Oct 30, 2021       If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it would look like.

00:00 - What will a 3°C world look like?     00:57 - Climate change is already having devastating effects      02:58 - How climate modelling works      04:06 - Nowhere is safe from global warming        05:20 - The impact of prolonged droughts          08:24 - Rising sea levels, storm surges and flooding                10:27 - Extreme heat and wet-bulb temperatures                      12:51 - Increased migration and conflict 

14:26 - Adaptation and mitigation are crucial

Mar 2, 2025

Modern climate models are incredibly sophisticated machines. And with the advent of artificial intelligence they're getting better all the time. But they're still not able to accurately reflect what's actually going on in the real world. So, should we be relying on them any more?

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Dec 22, 2024

Mixed sentiments as we enter the Christmas break...

Jun 2, 2024           Climate Emergency Forum welcomes Andrew Revkin, a seasoned environmental journalist. The discussion revolves around the evolution of climate change coverage in the media and the critical issues facing the climate crisis today.

This video was recorded on May 22nd, 2024, and published on June 2nd, 2024, and represents the opinions of the discussion participants.         Be sure to watch ‘til the very end where Andrew performs one of his songs.         Revkin emphasizes that a disaster is defined by the intersection of hazards and people, highlighting the importance of reducing vulnerability to climate hazards alongside decarbonizing the energy system. He argues that the term "adaptation" is somewhat flawed because it implies only future changes, whereas the focus should also be on reducing current vulnerabilities.         Revkin reflects on his journey in climate journalism, noting the significant challenges and changes over the past 40 years. He recalls the early days when climate change was a controversial and uncomfortable topic for mainstream media. He credits his work, particularly the "Dot Earth" blog at The New York Times, for helping to bring climate issues into the public eye. Revkin points out that while reducing carbon emissions is crucial, it is equally important to address societal and structural issues that exacerbate the impacts of climate events, such as urban planning and population growth in vulnerable areas.          The conversation also touches on the role of media in shaping public perception and policy. Revkin discusses the need for balanced reporting that avoids sensationalism and focuses on actionable solutions. He criticizes the tendency to attribute every extreme weather event to global warming, which can undermine the credibility of climate science. Instead, he advocates for a nuanced approach that carefully assesses the links between climate change and specific hazards.         Revkin underscores the need for innovative communication strategies to engage the public and policymakers in meaningful discussions about climate solutions.

4-23-24 Climate change is not news to big oil companies. They’ve known about it for more than 40 years, even burying their own research results on the links between carbon emissions and global warming.      In the 1970s, oil conglomerates commissioned research into climate change. It predicted the global warming that we’re facing today. But US oil companies hushed up these findings rather than accepting responsibility. Just like the tobacco industry before it, the industry spent millions on a disinformation campaign. This campaign aimed to discredit the results, sowing doubts about human-induced climate change, so the companies could stave off tougher climate policies and continue drilling for oil and gas unhindered. Now they are facing dozens of lawsuits.      In the US, for example, the city of Charleston on the southeastern Atlantic coast is suing Big Oil for climate adaptation costs. The city says the companies are to blame for the increased flooding it is facing. The legal dispute could make history. The municipality alleges that climate change could have been effectively tackled decades ago had it not been for the oil industry’s ‘multi-decade campaign of deception.’ Oil companies have denied the allegations. 

4-16-24  Climate scientist, Peter Carter uses current data from verified sources to explain why global warming is accelerating at an alarming rate.

4-5-24  "Our Changing Climate" In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I dive into the worst-case climate change scenarios that could possibly lead to societal collapse. Specifically, I understand what the literature says will happen above four degrees of global warming in turns of natural disasters, as well as how that will unfold across our economic and social webs.  In this anti-capitalist essay, many of the worst-case scenarios are presented. I think this is done to help us take the actions that are needed. STOP BURNING SO MUCH FOSSIL FUELS!

3-24-24 The World Meteorological Organization issued a red alert warning Tuesday about warming and climate change, saying 2024 is shaping up to be another record year. One of the many worries about how the planet is changing, thanks in part to human activity, is the record-shattering warming of the world’s oceans. William Brangham discussed more with John Abraham. 

Jan 27, 2024  #climate #science

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12-13-23  #COP28 #Climate #BBCNews

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A new deal has been agreed at the UN climate summit in Dubai after days of negotiations.         For the first time, the deal calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels - but not to phase them out, something many governments wanted.                   The text recognizes the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

The COP28 president said nations had "confronted realities and... set the world in the right direction".

12-12-23  The science is clear:  in order to limit global warming, burning fossil fuels as we have for two centuries, must become a thing of the past.  But how do we do that?  And how long should it take?  Apparently, it depends on who is asking and who is answering.

