IPCC Climate Report: Capitalism is Unsustainable
Roar Bjonnes
Nothing short of economic systems change can save us now.
Tag: climate crisis
The Path to and beyond COP26 : Why it’s Important and what needs to Happen Pt III
Natasha Chassagne
The global capitalist system that rewards competition and the exploitation of nature for the accumulation of individual wealth can no longer be logically and ethically argued as best system for an economy bounded by social injustices and planetary restraints.
The Path to and Beyond COP26 : Why it’s Important and what needs to Happen Pt II
Natasha Chassagne
A balance of power towards the groups that have historically been excluded or had their voices ‘white-washed’ in climate negotiations to include more socially and ecologically just approaches will be an unequivocal factor in finding effective solutions going forward.
The Path to and Beyond COP26: Why it’s Important and what needs to Happen Part I
Natasha Chassagne
An overwhelming number of people around the world have listened to the climate science and now want those in power to act with urgency and resolve, rather than continue the conflated lip service we have heard from environmental negotiations over the past three decades.
What makes a ‘refugee’? It could be a life-or-death question in the climate crisis
Ashoka Mukpo
A new analysis by the Environmental Justice Foundation says that international laws covering refugee protection are too narrow for the climate crisis, calling for a new global agreement to protect those who are forced to flee the effects of climate change.
Economic Degrowth: The Solution to Climate Breakdown
Roar Bjonnes
Certainly, global warming will negatively effect certain resources and thus reduce economic growth—but, ironically, few economists will admit that degrowth may be the only solution to solve climate change.
Local food and global food security
Emily Folk
Local food systems provide a truly sustainable alternative to unwieldy and environmentally damaging global food chains.
Scientist Who Spent Year at ‘Epicenter’ of Climate Crisis Warns World May Already Have Hit Arctic ‘Tipping Point’
Andrea Germanos
Atmospheric scientist, Markus Rex, says that we still have a short window to save the summer Arctic sea ice. What systemic changes do we need to put in place to ensure that happens?
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?
Richard Heinberg
To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that there’s never been a challenge like this before.
A Project for the COP26 – and Beyond
Dr Justin Stevens
In early 2020, Arkbound Foundation began putting together a landmark publication on climate change for the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. The summit was postponed to
