The Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell says that substantial re-forestation is required to limit global warming to less than 1.5C.
Re-forestation
- Post author By Bob Carnell
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Category: Political
Re-forestation
IPCC Special Report
See here a link to the IPCC Special Report on the need to limit global warming to a rise in average global temperature of less than 1.5C compared to pre-industrial levels.
Limiting global warming
Limiting global warming to 2C may prove to be a fools errand, according to recent report from leading climate scientists.
Renewable economics
Interesting article here in the Guardian about data from 2016, showing that the economics as well as the climate change case is with renewables and not fossil fuels.
Record climate change
Article in the Guardian reporting the latest global warming data from the World Meteorological Office.
TED Talks
Some informative and compelling TED Talks on Climate Change.
Paris Agreement
Some interesting and informative articles, including the Paris Climate Agreement, from the Guardian newspaper.
Bernie Sanders
Interesting article about Bernie Sander’s views on Donald Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Bill Gates
A very interesting 2016 letter and videos from Bill and Melinda Gates. Asking what superpower do you wish you had, they conclude “more energy” and “more time” – thought-provoking pieces as you would expect.
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation or LDF implements solutions that help restore balance to threatened ecosystems. It advocates leaving fossil fuels in the ground and it inspires millions of people to take local action on global warming and climate change.
Naomi Klein
Regarding climate change and the consequences of climate change, the recent book “This Changes Everything” from Naomi Klein is a most informative read, though the idea that mitigating the effects of climate change is a rallying call for the political left might disengage the political right unnecessarily.
Washington Post
Denial of climate change is all about the politics not about the science.
Pope Francis
The Pope’s encyclical letter regarding care of our common home.
Saudi expansion
Good article in the Telegraph about how the Saudi government are focused on developing their economy outside of their traditional fossil fuel interests.
Al Gore
Al Gore’s TED Talk on new thinking about the climate crisis.