Climate Crisis
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TIME
How Coronavirus Could Set Back the Fight Against Climate Change
TIME
4 min read · 2020-03-10 · Diplomats are grounded and nations are prioritizing safety and economic stimulus
MIT Technology Review
Why the coronavirus outbreak is terrible news for climate change
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 2020-03-09 · It’ll sap funding and political will—but actually, it should.
The New York Times
Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus
The New York Times
6 min read · 2020-03-12 · The slow global response to climate change shows the cost of inaction in global crises.
Guardian Environment
Study: global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels
Guardian Environment
4 min read · 2020-03-18 · Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement
Guardian Tech
Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots
Guardian Tech
5 min read · 2020-02-21 · Draft of Brown study says findings suggest ‘substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages’
MIT Sloan Management Review
The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch
MIT Sloan Management Review
7 min read · From 2019 · Predicting the future remains a tricky business. Yet without an idea of how the world will look like 10 years down the road, business leaders will be hard-pressed to come up with a sensible strategy. Business adviser Andrew Winston has identified nine current trends he believes will shape the world by 2030. Writing for MIT Sloan Management Review, he explains how businesses can accommodate these trends. Although the future will never happen exactly as expected, Winston’s pragmatic roadmap will be useful for strategists and business leaders alike.
The New York Times
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
The New York Times
From 2018 · We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts.
Guardian Environment
Christiana Figueres on the climate emergency: ‘This is the decade and we are the generation’
Guardian Environment
4 min read · 2020-02-15 · The leader of the 2015 Paris accord talks about her new book, The Future We Choose, and why it’s crunch time for humanity
The New Yorker
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
The New Yorker
9 min read · 2020-02-03 · The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis.
orbuch.com
We Need To Take CO2 Out Of The Sky
orbuch.com
~17 min read · 2020-02-26 · To keep below two degrees, we'll need to dramatically reduce current emissions and simultaneously remove 10-15 gigatons of CO2/yr from the atmosphere by 2050. Read on for what that means, why, and how…
The Guardian
Antarctic temperature rises above 20C for first time on record
The Guardian
3 min read · 2020-02-13 · Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as ‘incredible and abnormal’
Guardian Environment
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
Guardian Environment
6 min read · 2019-10-09 · New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
TIME
Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year
TIME
20+ min read · 2019-12-11 · The climate activist has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change
Carbon Brief
Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change
Carbon Brief
2020-02-10 · The persistent march of a warming climate is seen across a multitude of continuous, incremental...
ucsusa.org
Ride-Hailing's Climate Risks
ucsusa.org
2 min read · 2020-02-27 · Ride-hailing is an attractive option for many travelers, and can increase mobility for households who lack a private vehicle. Yet in communities across the country, ride-hailing is increasing vehicle…
