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  • 22 Nov 2021
    Jen Allan

    The New Climate Activism: What role for health NGOs?

    Climate change touches many aspects of our lives. For those on the margins of society, the impacts of climate change are particularly acute. Women, the poor, and racialized communities suffer disproportionately from extreme weather events, droughts, and other effects of a destabilizing climate. Climate change is now a bedrock issue, underpinning the health and resilience […]

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  • 15 Nov 2021
    Julian Caldecott

    Surviving Climate Chaos: Why climate change is wicked hard

    International agreements on climate change are compromises between everyone knowing that something must be done and no one being willing to pay for it.

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  • 11 Nov 2021
    Colin G. Anderson

    How reliable is wind energy?

    Using wind energy to generate electricity has been a big topic in the climate change discussion for many years. But can we rely on renewables like wind to take up the slack as we begin to phase out fossil fuels? With the promises and ambitions of COP26, this point is increasingly important. One of our […]

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  • 9 Nov 2021
    Peter J. Dawson

    Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers

    The book pulls together the key elements and issues about the transition to low carbon, climate-adapted economy in one volume. ‘Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers’ arrives at a decisive moment for the international efforts to tackle the climate crisis –   in the wake of the pivotal International energy […]

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  • 8 Nov 2021
    Julian Caldecott

    Surviving climate chaos at CoP 26 and the demonstrations outside

    Truths are emerging though the CoP 26 talks, pledges, alliances, and efforts to align private capital with public interests, while governments try to reassure a scared and outraged public.

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  • 3 Nov 2021
    Julian Caldecott

    Surviving Climate Chaos: Leaving no one behind

    The most reliable way to ensure than no one is left behind is for vulnerable people to be watched over by neighbours who can alert public services and monitor the response.

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  • 26 Oct 2021
    Joanna Depledge

    Keeping expectations realistic for COP26 in Glasgow

    There are great expectations by governments, businesses, and civil society for the forthcoming Glasgow Climate Conference, or COP 26, as it’s known in the jargon. US Secretary of State John Kerry has labelled it “the last best hope for the world”, words echoed by UK COP President Designate, Alok Sharma. Similar hyperbole is peppered liberally […]

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  • 22 Oct 2021
    Abby Kinchy, Jessica Lehman

    Decarbonization is a Household Issue in Extractive Communities

    At COP26, nations will be pressured to commit more funds for climate change adaptation and resilience – to the tune of billions of dollars each year. Yet how adaptation and resilience are enacted at the community level is complicated, and relies heavily on local organisations, such as city planners and disaster response managers. In communities […]

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