Climate Memo Mondays

42.   Climate Memo Mondays, September 27, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-september-27.html Books by MARK LYNAS[High Tide: The Truth About Our Climate Crisis (2004). Picador.  (384 pages).Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (2007; 2008 in USA).  (358 pages).Carbon Counter (2010). Collins.  (192 pages).The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans (2011). National       Geographic.  (288 pages).Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power (2013).  (112 pages).Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency (2020).. Fourth      Estate (2020. Mark Lynas’ “Six Degrees” books on climate catastropheSix Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet.  2008.Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency.  2020. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter […]

39.  Climate Memo Mondays, September 6, 2021 The IPCC/Greta Test  Kate Aronoff.  Overheated      Several decades ago the IPCC scientists began to warn us of the extraordinary changes that were already happening in our climate and therefore weather, as the temperature rose worldwide.    At first populations and governments responded with knowledge and vigor.  But unregulated, subsidized fossil fuels companies’ denial and disinformation succeeded in putting that knowledge in doubt and few governments did anything meaningful.          Then on June 1, 2017 Pres. Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Accords.   Temperature was rising, weather was becoming more extreme, and catastrophe was palpable […]

37.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 23, 2021 ContentsCoveringclimatenow.orgAvaaz,  UN Biodiversity Summit in October on the extinction crisis, and just a few weeks later, the UN Climate Summit to secure new national commitments.UN Biodiversity Summit, Oct. 11UN Climate Summit, Nov. 1 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-23-2021.html Coveringclimatenow.org An excellent source of current events and ideas on climate:801 PULITZER HALL2950 BROADWAYNEW YORK, NY HEAT The last generation Huiting Hsu – Avaaz via uark.onmicrosoft.com  Jul 20, 2021, 11:05 PM (10 hours ago) Dear friends, This isn’t global warming anymore. It’s global scorching. Our world is hotter now than any time in recorded history, unleashing a firestorm of heatwaves, megadroughts, […]

35.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 9, 2021(War: August 9 Nagasaki Remembrance Day) https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-9-2021.html EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY, JULY 29, 2021 (Google search) Earth Overshoot Day marks date planet has used up resources for the year August 22, 2020 In 2020, Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 22. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. For the rest of the year, we are maintaining our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 2021 Earth Overshoot Day moves forward by nearly a month July 29, 2021 Earth […]

34.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 2, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-2-2021.html I hope this excellent film receives widespread viewing!   And I hope my registration will lead you to the link for you.  A main path to stopping temperature from rising further is stopping population growth.   D Registration Confirmation POPULATION CONNECTION PRESENTS 8 BILLION ANGELS View Recording Hi there, You have successfully registered for POPULATION CONNECTION PRESENTS 8 BILLION ANGELS by Terry Spahr. Webinar details: Linkhttps://www.bigmarker.com/8-Billion-Angels/POPULATION-CONNECTION-PRESENTS-8-BILLION-ANGELS-169c3840ccd5e9f15c16c4fb?bmid=d4b6901517e4 Webinar ID2e523ffdad63 AboutPOPULATION CONNECTION Presents:8 BILLION ANGELS (54 Minutes) Exclusive On-Demand Access for this documentary is available from:JULY 29 through AUGUST 3. When your viewing period begins, the […]

 Climate Memo Mondays #33, July 26, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/climate-memo-mondays-3-july-262021.html WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE REPORTER OF THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE?  Here’s one of mine:  ASHLEY DAWSON 2016 Extinction: A Radical History 2017 Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change.  2021 People’s Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons ASHLEY DAWSON.  EXTINCTION: A RADICAL HISTORY.  2016. Publisher’s description: Some thousands of years ago, the world was home to an immense variety of large mammals. From wooly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers to giant ground sloths and armadillos the size of automobiles, these spectacular creatures roamed freely. Then human beings arrived. […]

31.  Climate Memo Mondays, July 12, 2021July 11, UN World Population Day https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/climate-memo-mondays-july-12-2021.html The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark and Richard York.  Monthly Rev. P, 2011. $15.26 – $26.00 Winner of the 2010 Gerald L. Young Book Award, bestowed by the Society for Human Ecology Humanity in the twenty-first century is facing what might be described as its ultimate environmental catastrophe: the destruction of the climate that has nurtured human civilization and with it the basis of life on earth as we know it. All ecosystems on the planet are now in decline. Enormous rifts have been driven through […]

CLIMATE JUSTICE 350.org Sticker: Cynthia Kaufman, The Sea Is Rising And So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook .orgThis fight for a livable climate is hard, Dick. We are up against some incredibly powerful interests, with a LOT of money at their disposal in order to maintain the status quo. And yet, with this vote, just like so many other times, this amazing movement of ours has shown that no matter how difficult it may seem at times, we are fully committed to our one true goal. We are not going to give up or let anyone shift the narrative, and […]