Climate Change

The Bonn climate change conference  is currently underway, a crucial opener for the Lima talks, which will in turn affect the outcomes made in Paris in 2015. This conference is a real opportunity for delegates to discuss the legalities behind the pact, and the details of how it will be enforced. Decision-makers will also have the opportunity to address the best way to share the responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions now before future options are foreclosed.

Lord Stern's New Climate Economy report argues we can tackle climate change without harming the economy. Seven key lessons emerge from the report, according to a recent article in the Guardian. 1. Greener cities would be cheaper to build. 2. Repair farmland. 3. Renewables could supply half of our new electricity supplies. 4. Ditch fossil fuel subsidies. 5. Use green bonds to fund the transition to a low carbon world. 6.

In his address to the United Nations, Leonardo DiCaprio, states the top two actions that all governments should implementt now for changing our climate change impacts.

There is nothing like the chorus of many voices coming together as one. There is no power more impactful than the unification of people all over the planet, in support of a very worthy cause. This Sunday, the 21st marks the largest worldwide mobilization for climate change in history. It’s called the People’s Climate March, and it has already received extensive media coverage, as well as massive amounts of support on an international scale.

I’ve just finished reading this article about a recent study conducted by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). This particular article is very informative, in the sense that it uses very clear language and statistical evidence to effectively communicate the very real impact of rising CO2 levels, and the urgency to act immediately to implement climate change adaptation and mitigation.

 I recently came across this article, entitled Prophetic visions can rouse politicians from complacency to save the planet. It presents several concrete examples of how some of the current economically based arguments against environmentally proactive changes are being refuted. It also addresses the fact that many of the scientific ideas and attitudes against the human impacts on our changing climate are losing serious clout.

This video by John Oliver is great, humour goes a long way to opening up the mind and hopefully the heart. But how do you change someone who is ideologically opposed to the issue, it doesn't matter what the facts are, they will deny the problem as it means having to change?

This is a must go to event, David Suzuki and Ian Mauro's Western Canadian Ciitizens as climate leaders tour, featuring the local premiere of Climate Change in Atlantic Canada and discussions in Edmonton (April 22), Calgary (April 23) and Vancouver (April 24).

Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, at their annual meeting last month responded to questions from a rightwing thinktank, saying, "If you want me to do things only for ROI [return on investment] reasons, you should get out of this stock."  Writing on his blog, Virgin Group chairman and founder, Sir Richard Branson, Branson said that businesses should take a stand again

A major objective of our climate action research is to elucidate the primary drivers, influences, and (on the other side of the coin) barriers to implementing adaptation and mitigation strategies in local communities.