This platform features stories and news gathered from various credible sources. United Nations, NGO's, Science and Arts Organisations. A major focus is Cop28.
Calls for action are prevalent but denial and misinformation in the service of profligacy can be barriers to progress.
We will begin to focus more on who can really ring the changes we need and who in fact is standing in their way.
PLANETARY HEALTH CHECK
ON Ed - 13 feb 2024: A distant relative just signed an email off with this:
To combat the Climate Emergency we need Private Sufficiency (not luxury) Public Affluence (The arts, open spaces, sport, clean air, good housing and education, not austerity), Doughnut Economics in planetary boundaries and Participatory Democracy.
ANTONIO GUTERRES SPEECH, COP 29: Remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, at the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at COP29.
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Scientific techniques known as climate attribution can help us discern whether the rise in severe weather events is due to global heating
THE GUARDIAN
New York
15 June 2023
ANTONIO GUTERRES SPEECH, COP 28
COP 26:
Greenpeace posted on Instagram: Incredible speech from the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley calling for action on climate change
THIS IS THE SPEECH THE WORLD NEEDED
Stories relevant to the climate crisis in the run up to and during Cop26 in 2021.