What are the social impacts of climate change?
By Ben Goldson With the impacts of climate change increasingly apparent, how will this manifest in society? During the lead-up to the 2016 primary season for the Democratic Party, candidate Bernie Sanders cited climate change as the largest threat to America’s...
Do climate refugees need special protection? 🔊
Last week, the man who would have become the first official climate change refugee, Ioane Teitiota, lost his case to avoid deportation at the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Teitiota claimed refugee status saying climate change had affected his right to life...
How do climate-friendly food choices protect the planet? 🔊
New research out of the University of Otago has revealed that increasing the uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could have a significant impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously improving population health. The results showed that a...
What is the relationship between climate change and wildfires? 🔊
The intensity and breadth of the wildfires in Australia have drawn attention to the effects of climate change and the need for greater commitment to counter the global environmental crisis. What are the scientific and political links between the fires and climate...
What needs to be done to prevent a climate-induced collapse? 🔊
Why do sustainable business initiatives so often fail? What fundamental changes do we need from societies and the economic system to stem a climate change-induced collapsed? What economic systems might work on a planet with a finite capacity to sustain life? These are...
How can we adapt to a fierier world?
By George Perry George Perry explains the uptake in wildfires globally and how we can adapt to our changing environment. Australia. California. Mediterranean Europe. Alaska. Greenland. Each week there seem to be news reports describing unprecedented fire events in...
Are renewable co-operatives the solution to climate change?
By Ben Goldson Ben Goldson explores whether renewable co-operatives are the solution to climate change. Between 2013 and 2018, the amount of solar power either produced or purchased by American cooperatives increased by nearly ten times, according to a study by the...
Off the grid: How can we optimise solar power in Oceania and beyond?
By Sean Endres As it becomes obvious that society’s use of fossil fuels needs to be addressed, renewable sources of energy have been celebrated as a way for the world to break its fossil fuel dependence. As it becomes increasingly obvious that society’s rampant use of...
Climate change: Is a careful revolution possible?
By David Hall Extract from Chapter Ten of David Hall’s new BWB Text A Careful Revolution: Towards a Low-Emissions Future. We wrote this report at your request, and with care. Will you listen please? – Andy Reisinger, one of nineteen haikus to summarise the IPCC...Subscribe by Email
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