(Third in a series of three posts).
This weekend, Friday Night at the Movies features a special, 6-part presentation on space-based agricultural sensing and the role it plays in understanding global food production, land and water use, food security, agricultural economics, and monitoring impacts of climate change on growing patterns.
Episodes 5 and 6 of NASA’s, Science [...]
The Environment and Public Works Committee of the US Senate was scheduled to begin mark-up on the Boxer-Kerry climate bill today, but was thwarted as all seven Republican members made good on last week’s threat to boycott the meeting. Members of the Republican minority also boycotted the committee’s October 27 open hearing on climate and [...]
Climate Change, Human Rights Top Sustainability Priorities for Business Leaders at BSR Conference
From EthicalMarkets.com:
Climate change and human rights are the most significant priorities for business’ sustainability efforts in the year ahead, according to the “BSR/GlobeScan State of Sumarcstainable Business Poll 2009” of 274 business leaders from 15 countries who attended the BSR Conference 2009 in [...]
Are Coral Reefs Beyond Saving?
BBC News reports that prospects of saving the world’s coral reefs now appear so bleak that scientists have recommended freezing samples in liquid nitrogen to preserve them for the future so that, should global temperatures be stabilized, corals could be reintroduced.
If you’re wondering whether the situation is really that bad, read [...]
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Over 15,000 marched through the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Okavango Delta, Botswana
A new poll by the Pew Research Center indicates that US public confidence in evidence of global warming has declined sharply over the past 18 months, and fewer now believe that it poses a serious problem.
To the question, “Is there solid evidence that the earth is warming:”
57 percent answered ‘yes,’ compared to 71 percent in [...]
This Saturday, October 24th, the International Day of Climate Action, will inspire over 4000 actions in 170 countries, aimed at focusing attention on the number 350. This day may be the most widespread day of environmental activism in history, with the intention of urging world leaders to support a clear solution to the climate crisis: [...]
Copenhagen Talks Last Chance: Gordon Brown
There are now fewer than 50 days to set course of next 50 years and more, PM tells environment ministers from 17 countries responsible for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions
Gordon Brown today warned that the world is on the brink of a “catastrophic” future of killer heatwaves, floods and droughts [...]
Maldives Cabinet Holds Underwater Meeting
To dramatize the threat posed by rising sea levels due to global warming, Mohamed Nasheed, president of Maldives, has scheduled a Cabinet meeting for this Saturday, at which members will call upon on the international community to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The catch? They’ll be underwater.
Maldives is a nation of 1,200 coral islands with an [...]
The pace and scale of climate change may now be outstripping even the most sobering previous predictions, according to a recent report from The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).
Newly emerging science is directly pointing to some events thought likely to occur in the longer-term are already happening or set [...]
Transcript of yesterday’s speech follows, with video after the jump.
Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary-General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our [...]
