […]
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress?
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress? Resource depletion, ecosystem disruption, population growth, and technological change are interacting with each other in a tsunami of changes that always take us by surprise. The surprises that technological progress may be bringing are among the most unpredictable drivers of change. Yet, it is not impossible to […]
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse ‘The Metablog’, No.18, Podcast: This is an over thirty-year long story about my involvement with contaminated sites, and helping communities to get action to clean them up[1]. It’s innately connected to my home […]
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges Fact is, say scientists, that “Net-Zero by 2050” really means we’re “net-fucked by 2050.” — CAUTION: Readers may find the word “fucked” in this piece offensive. Personally, I find the reference to “government deceit” far more disturbing. “The latest satirical video from The […]
Activities Which Can Help Us Deal With Climate Anxiety
Activities Which Can Help Us Deal With Climate Anxiety Lake Powhatan Swimming Beach, Asheville, North Carolina Recently, it has been brought to my attention that I’m getting older. [Well, big DUH there – as if any of us is getting younger!] One of the things that growing older often brings is more wisdom. Human beings […]
U.S. and China issue joint pledge to slow climate change
U.S. and China issue joint pledge to slow climate change ‘We both see that the challenge of climate change is an existential and severe one,’ Chinese envoy says in announcing agreement U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry at the summit on Nov. 10. (Alberto Pezzali/AP) GLASGOW, Scotland — The United States and China jolted the […]
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26 The United States and China made a surprise announcement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation. The United States is the largest historical emitter of carbon emissions, […]
Why is the world protesting so much? A new study claims to have some answers.
Why is the world protesting so much? A new study claims to have some answers. Activists wearing cutouts of world leaders’ faces outside the COP26 summit on Nov. 2 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Peter Summers/Getty Images) Are we in a historic age of protest? A new study released Thursday that looked at demonstrations between 2006 and 2020 found that […]
Beware: Gaia may destroy humans before we destroy the Earth
Beware: Gaia may destroy humans before we destroy the Earth Covid-19 may well have been one attempt by the Earth to protect itself. Gaia will try harder next time with something even nastier ‘I am not hopeful of a positive outcome at Cop26, knowing who is participating. I was not invited to Glasgow, though that […]
Video: Al Gore’s Latest ‘Solution’ To Climate Change Is Mass Surveillance
Video: Al Gore’s Latest ‘Solution’ To Climate Change Is Mass Surveillance Meanwhile, new research finds that the carbon footprints of the wealthiest 1% are on track to be 30 times larger than the size compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C Speaking from the private jet and super yacht owners gathering, otherwise known as the COP 26 […]
Things Feel Bleak Because This Way of Life is Coming to an End
Things Feel Bleak Because This Way of Life is Coming to an End The Lesson of 2021 is Either We Change — or Things Collapse Around Us Here’s a tiny question. What is the lesson Covid is trying to teach us? As we settle in to a new normal, where Covid is going permanent, and […]
If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7 C this century
If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7 C this century Corals will not likely survive more than 2℃ global warming. Credit: Shutterstock If nations make good on their latest promises to reduce emissions by 2030, the planet will warm by at least 2.7℃ this century, a report by the […]
The Power of Lo-TEK: A Design Movement to Rebuild Understanding of Indigenous Philosophy and Vernacular Architecture
The Power of Lo-TEK: A Design Movement to Rebuild Understanding of Indigenous Philosophy and Vernacular Architecture A Mythology of Technology: Stemming from the Greek mythos, meaning “story of the people,” mythology has guided mankind for millennia. Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, the […]
