C-Smart Solutions, - Providing you with #ClimateChange, #SmartGrowth, & #Sustainability News, Content, & #Solutions from around the world.
Boulder, CO
Joined November 2015
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"US climate scientist, @MichaelEMann's defamation case over online attacks finally comes to trial",
by @DharnaNoor for The @guardian.
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateActionNow theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
A goal of stimulating growth clashes with objectives to improve human well-being, address #climatechange. and reduce environmental damage.
The GDP needs a makeover.
Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach: #degrowth.
@jasonhickel nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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The #COP28 "#COP_out": a summary of how the Conference was a win for Big Oil but failed to adequately address action on the #ClimateCrisis at the speed and scale needed. youtu.be/-DUwmr9wcME?si=HDfH…
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'Magical’ tech innovations are a distraction from real solutions, #climate experts warn.
An overemphasis on innovation & carbon removal risks distracting action on the main goal of stopping the use of fossil fuels.
#ClimateAction
#ClimateCrisis
@guardian
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@sciam editorial staff honored its favorite books of 2023, including @MichaelEMann's Our Fragile Moment: a benevolent moment in geological time that made humanity possible.
Its cause is ironically, the very same thing that now threatens us: #climatechange.
scientificamerican.com/artic…
#Cop28 beckons:
"A hellish future is predicted, yet the world continues to take baby steps on the climate crisis".
By Kevin O'Sullivan for The @IrishTimes.
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency
#ActOnClimate
irishtimes.com/environment/c…
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For @CC_Yale Climate Connections, @DanaNuccitelli discusses how 2015 was an inflection point for #climate policy and solutions: on how much progress we've made over the past 8 years, and in particular, the past 3 years.
#ClimateActionNow
#ClimateCrisis
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Perspective on the #COP28 "caravanserai" in Dubai.
Two key issues; "Phase OUT" vs "Phase DOWN" language, and the fallacy of #CCS and #DAC, the the billion $ strawmen of BigOil.
By @PeterMcKillop, for
@ClimateandCap Media.
mailchi.mp/climateandcapital…
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Yes, while the language to do so matters (per @ClimateandCap's recent post): we must phase OUT fossil fuels, - as well as, - yes, be honest about the strawmen of #CCS snd #DAC, two distractions used by BigOil to continue fossil fuel extraction & production.
#ClimateCrisis
#COP28
Encouraging news. But remember, we need to phase down ALL fossil fuels, especially the oil and gas that the UAE now says it will increase extraction of. And "unabated" coal? Carbon capture is an expensive myth: reuters.com/sustainability/c…
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Central at #COP28 is whether the fossil fuel industry can continue to manipulate the conference to maintain their forever oil strategy; 1st by controlling language to ‘phase down,’ - vs ‘phase out’, - the use of fossil fuels.
@ClimateandCap
#ClimateCrisis mailchi.mp/climateandcapital…
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Tackling the #ClimateCrisis and Building #Resilient and #Equitable #Communities With the Inflation Reduction Act.
Join the Center for American Progress and the @CLEOInstitute to explore how the #IRA will improve lives in Fl. and beyond.
Today, 1;30 EST americanprogress.org/events/…
"Trump 2.0: The climate cannot survive another Trump term" .
@MichaelEMann commentary for @TheHill:
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateActionNow
thehill.com/opinion/energy-e…
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The State of the Climate Report:
The GOP: "All Is FINE, nothing to see here. Move along.
Pay no attention to the science or scientists."
The Reality: “Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory."
doi.org/10.1093/biosci… academic.oup.com/view-large/……
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State of the Climate Report:
All Is FINE, nothing to see here. Move along.
Pay no attention to the science or scientists.
“Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory."
#ClimateCrisis
#ActOnClimate
doi.org/10.1093/biosci… academic.oup.com/view-large/…
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The facts tell us that the general public is not the problem; the fossil fuel industry and other vested interests are: that we have the solutions, we know what to do, that the obstacles are political, & that we are deciding the future now.
#ClimateCrisis
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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"....Countries will also decide whether to announce publicly that the EU expects to overshoot its legally-binding target to slash net greenhouse gas emissions 55% by 2030."
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateActionNow
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#DefendOurDemocracy,...
The fate of our planet, climate, and future generations depends on it!
#DefendOurClimate
#ClimateCrisis
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Good point to quote - " No, they are NOT road closures!"... they are in fact "opening up" roads to non-car activity: pedestrians, biking, and other non-motorized transit ... a more just, balanced, and fair use of budgets for non-drivers, including kids, seniors and the disabled.
I told @DevonLiveNews I support the Exeter Active Streets trial as these schemes have been shown to reduce emissions in other places so it's worth trying out here
NB. They're not "road closures" because people walking, cycling & on buses can pass through devonlive.com/news/devon-new…
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In June, the #ClimateChange Committee expressed concerns to Parliament about the pace of change required to meet the UK’s climate goals. @ChiefExecCCC provides an update on new developments & initiatives, - for better or worse.
#ClimateCrisis
#ActOnClimate theccc.org.uk/2023/10/12/ccc…
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