Author Archives: Cheryl Bradbee

Generating fundamental understanding of global ecology

This is an important new tool for strategic tree planting to suck up massive amounts of CO2. They proposed nearly 80 million hectares of reforestation for Canada. Governments around the world are well below the 50% level in what is required in their commitments so far. But it turns out, one of the most important […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 10, 2019

Restoring forests may be our most powerful weapon

Adding 2.2 billion acres of tree cover would capture two-thirds of man-made carbon emissions, a new study found. Allowing the Earth’s forests to recover could cancel out the majority of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 5, 2019

Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’

Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide. Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists, who have made the first calculation of how […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 5, 2019

Deadly Heat Waves Could Endanger 74% of Mankind by 2100, Study Says

A new online tool explores the number of days per year in places worldwide when heat is likely to exceed a deadly threshold if nothing is done about climate change. Deadly heat waves—already a risk for 30 percent of the world’s population. Read more => Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on June 8, 2019

Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety

The life-altering, world-ending topic they’re still not teaching you about in school. With few exceptions, college courses haven’t been doing a great job preparing young people to face real-world problems and emotions related to global warming. Professor Jennifer Atkinson is in charge of one of those exceptions, a seminar at the University of Washington, Bothell […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on June 6, 2019

‘Plant 1 trillion trees to fight climate change

What’s low-tech, sustainable and possibly the most effective thing we can do to fight climate change? Planting trees. A trillion of them. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on April 22, 2019

Money Speaks

Last week I attended a day on building better cities and climate change at the Global Economic Forum here in Toronto. There the panels are made up of investment bankers who control and invest billions, entrepreneurs in battery technology, smart cities, and solar, as well as government leaders. The message was clear. . . fossil […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on December 16, 2018

DATA SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Findings from an initial stocktake of climate change adaptation and urban resilience efforts “In 2015, nations reached a historic global agreement on climate change and made first commitments through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) which outline their climate action ambition, addressing both climate change mitigation (or low emission development) and adaptation to climate change. Spread […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on November 15, 2018