TIME
How Coronavirus Could Set Back the Fight Against Climate Change
4 min · · Diplomats are grounded and nations are prioritizing safety and economic stimulus · Shared by 11, including Hendrik Dietrich
MIT Technology Review
Why the coronavirus outbreak is terrible news for climate change
3 min · · It’ll sap funding and political will—but actually, it should. · Shared by 105, including Frederic Filloux, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Kainaz Amaria, MΛRC VIDΛL, Vikram Dutt, Bas Grasmayer, Hendrik Dietrich, Carl Morris
The New York Times
Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus
6 min · · The slow global response to climate change shows the cost of inaction in global crises. · Shared by 35, including Marcel Hänggi, Hannah Fairfield, Hendrik Dietrich
The Guardian
Study: global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels
4 min · · Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement · Shared by 53, including Jansnet, Hendrik Dietrich, Bill McKibben
The Guardian
Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots
5 min · · Draft of Brown study says findings suggest ‘substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages’ · Shared by 478, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dr. Alec Couros, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Prof Michael E. Mann, Steve Faktor, Bill McKibben, Andres Oppenheimer, Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Deborah Blum, marco iacoboni, Thomas Power, Mathew Ingram, Matt Navarra, Ray Monk, Claudia Sommer, Bethany Brookshire, W. David Stephenson, Tristan Harris, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
MIT Sloan Management Review
The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch
Summary · 7 min · · 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. · Shared by 64, including getAbstract, Hendrik Dietrich, Antonio Vieira Santos, Vodafone IoT, Damir Kusar, Johannes Dornisch
The New York Times
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
· We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts. · Shared by 423, including Jane, Katja Evertz, Claudia Sommer, Matthias Sala, Azeem Azhar, Stacy H Smedley, Gavin Schmidt, Helmut Adam, Inês Silva, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, adrianoesch, Twila Moon, PhD, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️, Nils Hitze, DonDahlmann, Dominik Grolimund
The Guardian
Christiana Figueres on the climate emergency: ‘This is the decade and we are the generation’
4 min · · The leader of the 2015 Paris accord talks about her new book, The Future We Choose, and why it’s crunch time for humanity · Shared by 68, including Tom Raftery, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Gerd Leonhard, Hendrik Dietrich
The New Yorker
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
Summary · 9 min · · The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis. · Shared by 441, including Philippe, W. David Stephenson, Adam Posen, Matthias Lampe, Gerd Leonhard, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, sircharlsxavier, getAbstract, l. ones, Jansnet, douglass CLT (cross-laminated timber), Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dan Hill, Gutly Myrat, MIT Press, Thomas Pleil, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Andres Saldarriaga, Hendrik Dietrich, Korben
orbuch.com
We Need To Take CO2 Out Of The Sky
Summary · 17+ min · · 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… · Shared by 148, including justin, Katja Evertz, Chris Sacca 🇺🇸, Ross Dawson, getAbstract, Max Roser, Simon C, Gustaf Alströmer 🇺🇦, Hendrik Dietrich, Marius Bleuer, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Jansnet, Gerd Leonhard, Tom Connor
The Guardian
Antarctic temperature rises above 20C for first time on record
3 min · · Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as ‘incredible and abnormal’ · Shared by 326, including George M 🇪🇺, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Hendrik Epe, Neuropsychology, Matthias Lampe, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Marius Bleuer, Eric Holthaus, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Claudia Sommer, Hendrik Dietrich, Jansnet, Matteo Fogli, Inês Silva
The Guardian
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
6 min · · New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers · Shared by 492, including Aral Balkan, Dr Jim Walsh, Xxederik Xxnhouttx - Xxnterbloex, Tara Imani, AIA, Prof Michael E. Mann, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Chris Skinner, Antonio Vieira Santos, Gerd Leonhard, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Tristan Harris, Adrien Salazar, Bruce Lawson, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Skoll Foundation, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Noah Iliinsky vis.social/@noahi, Elinor Stutz, Deborah Blum
TIME
Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year
20+ min · · The climate activist has succeeded in turning vague anxieties about the planet into a worldwide movement calling for global change · Shared by 419, including Steve Maraboli, Marc Benioff, Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, Fabio Moioli, Klaus Eck, Fanzo, Vala Afshar, Alex Corbitt, Tiffany Shlain, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Guy Kawasaki, Carla Gentry 🎶, Chris Sacca 🇺🇸, Victoria Stilwell, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Neuropsychology, Anna Irrera, Shervin 🚀 ∞ 🚄, Jigar Shah, Steve Case
Carbon Brief
Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change
Summary · · The persistent march of a warming climate is seen across a multitude of continuous, incremental... · Shared by 473, including pkashwan.bsky.social, Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Vincenzo Tremonte, Katja Evertz, Hendrik Dietrich, Tom Connor, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Robert McSweeney, Marius Bleuer, getAbstract, Josep M. Ganyet, Philanthropy News Digest, Mike Butcher, Reto Knutti
ucsusa.org
Ride-Hailing's Climate Risks
2 min · · 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… · Shared by 7, including Hendrik Dietrich