ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Global execs call for more clarity on green goals. ecns.cn Global businesses say not enough governments and policymakers are giving them the clarity needed to meet their sustainability and climate change targets, according to a study by the United Nations Global Compact and consultancy Accenture.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Aerial view of potato planting base in Qinghai. ecns.cn Aerial photo shows a spectacular view of potato field covered with plastic mulch in Haidong, Qinghai Province. Due to its unique advantages, including high altitude and dry climate, Haidong has became an important potato planting base.

Paul Palmer PhD (2022-04-06). Zero Waste Theory is the answer to waste problems. indybay.org Zero Waste Theory can solve many problems of waste, thought to be intractable. It depends on redesigning all items for reuse, instead of for discard as today. Two photos from Costa Rica and France show examples.

JANET (2022-04-05). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Vijay Prashad April 5, 2022 During this war on Ukraine, No Cold War launched a new publication called Briefings, which will be factual texts on matters of global concern. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research shared this first briefing: Billions of people around the world will suffer from this hunger crisis. The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertilizer and fuel prices to skyrocket and endanger the world food supply. This conflict is exacerbating the existing crisis of global hunger and imperils the living…

Tom B.K. Goldtooth (2022-04-05). Indigenous Peoples Lead the Way. progressive.org To solve the climate crisis, we must reject schemes that fail to address its underlying causes.

_____ (2022-04-05). World On Track For 3.2 Degrees Celsius Of Warming, Latest IPCC Report Warns. popularresistance.org Policies in place to reduce emissions as of December 2020 would lead the planet to 3.2 degrees Celsius of warming, more than double the 1.5 degrees limit that scientists say is essential for avoiding the worst impacts of the climate crisis. | That's the urgent warning from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released Monday. | "The jury has reached the verdict, and it is damning," UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters ahead of the report's release. "This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of sha…

Staff (2022-04-05). IPCC report reveals 'bleak and brutal truth' about climate emergency, say campaigners. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A United Nations report on the climate emergency—released Monday after negotiations

_____ (2022-04-05). Appalachia Knows There's a Climate Crisis. Does President Biden? commondreams.org The fracked gas industry is taking advantage of a brutal war to put profit over people. We cannot allow that to happen.

_____ (2022-04-05). Federal Court Rejects Coal Mine Expansion Unlawfully Authorized by Trump. commondreams.org "This is now a huge opportunity for the Biden administration to get it right on coal and climate," said one advocate.

_____ (2022-04-05). Time to Put Charles Koch Under Oath for His Climate Lies. commondreams.org If the House Oversight Committee is serious about getting to the bottom of the fossil fuel industry's longtime campaign to stymie climate policy, it should call Koch on the carpet.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). IPCC report calls for further reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ecns.cn The IPCC publishes comprehensive scientific assessment reports on climate change and its impacts every six to seven years, which integrates reports submitted separately by its three working groups.

____ (2022-04-05). "Fridays for Future" climate protest leaders back German war drive. wsws.org By taking the side of the German government in the midst of the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Fridays for Future protest movement show that they are not having the slightest impact on climate protection—unless they want to stop global warming through a nuclear winter.

_____ (2022-04-05). Will the Wasteful Pentagon Budget Ever Shrink? commondreams.org A thought experiment on the military-industrial complex.

____ (2022-04-05). "Fridays for Future" climate protest leaders back German war drive. wsws.org By taking the side of the German government in the midst of the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Fridays for Future protest movement show that they are not having the slightest impact on climate protection—unless they want to stop global warming through a nuclear winter.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). IPCC report calls for further reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ecns.cn The IPCC publishes comprehensive scientific assessment reports on climate change and its impacts every six to seven years, which integrates reports submitted separately by its three working groups.

Paul Palmer PhD (2022-04-05). Zero Waste Theory is the answer to waste problems. indybay.org Zero Waste Theory can solve many problems of waste, thought to be intractable. It depends on redesigning all items for reuse, instead of for discard as today. Two photos from Costa Rica and France show examples.

Bill McKibben (2022-04-04). When Boomers Come Together. progressive.org Our new organization, Third Act, is mobilizing the generation with the most political | and economic influence to fight for a working climate and a working democracy.

