Global Industry Leaders Beg Politicians, warn about Climate Collaps and “Empty Planet”

Halt destruction of nature or risk ‘dead planet’, leading businesses warn | Biodiversity | The Guardian “In an open letter, the chief executives of Unilever, H&M and nine other companies have called on governments to take meaningful action on mass extinctions of wildlife and the collapse of ecosystems or risk “a dead planet”.” COP15 CEO…

#klimakollaps: Sogar das US-Militär bereitet sich vor. Skeptiker noch irgendwo?

Pentagon climate plan prepares military for extreme conditions | TheHill “Climate change is an existential threat to our nation’s security, and the Department of Defense must act swiftly and boldly to take on this challenge and prepare for damage that cannot be avoided,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement released alongside the strategy, known as the…

The way we do business has to change, and there are great opportunities on the rise.

To truly reach net zero emissions, we need to transform the business supply chain | Grant Reid | The Guardian The old ways of doing business will not deliver change – suppliers, retailers and consumers must all take responsibility

Globale Gerechtigkeit – co2negativity

An interesting (german) Artikel on ZEIT online has exactly the same idea that we’ve been suggesting:  “Ein Entwicklungsindex, “bereinigt um planetare Belastungen” Die UN – genauer gesagt ihr Entwicklungsprogramm UNDP – halten es etwas nüchterner und veröffentlichen jedes Jahr für fast jedes Land den Human Development Index (HDI), einen Index zur menschlichen Entwicklung. Der errechnet…

Das Golfstromsystem macht schlapp – DER SPIEGEL

Klimawandel: Das Golfstromsystem macht schlapp – DER SPIEGEL Neben diesen ozeanografischen Messbefunden deutet auch eine Reihe von Studien mit Sedimentdaten darauf hin, dass die Golfstromzirkulation inzwischen schwächer ist als seit mindestens einem Jahrtausend. Die Strömungsveränderungen betreffen auch uns in Europa, denn die “Kälteblase” draußen im Atlantik beeinflusst unser Wetter. Es klingt paradox, wenn man an…

Welcome to the Future we never wanted.

The future has arrived. These explosive fires are our climate change wakeup call | Climate change | The Guardian Projections have turned to reality. The future has arrived. What we’re seeing now, with massive wildfires, worsening storms, unprecedented heat, and record droughts and floods is just the beginning of the climate changes to come. On…