OPEC is the powerful cartel of oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia, and is player with a keen interest in the conference. They've objected to any strong action against their trillion dollar industry. Some reports suggestthe Saudis pushed to drop any mention of fossil fuels altogether. The UAE is hosting this conference, and has tried to put a positive spin on everything. 

11-10-23 An URGENT  Chat with the Godfather of Climate Science;  

Dr. James Hansen is the former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and is now the Director of the "Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program" at Columbia University's Earth Institute. He was one of the first to bring climate change to the public eye with his famous testimony before the U.S. congress in the 1980s. Since then, he has continued to be at the forefront of the climate debate.

We discuss a wide range of topics:

-The emergence of the science on global warming from rising CO2 levels

• Dr. Hansen's experience as a high-caliber climate advocate  --The shift from climate deniers to climate lukewarmists

• The two most important climate actions for Dr. Hansen, a carbon tax and support for nuclear power  - Why Dr. Hansen didn't go to COP26   --The anti-nuclear lobby  - The virtually unlimited government support for renewables

• Differential responsibility for climate change  - The contrast between German and Chinese approaches to climate action

• Fukushima, alarmism, and anti-nuclear NRC picks     - Reflections on geoengineering 

Nov 2, 2023   An intimate Conversation with Leading Climate Scientists To Discuss New Research on Global Warming

On behalf of renowned climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, we are pleased to share this virtual event entitled “An Intimate Conversation with Leading Climate Scientists To Discuss Ground-breaking New Research on Global Warming”.                            Ahead of the upcoming COP28, renowned climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, and his co-authors present the novel findings of his new paper “Global Warming in the Pipeline.”                    Read the paper: https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article...                   The event was moderated by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and features interventions by the following individuals:                                Dr. James Hansen, Lead Author and Director, Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions, Columbia University Earth Institute          Leon Simons, The Club of Rome Netherlands, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands                                                            Dr. Norman G. Loeb, CERES Principal Investigator, NASA                 Dr. George Tselioudis, Author and Research Physical Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies                                            Dr. Pushker Kharecha, Author and Associate Research Scientist, Director, Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions, Columbia Climate School      About the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN):

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. SDSN works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing institutions, the private sector, and civil society

10-31-23  Just have a think, "The Money Men Know the Truth About Plaetary Boundaries,   Scientists have identified nine so-called 'Earth System boundaries' beyond which life on our planet will become extremely difficult for many species, not least us humans. That analysis has often been met with scepticism, but risk managers at the world's largest financial institutions have been watching the rapid 'real-world' changes in earth's atmosphere and the catastrophic impacts on their asset portfolios, and they're beginning to factor 'Planetary Boundary' science into their spreadsheets. And when the 'money-men' change, the whole world changes!! 

9-20-23  Here is my partisan view on some public comments made in Congress regarding the climate Crisis. This also reflects the  views of Brian Taylor Cohen and Pete Buttigieg the US Secretary of Transportation. NEW: Republican tries “gotcha” on Pete Buttigieg… he INSTANTLY regrets it To call on Congress to pass a stock buyback tax on greedy oil companies, sign here 👉 https://odaction.com/buyback-tax 

9-5-23  More signs of catestrophic climate emergency from the climate emergency institute

Aug 7, 2023 #TEDCountdown #TEDTalks #TED

In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. You won't want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their climate commitments -- and his call for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance.

5-2-2023 PBS NOVA  Here’s how the U.S. could reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/41x4kKm |  | #novapbs 

The U.S. recently set an ambitious climate change goal: zero carbon emissions by 2050. And to achieve that, slash emissions in half by 2030. Is it possible? And what kind of technology would it take? Meet scientists and engineers who are convinced we can achieve carbon zero in time to avoid the biggest impacts of climate change. 

5-3-23  The story of how one man cost us a world with less than 2°C of warming in 1989. 

4-12-2023  PBS NOVA - "Weathering the Future" #NOVAPBS #floods #wildfire Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/412ozPG | #NOVAPBS          Americans use ancient wisdom and new technology to fight extreme weather.

It’s hard not to notice: our weather is changing. From longer, hotter heat waves, to more intense rainstorms, to megafires and multi-year droughts, the U.S. is experiencing the full range of impacts from a changing global climate. At the same time, many on the front lines are fighting back – innovating solutions, marshaling ancient wisdom, and developing visionary ideas. The lessons they're learning today can help all of us adapt in the years ahead, as the planet gets warmer and our weather gets more extreme.

3-26-2023  The United Nations climate body, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has just given us the bluntest verdict yet on the scale of the climate emergency. So are we actually doomed as some commentators suggest, or is there any way at all that we can drag ourselves out of our self inflicted train wreck? Perhaps the kids and grandkids might appreciate a straight answer this time!! 

