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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>August 20, 2021</b></font></i></p>
[not fast enough OPINION GUEST ESSAY ]<br>
<b>This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults</b><br>
Aug. 19, 2021<br>
By Greta Thunberg, Adriana Calderón, Farzana Faruk Jhumu and Eric
Njuguna<br>
The authors are youth climate activists from Sweden, Mexico,
Bangladesh and Kenya, working with the international youth-led
Fridays For Future movement.<br>
<p>Last week, some of the world’s leading climate change scientists
confirmed that humans are making irreversible changes to our
planet and extreme weather will only become more severe. This news
is a “code red for humanity,” said the United Nations secretary
general.</p>
It is — but young people like us have been sounding this alarm for
years. You just haven’t listened.<br>
<br>
On Aug. 20, 2018, one child staged a lone protest outside the
Swedish Parliament, expecting to stay for three weeks. Tomorrow we
will mark three years since Greta Thunberg’s strike. Even earlier,
brave young people from around the world spoke out about the climate
crisis in their communities. And today, millions of children and
young people have united in a movement with one voice, demanding
that decision makers do the work necessary to save our planet from
the unprecedented heat waves, massive floods and vast wildfires we
are increasingly witnessing. Our protest will not end until the
inaction does.<br>
<br>
For children and young people, climate change is the single greatest
threat to our futures. We are the ones who will have to clean up the
mess you adults have made, and we are the ones who are more likely
to suffer now. Children are more vulnerable than adults to the
dangerous weather events, diseases and other harms caused by climate
change, which is why a new analysis released Friday by UNICEF is so
important.<br>
<br>
The Children’s Climate Risk Index provides the first comprehensive
view of where and how this crisis affects children. It ranks
countries based on children’s exposure to climate and environmental
shocks, as well as their underlying vulnerability to those shocks.<br>
<br>
It finds that virtually every child on the planet is exposed to at
least one climate or environmental hazard right now. A staggering
850 million, about a third of all the world’s children, are exposed
to four or more climate or environmental hazards, including heat
waves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding or water scarcity. A
billion children, nearly half the children in the world, live in
“extremely high risk” countries, the UNICEF researchers report.<br>
<br>
This is the world being left to us. But there is still time to
change our climate future. Around the world, our movement of young
activists continues to grow.<br>
<br>
In Bangladesh, Tahsin Uddin, 23, saw the impacts of climate change
in his village and other coastal areas and was moved to action. He
is passionate about climate education and has created a network of
young journalists and educators to spread awareness, all while
organizing cleanups of waterways teeming with plastic waste
pollution.<br>
<br>
In the Philippines, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, 23, has had to complete her
homework by candlelight as typhoons raged outside and wiped out her
community’s electricity. She told us there were times she was afraid
of drowning in her own bedroom as water flooded in. Now she is
leading youth in her country to respond to the aftermath of those
typhoons and other hazards through sharing food, water, clothes and
support with the most affected communities.<br>
<br>
In Zimbabwe, Nkosi Nyathi, 18, is worried about a potential food
crisis if weather patterns continue. Heat waves made school a
challenging experience for him and his peers. Now he speaks to
leaders from around the world to demand the inclusion of young
people in decisions that affect their future.<br>
<br>
The fundamental goal of the adults in any society is to protect
their young and do everything they can to leave a better world than
the one they inherited. The current generation of adults, and those
that came before, are failing at a global scale.<br>
<br>
The Children’s Climate Risk Index reveals a disturbing global
inequity when it comes to the worst effects of climate change.
