Biochar: A “game changer” for the climate?
A USDA research team investigating the ancient soil amendment biochar to address food security is suggesting that, with its potential to store one gigaton of carbon per year by 2050, biochar could be a “game changer” in addressing global warming. In field and lab...
Shock & Awe: The Future of Food
THE PHOSPHORUS TAX As efforts to feed an estimated 2050 global population of 9.7 billion swing into overdrive, the global breadbasket tropics from Africa to the Amazon are the primary target for “agricultural intensification.” Industrializing food security places the...
Is .5° The Fatal Flaw in Paris Climate Agreement?
Despite years of research pointing to the inadequacies of limiting global warming to 2° C, the UNFCCC scored a long awaited PR victory on Earth Day 2016 as leaders from 171 countries convened at the UN to sign the Paris Climate Agreement. As scientists continue to...
The power of youth – unlimited or untapped?
Dayo Awosola is an accomplished technology entrepreneur from climate-vulnerable Lagos in Nigeria. He joined more than 6000 people in Paris for the 11th annual Conference of Youth (COY11) to help gather and present the youth voice just before the official COP21 climate...
Why don’t climate summits work?
Everyone knows that decades of international climate summits haven't worked. Greenhouse gas emissions, concentrations and impacts all rise as if no discussion or agreement had ever been attempted. Yet climate conference agendas never include the question "why isn't...
Place To B Paris: Weaving A New Meme About The Changing Climate
One day before the huge November 29 Climate March in Paris, Place To B throws open its doors to create a new way of looking at the world through "green glasses." There is still space for you to be one of the 600 participants in this one-of-a-kind scramble of...
“To Change Everything, We Need Everyone, Everywhere.”
The Peoples Climate Movement Day of Action this Wednesday is one of largest events in climate activism as we approach the end of what is perhaps the most significant year in the history of environmental activism. With large October 14 actions in cities and towns...
Front line communities: A “litmus test” for UN negotiations
London. July 13, 2015.(College of the Atlantic) Representatives of climate-impacted communities and social movements in the global South are collaborating with international faith, labour, development, and environment NGOs to issue a clear "litmus test" of success for...
Papa: Revolutionary Encyclical On Climate Change
In an unprecedented papal encyclical, Pope Francis is calling for a economic and ethical revolution to wage battle against climate change. The letter to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will be released in five languages on Thursday, June 18 and will expound upon the...
Bread and Butter Issues Demystify Official Climate Action Plans
A new analysis released today at the G7 summit provides a 'bread and butter' overview of how national climate action plans will benefit everyday citizens in terms of better jobs, longer lives and a cleaner atmosphere. The report was issued hours before G7 leaders...