Home » Posts tagged 'cop24'

Tag Archives: cop24

Olduvai
Click on image to purchase

Content

Olduvai III: Catacylsm
Click on image to purchase

Post categories

Post Archives by Category

Five (More) Things You Can do Now to Address Climate Change

Five (More) Things You Can do Now to Address Climate Change Recycle. Eat less meat. Buy electric cars. Have fewer kids. Reduce consumption. Install solar panels on your home. These are just a few of the (primarily middle-class oriented) ideas that the media have offered over the last year to help you figure out “what […]

Continue Reading →

Developing Country Issues at COP24 … and a Bit of Good News for Solar Power and Carbon Capture

Developing Country Issues at COP24 … and a Bit of Good News for Solar Power and Carbon Capture Photo Source Doman84 | CC BY 2.0 We humans are an interesting species … instead of seeing eye-to-eye, we are inclined to see eye-to-nose.  We focus on the present and ourselves, particularly where our comfort is concerned, no […]

Continue Reading →

From Obama to Trump, Climate Negotiations are Being Run by the Same Crew of American Technocrats

FROM OBAMA TO TRUMP, CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING RUN BY THE SAME CREW OF AMERICAN TECHNOCRATS ON MONDAY, THE Trump administration hosted an event on behalf of the fossil fuel industry at the United Nations climate talks in Poland, known as COP24. It was almost identical to the one it hosted at last year’s climate […]

Continue Reading →

Attenborough and the deluded elites of Katowice

Attenborough and the deluded elites of Katowice Transcript of the speech by Sir David Attenborough COP24, Katowice, Poland 3rd December 2018. Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. ‘We the peoples of the United Nations’. These are the opening words of the UN Charter. A charter that puts people at the centre. A pledge to give every person in the […]

Continue Reading →

COP24: climate protesters must get radical and challenge economic growth

COP24: climate protesters must get radical and challenge economic growth What do we want … when do we want it? Now. Etienne Laurent/EPA At the COP24 conference in Poland, countries are aiming to finalise the implementation plan for the 2015 Paris Agreement. The task has extra gravity in the wake of the recent IPCC report declaring […]

Continue Reading →

COP24: Climate Science Denial, Disinformation and Fake News at the UN Climate Talks

COP24: Climate Science Denial, Disinformation and Fake News at the UN Climate Talks In an age of “fake news” and disinformation, in which climate science deniers have been elected to the head of some of the world’s largest governments, the UN climate talks continue to act as a stage for those who wish to cast […]

Continue Reading →

Polish Government Issues Terrorism Alert in Katowice Days Before Start of UN Climate Talks

Polish Government Issues Terrorism Alert in Katowice Days Before Start of UN Climate Talks The Polish government has implemented a terrorism alert in the province where the annual UN climate talks are about to start. Climate campaigners are warning of a “tense atmosphere” in and around the city of Katowice in southern Poland, where the global climate negotiations, […]

Continue Reading →

Olduvai IV: Courage
Click on image to read excerpts

Olduvai II: Exodus
Click on image to purchase

Click on image to purchase @ FriesenPress