Scientists & academics engaging in civil disobedience to secure a livable future
Removing a highly diluted gas (~0.04%) such as CO2 from the atmosphere is technically challenging, energy-intensive and expensive. Unlike renewable energy, it has no direct use. Its value is entirely socially and politically constructed. Without strong government policy, there is no profit to be made, which is why all companies involved depend on CO2 compensation to bring this to market.
A maximum of 1.5 °C warming, and in any case well below 2 °C, is the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which is still endorsed by most countries. Due to the lack of effective action by governments and businesses, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that the 1.5 °C target will be achieved. Every tenth … Read more
Eva de Bock No country in the world has yet achieved full gender equality. Globally, women earn less than men, are less likely to be in paid employment and have less access to education, land and financial resources. Moreover, the effects of climate change hit women harder, reinforcing existing gender inequalities. At the same time, … Read more
This is republished from the site Covering Climate Now. “Suffering increases with each tenth of a degree of warming.” So says renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, speaking yesterday in an expert panel that CCNow and Sammy Roth of the new newsletter Climate-Colored Goggles convened in response to a widely circulated and much-discussed memo by Bill Gates, in which the … Read more