Published on Jun 1, 2011
Can one climate change scientist change the minds of a roomful of climate change sceptics?
Insight: Tuesdays at 8:30pm on SBS ONE http://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight
Sunday, 4 August 2019
Fleeing climate change - the real environmental disaster | DW Documentary
DW Documentary
Published on May 2, 2019
How many millions of people will be forced to leave their homes by 2050? This documentary looks at the so-called hotspots of climate change in the Sahel zone, Indonesia and the Russian Tundra. Lake Chad in the Sahel zone has already shrunk by 90 percent since the 1960s due to the increasing heat. About 40 million people will be forced to migrate to places where there is enough rainfall. Migration has always existed as a strategy to adapt to a changing environment. But the number of those forced to migrate solely because of climate change has increased dramatically since the 1990s. It is a double injustice: after becoming rich at the expense of the rest of the world, the industrialized countries are now polluting the atmosphere with their emissions and bringing a second misfortune to the inhabitants of the poorer regions. One of them is Mohammed Ibrahim: as Lake Chad got hotter and drier, he decided to go where the temperatures were less extreme and there was still a little water, trekking with his wife, children and 70 camels from Niger to Chad and then further south. The journey lasted several years and many members of his herd died of thirst. Now he and his family are living in a refugee camp: they only have seven camels left. Mohammed is one of many who have left their homelands in the Sahel - not because of conflict and crises, but because of the high temperatures. He's a real climate refugee.
Video / Climate Scientist Jason Box: “Our Economic System Is Crashing With Reality”: Democracy Now
Published on Aug 2, 2019
He says humanity must move toward living in balance with the environment. “If we don’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately stabilize CO2 … there’s no real prospect for a stable society or even a governable society,” Box says. “Perpetual growth on a finite planet is, by definition, impossible.”
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Heatwave: think it’s hot in Europe? The human body is already close to thermal limits elsewhere :The Conversation
As temperatures soar, a ‘heat dome’ is coming to the Arctic: You Tube
After Europe experienced record-breaking temperatures this month, climate scientists are now concerned that a heat wave will settle farther north. This week, a so-called “heat dome” is expected to strike over the Arctic, causing worries about potential ice melt and rising sea levels. Washington Post reporter Andrew Freedman joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the causes and consequences.
PBS News July 28, 2019
Related: 'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US : The Guardian
Saturday, 3 August 2019
Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition' : The Guardian
Coal, oil and gas get more than $370bn (£305bn) a year in support, compared with $100bn for renewables, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report found. Just 10-30% of the fossil fuel subsidies would pay for a global transition to clean energy, the IISD said."
Link to The Guardian article
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Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks:New York Times
Investors are taking global heating/climate change seriously.
"Moody’s Corporation has purchased a controlling stake in a firm
that measures the physical risks of climate change, the latest
indication that global warming can threaten the creditworthiness of
governments and companies around the world.
The
rating agency bought a majority share in Four Twenty Seven, a
California-based company that measures a range of hazards, including
extreme rainfall, hurricanes, heat stress and sea level rise, and tracks
their impact on 2,000 companies and 196 countries. In the United
States, the data covers 761 cities and more than 3,000 counties.
“We
are taking these risks very seriously,” said Myriam Durand, global head
of assessments at Moody’s Investors Service, who said the purchase
would allow its credit analysts to be more precise in their review of
climate related risks. “You can’t mitigate what you don’t understand.”
The
purchase is the latest in a series of moves by rating agencies to
better account for the effects of climate change on the ability of
governments to pay back the money they borrow by issuing bonds. Global
warming can threaten that ability in a variety of ways."
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US : The Guardian
by Nina Lakhani in Camotán
At sunrise, the misty fields around the village of Guior are already dotted with men, women and children sowing maize after an overnight rainstorm.
After several years of drought, the downpour brought some hope of relief to the subsistence farmers in this part of eastern Guatemala.
But as Esteban Guti̩rrez, 30, takes a break from his work, he explains why he is still willing to incur crippling debts Рand risk his life Рto migrate to the United States.
“My children have gone to bed hungry for the past three years. Our crops failed and the coffee farms have cut wages to $4 a day,” he says, playing nervously with the white maize kernels in a plastic trough strapped to his waist."
Read The Guardian article
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Heatwave: think it’s hot in Europe? The human body is already close to thermal limits elsewhere :The Conversation
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