Will Copenhagen flop or cope? There is still hope.
With Barcelona just waiting for the final plenary session, all hopes of a breakthrough seem to have already vanished.
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How to persuade people about the need for climate action now?
The Asimov Paradox on how to persuade people about the urgency of climate action.
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Facing the climate change threat is not about sacrifice, it is about opportunity for human progress
There is a missing link in the mainstream discussion about climate change mitigation. We’ve been talking about the risks and worse-case scenarios, when we should be highlighting the flow of benefits that such endeavor would carry.
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Why we should abandon the Kyoto Protocol and aim higher
The answer is simple: we don’t want a future of decay. We want a major breakthrough for humankind. As significant as the Enlightenment was. The path to a society where all the potential present in today’s scientific, technological and societal change can fully flourish and lead to a new stage of human evolution.
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Apple says iQuit to the decaying US Chamber of Commerce
The story is simple: the Supreme Court, still in the long gone Bush years, determined that EPA should fulfill its mandate under the Clean Air Act and control emissions of greenhouse gases.
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There is some hope for a climate deal in Copenhagen
But the odds against an effective deal are increasing. The NYC Climate Summit and the G20 meeting did not break the deadlock. Negotiators are working on a raft agreement in Bangkok this week. Meanwhile the UN has released the latest draft.
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