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As oil declines, the threat of a greenhouse earth & extinction from climate change decline
As oil declines, the threat of a greenhouse earth & extinction from climate change decline Carbon sequestration, wind, solar, geo-engineering, and other remedies are trivial compared to the effect declining fossil fuels will have on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The natural rate of decline today is 8.5%, exponentially increasing, and offset by 4%, so the […]
Code Red on FacingFuture.TV
Code Red on FacingFuture.TV Photograph Source: Emertz76 – CC BY 2.0 FacingFuture.TV recently hosted a preview of the upcoming IPCC 2021 UN climate report, which report guides the gathering of dignitaries from around the world meeting in Glasgow this November to discuss, analyze, and decide how to deal with global warming/climate change. According to the Code […]
Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action
Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action Files show how Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have pressed to water down a key UN scientific report. Some of the world’s biggest coal, oil, beef and animal feed-producing nations are attempting to strip a landmark UN climate […]
WMO horror stories
WMO horror stories If you’re a fan of horror stories, the World Meteorological Organisation is not the first place you might think of checking out. But believe me, it is publishing some terrifying stuff. Every year the WMO publishes a report called “Statement on the State of the Global Climate”. These reports are quite different […]
Leaked report of the IPCC reveals that the growth model of capitalism is unsustainable
Satellite image showing smoke from Siberian forest fires reaching the North Pole (August 3, 2021). Image credit: Felton Davis, Flickr. Leaked report of the IPCC reveals that the growth model of capitalism is unsustainable The second draft of the IPCC Group III report, focused on mitigation strategies, states that we must move away from the current capitalist […]
The IPCC Report: Key Findings and Radical Implications
The IPCC Report: Key Findings and Radical Implications Beyond the headlines: what climate science now shows about Earth’s future. Can we act in time? The UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its latest comprehensive report on the state of the earth’s climate. The much-anticipated report dominated the headlines for a few days […]
How the Economy Has to Radically Transform to End Fossil Fuels in 20 Years
How the Economy Has to Radically Transform to End Fossil Fuels in 20 Years Coming disruptions will eventually lay waste to conventional jobs in incumbent fossil fuel, combustion engine, and livestock farming industries. IMAGE: MARCEL KUSCH/PICTURE ALLIANCE VIA GETTY IMAGES To avoid the worst of climate change’s disastrous effects, humanity needs to slash carbon emissions […]
Grappling with growth
Grappling with growth Synergies and tensions between degrowth and people’s movements We live in an age of converging crises. Only days ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a damning report on the state of the environmental crisis. At the same time, while a few countries are recuperating from the pandemic, an on-going […]
The problem with climate change politics
The problem with climate change politics Climate change bears all the hallmarks of a state-sponsored crisis, useful to shift attention from other political failures. But the absence of financial accountability which characterises government actions also introduces behavioural errors. The absence of a profit motive in any state action exposes the relationship between governments and their […]
This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know
This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
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 […]
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 […]
False Solutions to Climate Change: Real Solutions
False Solutions to Climate Change: Real Solutions Editorial Note: This is Part 6 of Mary Wildfire’s series on false solutions to climate change. You can read Part 1 on Electricity here, Part 2 on Transportation here, Part 3 on Agriculture here, Part 4 on Buildings here. and Part 5 on Geoengineering here. It’s become increasingly clear that climate change is not only real […]
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 […]
