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UP SCIENCE
Organizations Studying Climate Change (google search presented these 4 first, many more exist of course; the first two are distinguished UN science institutions,)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change… (IPCC)
For example, The UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – or IPBES (IPCC)- report said Friday that unless humankind improves the sustainable use of nature, the Earth is on its way to losing 12% of its wild tree species, over a thousand wild mammal species and almost 450 species of sharks and rays, among other irreparable harm. . . . https://apnews.com/article/climate-united-nations-pollution-biodiversity-deforestation-89b98843607312350b54374c6d8764a5
World Meteorological Organization |
A specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate covers weather, climate and water resources. The UN’s scientific voice on the state and behavior of weather.
350.org
350.org is an international environmental organization addressing the climate crisis. Its stated goal is to end the use of fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy by building a global, grassroots ovement. Founders: Bill McKibben, Jeremy Osborn. Founded: 2007. Wikipedia
| Numerous other institutions; e.g. World Weather Attribution, Giraffe Heroes Project, Ann Medlock Founder, 11-19-22 |
German climatologist Friederike Otto knows that the climate is changing faster than anticipated, that human actions have gotten us into this crisis, and that human actions have to slow it down. Fast. Otto runs World Weather Attribution, a research group staffed by volunteers and funded by Otto and her supporters. Otto was recently delighted to have a WWA report accepted by a UN panel on the climate emergency. Follow her research and analyses here.
The history of the IPCC and other scientific climate organizations is a history of struggle between scientists and corporations and their political allies. E.g., Deborah Birx. Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administraton, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It’s Too Late. 2022. Rev. “A Doc and a Hard Place,” May 22, 2022 by David Quammen in NYT Book Review. Dr.Birx tells of her struggle, as coordinator of the White House Covid Task Force. Strong defense of science and high praise for scientists Redfield, Fauci, and others.
We need a book on the Untold Story of the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations’ Failure to support science and to seriously resist the Climate Calamity which is converging with diverse pandemics and with their wars. What are the roots of that failure? What is the root? What are the science-based solutions? Questions frequently asked and answered in CMM.