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Climate Crisis
Could the Climate Crisis Spark a Global Financial Meltdown Worse than 2008?
We must broaden our conversations to include the increasing integration of insurance and finance
Climate Crisis: Glacier Melt, Droughts, Floods require Indo-Pak Cooperation to Avoid Disaster
By Omair Ahmad | – (The Third Pole) – With glacier retreat, permafrost melt, and extreme rainfall events, ICIMOD’s HIMAP report suggests that the countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas have to start cooperating far more closely, or pay a huge price Water in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is going through large and […]
Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice: We need true democracy to Avoid self-extinction.
( Yes! Magazine) – Economic power is—and always has been—the foundation of political power. Those who control the peoples’ means of living rule. In a democracy, however, each person must have a voice in the control and management of the means of their living. That requires more than a vote expressing a preference for which […]
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich
Tie the U.S. corporate tax rate to the ratio between CEO and worker pay
School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and “Adults” have no Right to Object
Our inaction that has led the world they will inherit to this pretty pass
The Age of Environmental Breakdown: We need the Green New Deal Now!
The emergency is the “extent, severity, pace and closing window of opportunity to avoid potentially catastrophic outcomes”
2/3s of Himalayan Glaciers to Melt by 2100, Threatening Water for 2 Billion People
The Himalayan glaciers, which formed some 70 million years ago, are highly sensitive to changing temperatures.
Climate Emergency: Oceans Hotter than in Recorded History and Getting Hotter
Tampa, United States | AFP | – The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports […]