Author Archives: Cheryl Bradbee

Climate activism is more powerful than people realize

Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to stop the damage from worsening: stop burning fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy, electrify transportation and industry, and reduce the carbon intensity of agriculture. But none of this is happening fast enough to […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on December 28, 2022

Al Gore on Climate Change and a Global Sustainability Revolution

As Putin’s war in Ukraine forces the western world to wean itself off Russian oil and gas, the former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is urging world leaders to not use the energy crunch as an excuse. Speaking at the opening of the COP27 summit, Gore said we must “choose life over death,” and not […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on November 23, 2022

Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024

Course thought to be world first agreed after university bowed to pressure from seven-day End Fossil protest All students at the University of Barcelona will have to take a mandatory course on the climate crisis after the establishment agreed to meet the demands of activists conducting a sit-in occupation. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on November 13, 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

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

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

Urban greening can reduce impact of global heating in cities

Urban greening initiatives such as planting street trees, rainwater gardens and de-paving can help mitigate the impacts of urban heating due to the climate crisis and urban expansion, according to a study that has found cities have been warming by 0.5C a decade on average. Scientists at Nanjing and Yale Universities analysed satellite data from […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on September 30, 2022

As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis

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Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on September 4, 2022