3-20-2023  (20 Mar 2023) Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said (20 March). 

11-26-2019 Emissions Gap Report : As the world strives to cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, it is crucial to track progress towards globally agreed climate goals. For a decade, UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report has compared where greenhouse gas emissions are heading against where they need to be, and highlighted the best ways to close the gap. Are we meeting goals of the Paris Climate Agreement? 

11-2-2022 WION: Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures.

Examples of greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change include carbon dioxide and methane. These come from using gasoline for driving a car or coal for heating a building, for example. Clearing land and forests can also release carbon dioxide. Landfills for garbage are a major source of methane emissions. Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the main emitters

9-6-2022 PBS "Terra"  "What will the earth look like when these 6 tipping points hit ?"   A “tipping point” is when a system, with just a small amount of additional energy, is pushed from one stable state to another suddenly and dramatically. This can be a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing. 

The IPCC recently identified 15 potential climate-related tipping points that scientists have grown increasingly worried we are getting close to crossing due to global warming. In this episode of Weathered, we look at 6 of the major candidates, how they are all interconnected and influence each other, and what it would mean if they were triggered. These tipping points or tipping elements are the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the Amazon rainforest, global monsoons, the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) and the earth’s permafrost and coral reefs. 

6-14-2022     IPCC 6th Assessment WG2 climate video, edited for impacts focus. The IPCC makes it clear - to secure a "livable planet" global emissions have to be declined "immediately" and rapidly. Seems the message has not gotten through. 

Watch the final episode of “The Power of Big Oil,” a three-part FRONTLINE docuseries investigating what scientists, corporations and politicians have known about human-caused climate change for decades — and the missed opportunities to mitigate the problem.

Throughout the first two episodes of “The Power of Big Oil,” FRONTLINE went inside the fossil fuel industry’s efforts in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s to stall action on climate change by cultivating denial and doubt.   

About Three Seconds: An epic presentation of where humanity stands today and how we must all work together to make it to the fourth second. Climate Change is real. 

Three Seconds is a short motivational piece to get younger and older generations alike to stand up for trees and a clean future. This spoken word piece by artist Prince Ea was designed to put into perspective our existence on earth’s timeline and to excite viewers for the fight against the status quo that too often disregards Mother Nature. 

2-28-2022 IPCC Issues "dire warning" on climate and calls for immediate rapid decline of global emissions. The lives of three billion people are on the line. The IPCC 6th assessment Working Group 2 Impacts proves a global increasingly disastrous climate is now unavoidable with many irreversible planetary degradations. There will be large losses of water and food to billions of people. Many diseases will be increased, including malaria. Extreme weather events will be increasing severe, frequent, and also compound and cascading. Many large amplifying feedbacks sources have already been triggered. 

December 23,2021 

 Climate change 

United Nations

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.

How bad could climate change get? Could the worst-cases result in global catastrophe, or even long-term human extinction? In this panel, leading scientists discuss what we know about the worst-case scenarios, what we don’t know, and how we can study the catastrophic risks of climate change.  12-15-2021

With Catherine Arnold, Luke Kemp, Tim Lenton (University of Cambridge) and Goodwin Gibbins (University of Oxford). 

9-30-2021   Oil led to huge advancements — and vast inequities. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔  so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO   As the planet warms, why is it so hard to turn away from fossil fuels, and can we do it in time? This is “The End of Oil, Explained” an episode narrated by Ethan Hawke from the current season of our Netflix series.  

It was very difficult to enter some of the "Action Center" events simply because they observed a 6 foot social distancing protocol. If the seats were full you were not permitted to enter! The good news is that all of the "Action Center" events were live streamed and recorded. I am sharing the two TED special presentations here because they provide a strong overview of the current state of the climate crisis and the challenge that stands before us. If you are interested in learning more on these issues than you cannot do better than listening to these TED presentations that were given at the COP26 venue on November 4th 2021.

Climate change 

United Nations

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.

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3-11-2013. The scientific case for urgent action on climate change. Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Somerville, a world-renowned climate scientist and author of “The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change,” discusses the scientific case for urgent action to limit climate change. Even though this lecture at the Scripps institute of Oceanography was given 9 years ago the content is even more salient today. The urgency so well illustrated by Dr. Somerville is now far greater.  In the next ten years we face the prospect of exceeding the carbon budget that will insure our planet will have warming beyond 2 degrees centigrade.

If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it would look like. 

The summer of 2020 saw record breaking heatwaves across the Arctic region resulting in the lowest ever recorded October sea ice levels. Those persistently warm temperatures also caused the thawing of permafrost and sediment on the seabed allowing the release of very high concentrations of methane - in some cases up to 400 times normal levels. So, have we now reached the long anticipated tipping point?