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Stay Informed
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CACOR's weekly newsletter
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Signup and previous weekly newsletters are available here.
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The complete list of the CACOR Zoom series from
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presentation #1 on 2020-04-15 to the spring of 2023
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To CACOR Members:
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"A CACOR group focused on GHG reduction techniques integrated into a plan to survive an extinction event." If any CACOR member wishes to join this group, contact Richard van der Jagt or Art Hunter.
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Archived Articles Revisited:
This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.
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Presenter: Dr. David Harries Topic: Human security: Its past, its present and a more relevant future Time: Nov 9, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: CACOR Session#122 Human Security has had a checkered history since its formal announcement in the 1994 UNDP HDR. I suggest current circumstances should be exploited to recontextualize security to better acknowledge global realities. Humans’ …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. Michael Marien Topic: 50 Years of Fragmented Futures: From WFS/CAFS to WAAS/CACOR and SSG/SDGs. CAFS - Canadian Association for Futures Studies WAAS - World Academy of Art and Science CACOR - Canadian Association for the Club of Rome SSG - Security and Sustainability Guide SDGs - sustainable development goals Time: Nov 16, …
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Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Are you nice? Most Canadians want to be and claim to be. However, before you answer, let’s clarify the meaning of “Nice”. An adjective that is purposely vague, purposely non-committal, purposely avoids action word & is pretend politeness. To me it is the ultimate Canadian word – like ‘sorry’. Yuk. I prefer being and DOING good – what about …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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View climate change like nuclear non-proliferation? A treaty against fossil fuels is floated at U.N.’s COP27 Small island leaders call for global tax on the profits of fossil fuel corporations making billions of dollars in profit a day during energy crisis Kausea Natano, prime minister of Tuvalu, speaks at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on Tuesday in Sharm el-Sheikh, …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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The world is already witnessing the consequences of human-caused climate change, including hotter temperatures, rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe storms. What’s harder to see are climate change’s effects on the spread of disease: on the mosquito that carries a virus, or the pathogenic bacteria on a piece of fruit. A growing body of studies shows the link …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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In March 1995, Dr. N. Gass reviewed how recent events in 1990s could not be analyzed in isolation since there were strong interactions between the many peoples in the region. The article gave a comprehensive account of the influences leading to the instabilities of the time. It set the stage for analysis that was being prepared at the time and …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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When a new solar array is proposed, it’s common for neighbors to push back. Sometimes their opposition is simple NIMBYism or maybe political posturing. And sometimes, it’s a legitimate concern, especially when the worry is that farmland will be lost. This is where the opportunity for agrivoltaics comes into play. Agrivoltaics. I swear I didn’t make it up. It’s a …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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If you’re wondering why interest in microgrids is growing at a rapid clip, look no further than a new report “Billion Dollar Losses, Trillion Dollar Threats: The Cost of Climate Change.” Published by PSE Healthy Energy, a nonprofit policy research institute, and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit economic and environmental group, the report offers a state-by-state analysis of the cost …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.
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Even at the best of times, navigating the Hunger Games scenario that is the parking lot of the Toronto mall I have been shopping at since childhood can be a soul-destroying experience. But as I sat there in an endless snake of cars over the weekend, I felt a heap of guilt along with the usual annoyance. Fresh in my …
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These days, one might hope that the world sees what is happening to the climate as a serious global crisis – but that is not always the case. One reason for this is a 30-year-long project by some in the oil industry, who have spent millions of dollars manipulating public opinion and perceptions of climate change. The Campaign Against The …
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The Defense Innovation Unit will collaborate with other Department of Defense components and Mitre in an effort to build a microgrid that can serve as a reliable source of energy in remote or mobile military operations in the Arctic region. As part of the Arctic Grid Energy Solutions project, DOD awarded HDT Global a contract to design a grid prototype equipped with an energy efficient …
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There was a letter to the editor of the Victoria Times-Colonist on November 3 which irked me (see immediately below), so I submitted a letter to the editor responding to it (further below). I thought this might be of interest to CACOR members interested in climatic change issues. Cheers, Les A quick question on government contracts Times Colonist 3 Nov …
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The pilot program enabled the deployment of 20 residential solar storage systems in homes within Alectra Utilities’ service territory. The pilot enables participating customers to displace a significant portion of the electricity they source from the grid and better manage the electricity that they do use, resulting in reduced energy costs, lowered carbon footprint and improved efficiency. The system is …
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This report is the result of intense work and consultations over seven months and reflects the best advice of 17 experts appointed by the UN Secretary-General. We set out ten practical recommendations to bring integrity, transparency and accountability to net zero by establishing clear standards and criteria. Our recommendations build on credible existing initiatives like Race to Zero and the …
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CNN Clare Sebastian reports on how the war in Ukraine is accelerating the UK's shift to renewable energy. Video
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Is the existential threat of climate change too big or too terrifying for our minds to grasp? Is there a new form of climate change denial that is more common and dangerous than your garden-variety factual denial? Are some of our evolved instincts that once helped us survive, now helping hasten our demise? The Agenda examines the blind-spots, biases, and …
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Finally, the insanity of missing opportunities to harvest energy from parking lots may be about to end. We need every possible renewable energy source to be tapped so we can get off fossil fuels. Sadly, this is only in France. Link to | Solar arrays will be required over parking lots.
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Hawaiian Electric customers will soon see their bills made up of three components. A small fixed charge covers utility billing and payment-collection expenses, which everyone incurs. In addition, there’s a “grid-access charge” that’s proportional to the capacity a customer pulls from the grid in a given month — so for example, a small apartment will pay less than a mansion with three Teslas and a jacuzzi. But …
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