ADAPT NOW: THE URGENCY OF ACTION UN Executive SUMMARY See https://cdn.gca.org/assets/2019-09/GlobalCommission_Report_FINAL.pdf for full report Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, with far-reaching and devastating impacts on people, the environment, and the economy. Climate impacts affect all regions of the world and cut across all sectors of society. People who did the […]
The Menace of Deep-Sea Mining: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“A new chapter of Earth pillage is in the works: the commercial venture of deep-sea mining. The deep sea lies 200 meters below sea level into the abyssal depths and comprises roughly 65 percent of Earth’s surface. It is being encroached by a nexus of nation-states and industries slavering over its “mind-boggling quantities of untapped […]
Plan to Survive
Plan to Survive: New Guidebook on Living with Climate Change Download it free here; Learn how to prepare for changing conditions, weather events, impacts on your health and on what to have handy to cope in the short and medium term. Prepared by specialists and practitioners with the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome […]
Mainstream Automakers Embark on the Big Move to Battery-Electrics
Despite anemic sales and despite losing money on every battery-electric vehicle they sell, mainstream automakers are forging ahead. Here’s why, and here’s what’s needed for them to be successful. For Ford, such thinking represents a major strategy shift. Only eight years ago, the company rolled out the Ford Focus Electric, a hatchback with a tiny […]
Jacob Nickerson guest posting
Jacob Nickerson, 3rd year engineering student, our guest author this week, wrote the following report after visiting the Manotick Microgrid. Conclusion With the ever-growing threat of climate change looming above, it is reassuring to see passionate scientists such as Dr. Hunter dedicated to proving the usefulness and viability of clean, green, renewable energy. His testimonial […]