Monday, 7 December 2015

COP21: Richest 10 per cent ‘produce half the world’s CO2 emissions’

Oxfam report comes as 150 world leaders descend on Paris for the first day of a two-week UN climate change summit; Tom Bawden Environment Editor; @BawdenTom; Wednesday 2 December 2015

The enormity of climate-change inequality has been laid bare by new research showing that the richest 1 per cent of the world’s population produces 175 times as much CO2 per person as the bottom 10 per cent.'

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cop21-richest-10-per-cent-produce-half-the-world-s-co2-emissions-a6756511.html

The Independent(UK), 2.12.15.

Paris UN climate conference 2015: Rich nations' fossil fuel subsidies 'exceed climate aid 40 to 1'

Thought provoking read: Sydney Morning Herald; December 4, 2015; Chris Arsenault, Reuters

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/un-climate-conference/paris-un-climate-conference-2015-rich-nations-fossil-fuel-subsidies-exceed-climate-aid-40-to-1-20151203-glf4zi

Friday, 29 August 2014

Friday, 11 July 2014

The best of capitalism is over...

The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060
Populations with access to technology and a sense of their human rights will not accept inequality

Paul Mason: The Guardian, Tuesday 8 July 2014 05.00 AEST: Read the article here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/07/capitalism-rich-poor-2060-populations-technology-human-rights-inequality

Thought-provoking and worrying...

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Occupy was right: capitalism has failed the world

Andrew Hussey, The Observer, Sunday 13 April 2014: One of the slogans of the 2011 Occupy protests was 'capitalism isn't working'. Now, in an epic, groundbreaking new book, French economist Thomas Piketty explains why they're right.

Read this thought-provoking article here: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/13/occupy-right-capitalism-failed-world-french-economist-thomas-piketty

A Climate of TRUST -- from Our Children's Trust

In May 2011, a hatch of unprecedented legal actions took place across the United States - youth from around the country were taking their governments to court for failure to protect their atmosphere for future generations. The basis of their legal actions was the Public Trust Doctrine. "A Climate of TRUST" is a story about the scientists who developed the scientific prescriptions needed for a climate recovery plan, the attorney who figured out how to apply the Public Trust Doctrine to the atmosphere, and one of the attorneys who is supporting these youth in court.
In order to preserve and restore our atmosphere, we need to return atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to 350 ppm, and in order to do that, we need massive reforestation and climate recovery plans. We need it NOW!

From Jim Hansen's e-mail mailing list 14 April 2014:

Young people will seek intergenerational justice in historic case in Washington DC on May 2. See Jim Hansen's discussion here or on his web page. Encourage young people to show their support for intergenerational equity by showing up at the Court. They can see U.S. democracy in action, and they can remind the judges of the urgency of taking action.

Update from Jim Hansen's e-mail mailing list 29 April 2004: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2014/20140429_DayInCourtPartII.pdf