Monthly Archives: October 2022

LIFE ON EARTH IS UNDER THREAT

The Living Planet Report 2022 is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet. This flagship WWF publication reveals an average decline of 69% in species populations since 1970. While conservation efforts are helping, urgent action is required if we are to reverse nature loss. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 30, 2022

The soundtrack to the climate crisis is apocalypse pop

Listening to music feels like being heard. That’s why, post-IPCC special report, releases that describe the world ending in floods, droughts, and fires, like Hozier’s Wasteland, Baby!, Childish Gambino’s “Feels Like Summer,” and Soccer Mommy’s “newdemo” are making such an impact with the under-25 set — these millennial songwriters can relate to their generational frustrations and […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on October 26, 2022

A Resilience Workshop

Only the most recent in an increasing string of highly destructive events, Hurricane Ian brought now familiar scenes of upended buildings and electrical outages that are now familiar, but also an aerial perspective of pollution turning Florida waterways and the Gulf of Mexico a shade of “root beer.” This mix of sewage, fertilizer, fuel runoff, […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 23, 2022

Climate Crisis? What Climate Crisis?

In all the talk about the Paris Agreement, reached at the twenty-ﬁrst Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, it is sometimes forgotten that the world’s political leaders have held negotiations about climate change at the highest possible level for at least three decades. Many […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 16, 2022

One Billion – Resilient by 2030

The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (Arsht-Rock) builds individual and community resilience in the face of climate impacts. We are driven to action by the critical need to address the widespread and intensifying consequences of climate change and related risks — threatening our communities, natural ecosystems, economic development, and political stability. We pledge to reach […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 11, 2022

Mission Innovation

Breakthrough Energy is a network of entities and initiatives, including investment funds, nonprofit and philanthropic programs, and policy efforts linked by a common commitment to scale the technologies we need to achieve a path to net zero emissions by 2050. We are encouraging the development of new net-zero energy technologies, championing policies that speed innovation […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on October 10, 2022

Together, we can build a more resilient world.

Change is possible, but we must accelerate and scale collective action now. Arsht-Rock develops and delivers resilience solutions to here-and-now climate risks through partnerships between our team of cross-disciplinary experts, global network of partners, and policymakers at all levels. Together, we enable individuals, communities, and institutions to prepare for, navigate, and recover from natural and human-caused shocks […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 3, 2022

Survey of post-secondary students in Canada

Resilience 2:1 is currently seeking partners and funding to conduct a survey of Canadian post-secondary students. We need to know what they know about climate change, adaptation and resilience. We are not particularly interested in those who have already self-selected into environmental programs. They will already be informed and will learn more. No, it is […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on October 1, 2022