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According to the IPCC, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth, and the concentration has been rising steadily. The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, is largely the product of burning fossil fuels.
There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. One of the most urgent challenges facing countries across the world today is how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also combating climate change.
The Paris climate change agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with countries pledging to cut or curb their greenhouse gas emissions – through a combination of mitigation and adaptation measures – by 2030.
Created a Post in Stockholm+50, Agriculture, Climate Change
A lesson from the Pollinators...
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius
The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance. Sun Yat-sen
The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes. Chinese Proverb
Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale
Wherever wind visits, there it freshens the air; wherever wisdom visits, there it freshens the mind! Mehmet Murat Ildan
There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart. Lao Tzu
Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. Jim Britt
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized. Dalai Lama
Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. Marianne Williamson
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius ___ https://lnkd.in/eDDPqfT https://lnkd.in/ermBtD7 https://lnkd.in/eGypHvT https://lnkd.in/e3KXtT4 https://www.pollinator.org/shop/posters
Created an Event in Green Recovery from COVID-19, Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change
Created a Post in Stockholm+50, Climate Change, Water and Sanitation
Happy Earth Day Everyone!
An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. David Attenborough
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details. Natalie Angier
Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself. L. Wolfe Gilbert
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson
If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere. Vincent Van Gogh
Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. Amit Ray
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. Charles Dickens
The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. Harriet Ann Jacobs
Spring's greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out. Edgar Guest
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations. Saint John Paul II
Humankind did not weave the web of life. Whatever we do to the web we do to ourselves. Chief Seattle
Learn from Yesterday, live for Today, hope for Tomorrow. Albert Einstein
Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people. Paulo Freire
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare
The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace. Mahatma Gandhi
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones; the ones at home. Mother Teresa
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius
Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. Charles Dickens
Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures. Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder ___ https://www.nasa.gov/earth-day-2022 https://science.nasa.gov/2022poster https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events/2022/4/22/celebrate-earth-day-with-… https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/toolkits/earth-day-posters https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtKoD8aqgKs https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144427/all-of-you-on-the-good-… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasa_earth.jpg https://climate.nasa.gov/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150721-pictures-eart…
Created a Post in Stockholm+50, It's Up To Youth, Climate Change
Big Oil and Climate Change: An Ongoing PBS FRONTLINE Three-Part Series...
Intro narrative by Patrice Taddonio, April 12, 2022:
In The Power of Big Oil, a new three-part documentary series, FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change, tracing decades of missed opportunities and ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account.
The documentary series comes on the heels of a new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) saying that rapid action is needed in order to reduce planet-warming emissions of greenhouse gases and limit climate disaster, and outlining possible ways in which the world can take action to cut such emissions in half by 2030.
“We are at a crossroads,” IPCC chair Hoesung Lee said in an announcement about the report. “The decisions we make now can secure a livable future. We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming.” FRONTLINE has been covering climate change and other environmental threats for years and across platforms. With the premiere of The Power of Big Oil, revisit more than a decade’s worth of reporting (PBS, 2022).
Part One: Denial, premiered April 19 and charts the fossil fuel industry’s early research on climate change, investigating industry efforts to sow seeds of doubt about the science. Part Two: Doubt premieres April 26, and Part Three: Delay premieres May 3 (PBS, 2022).
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The Global Climate Coalition (GCC) (1989–2001) was an international lobbyist group of businesses that opposed action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and publicly challenged the science behind global warming. The GCC was the largest industry group active in climate policy and the most prominent industry advocate in international climate negotiations. The GCC was involved in opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, and played a role in blocking ratification by the United States. The coalition knew it could not deny the scientific consensus, but sought to sow doubt over the scientific consensus on climate change. While the coalition disbanded in 2002, some members including the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute continue to lobby against emissions reductions (New York Times, 2009).
NASA, NOAA, and WMO Global Climate Change weblinks provide an extensive collection of global warming resources for media, educators, weathercasters and public speakers. Browse by topic and by media type, including videos, social media shareables, infographics, and interactives. ____ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-power-of-big-oil/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/resources/press/press-release/ https://www.ipcc.ch/working-group/wg1/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/ https://climate.nasa.gov/ https://www.noaa.gov/climate https://www.climate.gov/ https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Climate_Coalition https://www.desmog.com/global-climate-coalition/ https://climateinvestigations.org/global-climate-coalition-industry-cli… https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/science/earth/24deny.html https://www.energyandpolicy.org/global-climate-coalition-utilities/
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Climate Change
After another wave of extreme weather, world leaders want to get serious about climate change. They appoint you the global minister for future generations.
Global temperatures have already risen by 1.2°C. From 2022 to 2050, how will you use your sweeping global powers to keep temperatures below 1.5°C?
The Climate Game by the Financial Times allows you to simulate the decisive action and hard decisions necessary to align our economic and financial systems with Paris Agreement goals.
Can you find a way to decarbonize by 2050?
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change, Natural Capital
Germany Investing in Natural Climate Protection
Created a Post in Climate Change
#climate change is real and our responsibility to move now to #clean energy to dives fossil fuels to build #green society to achieve #global goals . we have #onlyoneearth
In its first quarterly adversarial threat report, Meta – Facebook’s parent company – found and dismantled Facebooks accounts posing as fake nonprofits to downplay the dangers of deforestation.
‘The Brazilian network is the first operation we’ve disrupted that primarily focused on environmental issues,’ said the report.
Washington DC’s Environmental Impact Bond Greening the City
UN Deputy Secretary-General calls for “Sport stars, pundits, sponsors and their creative partners to... use your voices and your platform to connect with people and youth in the billions, fire up their passions. Show leaders that a just, healthy and net zero carbon planet is inevitable."