Heated debate
There's no such thing as right and wrong when it comes to tackling climate change, says Mike Hulme. That’s why we need to stop looking for scapegoats and start engaging in honest discussion
COP15 in retrospect, and our common future
What did the 'Mother of all Conferences' in Copenhagen do to us, and how did it change the way we see the world?
COP15
The battle of minds - New perspectives on responses to climate change.
No public issue or scientific discipline is as confusing and complex as climate change is currently. In the wake of potential catastrophes, we are trying to grapple with the alignment of widely opposing discourses, seemingly impossible to unite in a world ridden by confusion...
350: 24 October is the day
October 24th is shaping up to be the most widespread day of environmental action in the history of the planet (more than 4000 activities in 170 countries). All events are designed to do one thing: show the support for the most important number in the world: 350.
How on earth do we want to live together?
Today, on October 15th 2009, more then 13,000 bloggers all over the world are writing about “Climate Change”, the topic of the 2009 Blog Action Day.
Climate Collaboratorium: Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Address Climate Change Issues
Global climate change is perhaps the most pressing and important problem currently facing humanity. It is also unique by virtue of being a truly systemic problem of vast complexity: it affects every one of us, and is directly affected by every one of our actions. Like nothing else, dealing with climate change calls upon us...
Number games: 2 degrees Celsius, 2050 and the G8. But does it all add up?
G8 leaders have come out with a land mark climate change agreement on the back of meetings in L’Aquila in Italy (read the full communiqué here). Is this good news? In a word, yes. Is it jump for joy and do an embarrassing dance kinda news? In another word, no. Why? Well, the answer lies...
The essentials in Copenhagen
Rather than getting every small detail of a new global climate treaty done in Copenhagen, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer hopes the conference will reach agreements on four political essentials. Read more at COP15… People who looked at this item also looked at… A Checklist for Sustainability Top 5 inspiration sources 350: 24 October...
Breaking out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma
With six months left to the Copenhagen climate negotiations the world faces multiple crises. All are a direct or indirect result of an economic policy that stimulates value creation on the short term with disastrous effects on the medium or long term. Sustainable development forms the core of the solutions for these crises. Between 1992,...
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HOME: It’s Too Late To Be A Pessimist
‘If we can improve the images of the world, perhaps we can improve the world’ Wim Wenders Wim Wenders’ words have perhaps never been more relevant to a movie than in the case of Home. Following directly on from Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, Home is, of course, a film with a message that sets...
Good 50×70 poster contest: Climate Change
Ever thought you can’t combine a serious topic like climate change and biodiversity with beautiful design? Here’s the proof you can! Good 50×70 called out a poster design contest on climate change. Click here to watch the results… People who looked at this item also looked at… This is SCHOOL Design for the other 90%...
Using Human Rights Law to Address Climate Change
What are the legal and human rights implications of climate change? As the evidence becomes stronger and the science more serious, people in countries, companies, institutions and professions everywhere are taking up the issue of climate change and sounding the alarm. Among these concerned global citizens are lawyers and legal professionals. To gather this community...