Thirty-three countries, including the Central African Republic,
Chad, Nigeria and Guinea, are considered extremely high-risk for
children, but those countries collectively emit just 9 percent of
global carbon dioxide emissions. The 10 countries with the highest
emissions, including China, the United States, Russia and Japan,
collectively account for nearly 70 percent of global emissions. And
children in those higher-emitting states face lower risks: Only one
of these countries, India, is ranked as extremely high-risk in the
UNICEF report.<br>
<br>
Many higher-risk countries are poorer nations from the global south,
and it’s there that people will be most impacted, despite
contributing the least to the problem. We will not allow
industrialized countries to duck responsibility for the suffering of
children in other parts of the world. Governments, industry and the
rest of the international community must work together to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, as 195 nations committed to do in the
Paris Climate Agreement of 2015.<br>
<br>
We have less than 100 days until the U.N. Climate Change Conference,
also known as COP26, in Glasgow. The world’s climate scientists have
made it clear that the time is now — we must act urgently to avoid
the worst possible consequences. The world’s young people stand with
the scientists and will continue to sound the alarm.<br>
<br>
We are in a crisis of crises. A pollution crisis. A climate crisis.
A children’s rights crisis. We will not allow the world to look
away.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/opinion/climate-un-report-greta-thunberg.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/opinion/climate-un-report-greta-thunberg.html</a><br>
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[a terrific video everyone should see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis</a>]<br>
<b>How We Fix the Climate</b><br>
Aug 13, 2021<br>
vlogbrothers<br>
We should act as if this is an emergency, because it is. But part of
that is understanding the tools and strategies countries are using
to decarbonize and stabilize the climate. This is work that's
already being done. We have already decoupled economic growth from
the emission of greenhouse gasses which, frankly, was unthinkable
just a couple decades ago. <br>
<br>
We need to be thinking and talking about this stuff, and one really
important piece of that is understanding this stuff so we can talk
about it and advocate for it. And, good news, it's all actually
pretty fascinating!!<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis</a><br>
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[Video discussion <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2FHfVNX6w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2FHfVNX6w</a>]<br>
<b>We need a new UN Security Council For Climate Change</b><br>
Aug 19, 2021<br>
Nick Breeze<br>
View more at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://genn.cc">https://genn.cc</a> or support/join via
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://patreon.com/genncc">https://patreon.com/genncc</a><br>
This edited clip includes two excerpts from 2 consecutive interviews
looking at the need for cross border multilateral bodies to take
decisions in the interests of global citizens addressing the climate
crisis. This is part of the Shaping The Future podcast series.<br>
<br>
Sir David King was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government for
many years and now chairs both the Centre for Climate Repair in
Cambridge and the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. <br>
Dr Chad Briggs advises many organisations including the EU, US
Defence and NATO on the intersection between global security and
climate change.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2FHfVNX6w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2FHfVNX6w</a><br>
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[Deep Sarcasm from Stephen Colbert - video brief]<br>
<b>Come Visit The Colorado River</b><br>
Aug 18, 2021<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjFztBeAJDg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjFztBeAJDg</a><br>
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[ IPCC report summarized in a 7 minute video
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0lCBjMgvg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0lCBjMgvg</a>]<br>
<b>The latest IPCC report explained in 7.5 minutes</b><br>
Aug 9, 2021<br>
zentouro<br>
<br>
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released their
latest assessment report on the physical science basis of climate
change. If the last few reports are any indication, we're hopefully
going to see a groundswell of climate action -- here are my
highlights of the report and a bit about how you can use its
information to fight the climate crisis. <br>
<br>
Read the Summary for Policymakers:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM</a> <br>
Read the IPCC’s FAQ: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#FAQ">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#FAQ</a><br>
<br>
The IPCC Interactive Atlas: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/">https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/</a><br>
<br>
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the content of this report, or just
looking for tools to combat climate dread, despair or eco-anxiety,
here are the places I turn for guidance: <br>
<br>
watch ClimateAdams's explainer that has an important section on AMOC
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/b-IPsCWVIRA">https://youtu.be/b-IPsCWVIRA</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0lCBjMgvg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0lCBjMgvg</a>
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[A young man deliver another video explanation
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4</a> ]<br>
<b>Good news and bad news from the IPCC report</b><br>
Aug 13, 2021<br>
Simon Clark<br>
Climate change will define the 21st century. Learn more about the
subject with CuriosityStream:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.curiositystream.com/Simon">https://www.curiositystream.com/Simon</a>...<br>
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The latest report from the IPCC makes for grim reading, but I think
hidden in the pages there are also some pieces of good news. I talk
about both in this video.<br>
<br>
Professor Mat Collins: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/mat_collins">https://twitter.com/mat_collins</a><br>
Check out my website! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.simonoxfphys.com/">https://www.simonoxfphys.com/</a><br>
In this video I talk about the latest report from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC, the IPCC WG1 AR6.