Reynard Loki (2022-04-04). Kids Are Really Worried About the Climate Crisis. independentmediainstitute.org Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action. By Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute 17 min read In 2019, Earth | Food | Life writing fellow Lucy Goodchild van Hilten, a science writer and mother of a young child, wrote a piece titled, "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change." …

Marc Eisen (2022-04-04). Farmers on the Frontlines. progressive.org A changing climate creates new challenges—and opportunities to make a difference.

_____ (2022-04-04). UN Chief: Those Expanding Fossil Fuels—Not Climate Activists—Are the 'Truly Dangerous Radicals'. commondreams.org "Some government and business leaders are saying one thing—but doing another," Ant√≥nio Guterres said in a scathing address. "Simply put, they are lying."

James Brooks (2022-04-04). 'Green steel' heating up in Sweden's frozen north. peoplesworld.org LULEA, Sweden (AP) — For hundreds of years, raging blast furnaces — fed with coking coal — have forged steel used in cars, railways, bridges, and skyscrapers. But the puffs of coal-fired smoke are a big source of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas that's driving climate change. According to the World Steel Association, every metric …

_____ (2022-04-04). 'Climate Revolution': Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign. commondreams.org "Scientist Rebellion will be on the streets between April 4th and 9th, acting like our house is on fire," said organizers. "Because it is."

_____ (2022-04-04). The Cost of Not Acting on Climate? US Govt Study Says $2 Trillion Per Year by 2100. commondreams.org Throughout this century, the crisis will accelerate unless we stop burning coal, gas, and petroleum now. It's not all or nothing, the question is: how bad are we going to let it be?

____ (2022-04-04). Canadian imperialism using US-NATO war drive against Russia to expand military operations in the Arctic. wsws.org The Western powers' success in goading Putin to launch a reactionary war in Ukraine has intensified economic and geopolitical rivalries around the globe, including in the far north. The major powers view the Arctic, with its vast natural resources and trade routes opening up due to climate change, as a key battleground.

____ (2022-04-04). The Urgent Need for Climate Action. transcend.org One reason that the Glasgow Climate conference failed so miserably to produce urgently needed climate action was that humans tend to react to what is close to them. Money to pay the rent is urgent, while a climate catastrophe seems to be a distant threat. A second reason is cultural inertia.

_____ (2022-04-04). Campaigners Say IPCC Report Reveals 'Bleak and Brutal Truth' About Climate Emergency. commondreams.org "It's not about taking our foot off the accelerator anymore—it's about slamming on the brakes," said one expert in response to latest U.N. assessment.

Paulo Cabral (2022-04-04). How climate change can affect your kidneys. america.cgtn.com A study in Brazil suggests climate change may be having an impact on people's kidney health, as temperatures rise and dehydration becomes a bigger problem. CGTN's Paulo Cabral reports.

Dean Baker (2022-04-04). Anti-Environmentalists in Never Never Land: The Lake Powell Pipeline. cepr.net The folks who are opposed to actions to slow global warming act like believing in global warming is optional, in the same way that we might think that enjoying baseball is optional. Of course, people can believe whatever they want, but the fact is that the planet is getting warmer, and we stand to get …

_____ (2022-04-04). Caravan For Water And Life Opposes Canadian TC Energy Tuxpan-Tula Gas Pipeline In Mexico. popularresistance.org Earlier this year, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project accompanied the organizations and communities that gathered in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, Puebla for the National Meeting of Struggles Against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects. At that time, PBI-Mexico tweeted: "We celebrate that this meeting has been an opportunity for defenders of the territory and the environment to share their words and experiences on the road to articulating a culture of peace, justice and respect for community rights." Those gathered at the National Meeting expressed their opposition to the TC Energy Tuxpan-Tula ga…

_____ (2022-04-04). Caravan For Water And Life Opposes Tuxpan-Tula Gas Pipeline In Mexico. popularresistance.org Earlier this year, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project accompanied the organizations and communities that gathered in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, Puebla for the National Meeting of Struggles Against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects. | At that time, PBI-Mexico tweeted: "We celebrate that this meeting has been an opportunity for defenders of the territory and the environment to share their words and experiences on the road to articulating a culture of peace, justice and respect for community rights." | Those gathered at the National Meeting expressed their opposition to the TC Energy Tuxpan-Tul…

Editor (2022-04-04). Briefing: World hunger and the war in Ukraine. mronline.org The New Cold War is rapidly heating up, with severe consequences for people around the world. Our new series, Briefings, provides the key facts on these matters of global concern.