I interview a professor of climate change at the University of
Exeter, Mat Collins, and talk through some of the findings of the
IPCC report. These include the impact of ENSO on crop yields,
drought, heatwaves, extreme weather, and other factors. Basically
stop putting carbon into the atmosphere, it's that simple guys.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4</a><br>
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[father of the tipping point]<br>
<b>Climate Thinkers: John Schellnhuber</b><br>
Jul 14, 2021<br>
Svenska Dagbladet SvD<br>
Have we passed the climate change tipping points?<br>
<br>
The Gulf stream, the Amazon, the Greenland ice sheet – are they all
close to a point of no return? And if so, what does that mean for
the Earth? John Schellnhuber is the world-renowned researcher behind
the concept of "tipping points" in the climate.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--9sJsU7oaE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--9sJsU7oaE</a><br>
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[One of the great interviews]<br>
<b>John Schellnhuber: NonLinear Responses to save civilisation</b><br>
Dec 16, 2018<br>
Nick Breeze<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ1uCMFyYQY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ1uCMFyYQY</a>
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[Lecture from 2019]<br>
<b>Professor John Schellnhuber - A Climate Odyssey CCLS 2019</b><br>
Feb 25, 2019<br>
Cambridge Climate Lecture Series<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvgi6vXKzYk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvgi6vXKzYk</a><br>
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[Follow the money]<br>
<b>"Oil companies bought legislation," WARNS Katie Porter</b><br>
Aug 14, 2021<br>
The Hill<br>
In a social media video, Congresswoman Katie Porter accused the oil
and gas companies of buying legislation that works for them through
lobbying.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9nMEB3ptk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9nMEB3ptk</a><br>
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[Rookie journalist talks of the disinformation battlegrounds]<br>
<b>Does the media accurately cover climate change?</b><br>
Aug 18, 2021<br>
Beckisphere<br>
This week, we looked at the news from August 12 to 17th. Let's keep
the conversation going in the comments section.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JZZxzZDsDc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JZZxzZDsDc</a><br>
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[2 year old classic video Scientific and goofy, or interesting, or
both]<br>
<b>Where to move for the climate apocalypse (w/ climate scientist
Josh Willis) • Hotpocalypse • #1</b><br>
Jan 12, 2019<br>
Hotpocalypse<br>
Where are some good places to live when climate change accelerates
even further? Rising sea levels will dramatically alter our
coastlines. Climate scientist Josh Willis and comedian Andy Cobb
discuss how the climate apocalypse will effect some major cities,
including Marina Del Rey, Seattle, Chicago, and Atlanta.<br>
<br>
Want to know how sea level rise will effect your city? You can view
how the surging seas will effect your area here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/">http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/</a><br>
<br>
This was originally livestreamed to the Facebook page "Being
Liberal" on 1/11/19. In this upload, we swapped out a segment that
had an audio issue during the livestream.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QloHSXk_zaQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QloHSXk_zaQ</a><br>
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[The news archive - looking back]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
August 20, 2013</b></font><br>
August 20, 2013: <br>
<br>
Al Jazeera America debuts, featuring a critically-acclaimed
discussion of climate change featuring climate scientists Heidi
Cullen and Michael Mann.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/08/21/what-al-jazeera-america-didnt-say-about-climate/195510">http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/08/21/what-al-jazeera-america-didnt-say-about-climate/195510</a><br>
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