Al Gore gives Melbourne a taste of Climate Reality

Konrad Marshall, 26 June 2014, Article: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/al-gore-gives-melbourne-a-taste-of-climate-reality-20140626-zsmq1.html

Al Gore gives Melbourne a taste of Climate Reality, Konrad Marshall, 26 June 2014, Article: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/al-gore-gives-melbourne-a-taste-of-climate-reality-20140626-zsmq1.html

http://climaterealityproject.org/leadership-corps

https://www.facebook.com/climaterealityaustralia

Official Theatrical Trailer www.citizenkoch.com

Official Theatrical Trailer www.citizenkoch.com from Elsewhere Films on Vimeo.

Divestment Day - May 2014

Inspiring!

Westpac customers divest in style! http://youtu.be/fGaEHbWDwJQ

SBS news coverage of ANZ customers divesting http://youtu.be/UN9IbH3kx1Y

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

Years of Living Dangerously Premiere Full Episode

http://350.org/watch-years/

Years of Living Dangerously Trailer #2

Stop webcam child sex tourism!

Dear Friends,

I just signed the campaign: For a Fossil Free ANU and University of Melbourne

It would mean the world to me if you could also add your name to this fossil fuel divestment campaign. The divestment movement is catching on like wildfire, and with good reason: If it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit from that wreckage. We believe that educational and religious institutions, city and state governments, and other institutions that serve the public good should divest from fossil fuels.

Every name that is added builds momentum around the divestment effort and makes it more likely for us to win. Will you join me by taking action on this campaign?

http://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/for-a-fossil-free-anu

http://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/divest-the-university-of-melbourne-from-fossil-fuels

After you've signed the petition please also take a moment to share it with others. It's super easy – all you need to do is forward this email.

Thank you!

Johannes

China's coal emissions responsible for 'quarter of a million premature deaths': Hundreds of thousands of children still at risk from dangerous levels of air pollution as poisonous smog fills cities, study says; Jennifer Duggan theguardian.com, Thursday 12 December 2013 14.00 AEST:

Verbatim excerpt: "Emissions from coal plants in China were responsible for a quarter of a million premature deaths in 2011 and are damaging the health of hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, according to a new study."

Article available: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/12/china-coal-emissions-smog-deaths

WALMART'S FOOD DRIVE - Tell Walmart: Decent Pay, Not Hand Outs

See also: http://youtu.be/caV-m1wq6Vc

The Waltons on the Forbes List of Billionnaires: http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#tab:overall

See also: Is Walmart good for America? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'?

Natural and social scientists develop new model of how 'perfect storm' of crises could unravel global system

Nafeez Ahmed; Saturday 15 March 2014 05.28 EST -- A new study sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial civilisation could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation and increasingly unequal wealth distribution.

Read article: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-civilisation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists

See also Tom Bawden, Tuesday 18 March 2014: Official prophecy of doom: Global warming will cause widespread conflict, displace millions of people and devastate the global economy -- Leaked draft report from UN panel seen by The Independent is most comprehensive investigation into impact of climate change ever undertaken - and it's not good news.

Article available: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/official-prophecy-of-doom-global-warming-will-cause-widespread-conflict-displace-millions-of-people-and-devastate-the-global-economy-9198171.html

Revealed: How climate change ended world’s first great civilisations

Photo: A city settlement at the Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan

David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent, Monday 03 March 2014; Photo/subheading quoted verbatim from (attribution)

"'Megacities' of the Indus Valley region of Pakistan and north-west India declined and never recovered because of a dramatic increase in drought conditions, according to new research"

Article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/revealed-how-climate-change-ended-worlds-first-great-civilisations-9164248.html

See also: 'Le changement climatique aurait conduit a l'effondrement de la civilisation Harappeene', Les Decouvertes Archeologiques, 28.6.12: http://decouvertes-archeologiques.blogspot.fr/2012/06/le-changement-climatique-conduit-aurait.html

et - 'La civilisation de l'Indus, 2000 ans plus ancienne?', Les Decouvertes Archeologiques, 26.11.12: http://decouvertes-archeologiques.blogspot.fr/2012/11/la-civilisation-de-lindus-2000-ans-plus.html

Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming

"Profiteers Are Lining Up To Make Money Off Global Warming

Publisher's Weekly succinctly states the importance of Windfall: "For most of the planet, the specter of global warming is ominous, but as journalist Funk reveals in this startling book, there are those who view the Earth's dangerous meltdown as a golden opportunity...Funk's original, forthright take on this little-discussed profit-taking trend in the climate change sweepstakes is very unsettling." In short, Funk reports on the long line of individuals, corporations and financial investors who are betting on climate change to make a huge profit from catastrophe." (short verbatim excerpt > attribution)

More: http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/22240-profiteers-are-lining-up-to-make-money-off-global-warming

See also: http://youtu.be/IaKm89eVhoE

See also: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/

See the Koch brothers on the Forbes List of Billionnaires: http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#tab:overall

"Carbon bubble" threatens global economy

'Carbon bubble' threatens stock markets, say MPs
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26455763

'Carbon bubble' poses serious threat to UK economy, MPs warn
Committee says government and Bank of England must not be complacent about the risks of overvaluing fossil fuel companies
Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent, theguardian.com, Thursday 6 March 2014 17.00 AEST
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/carbon-bubble-threat-uk-economy-fossil-fuels-mps

WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP)

Through the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) work with businesses to develop standards and tools that help companies measure, manage, report and reduce their carbon emissions. http://www.ghgprotocol.org

Report released today: Fossil fuels increase risk not returns

Published by The Australia Institute and released today in conjunction with 350.org Australia and Market Forces:
“Climate Proofing Your Investments: moving funds out of fossil fuels”, a new report for institutional investors seeking to insulate their funds against the growing carbon bubble.

Download the report here and the summary findings here.
Fossil fuel companies plan to extract over five times more carbon than the climate can safely handle, putting our planet and savings at risk. But, by divesting from fossil fuel stocks, investors can avoid the impacts of a carbon bubble crash. This report shows they can do so without compromising their returns.
“Our findings show that fossil free investment portfolios can not only provide similar returns on investment but they also help mitigate the risk of an ‘unburnable carbon’ bubble bust. It’s a no-brainer. If you can protect your holdings without lowering your returns, why wouldn’t you?” said Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute.

THE ISLAND PRESIDENT—A Documentary By Jon Shenk | Official Trailer

Attribution: http://vimeo.com/36515698

UTOPIA

Attribution: http://vimeo.com/78062545
UTOPIA - Free Screening and Q&A Session [Sponsored by UNSW Computing]
Friday, 28 February 2014
Doors open at 5:30pm - Film commences 6:00pm sharp
Clancy Auditorium, UNSW
RSVP essential: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/utopia-free-screening-and-qa-session-sponsored-by-unsw-computing-tickets-10548955209

John Pilger interviewed by Radio New Zealand on his new film 'Utopia', about Aboriginal Australia. Broadcast on RNZ, 2.3.14. The programme lasts 21' 36". http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/2587519

See also: The mismatch between indigenous communities and mining wealth: Indigenous communities rarely reap the benefits of mining and attempts by companies to redress the balance often fall short. Oliver Balch, Guardian Professional, Saturday 16 November 2013 01.52 AEST http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/mismatch-indigenous-mining-wealth-utopia

Make carbon pollution a thing of the past

http://forms.climaterealityproject.org/page/content/Make-carbon-pollution-a-thing-of-the-past

© 2014 The Climate Reality Project -- We are powering a social revolution for climate action.

There you go! (Satirical video on "development")

Around the world ‘development’ is robbing tribal people of their land, self-sufficiency and pride and leaving them with nothing. Watch this short, satirical film, written by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by actor and comedian David Mitchell, which tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of ‘development’. [Attribution: http://www.survivalinternational.org/thereyougo ]

Video link: http://www.survivalinternational.org/films/there-you-go

Progress can kill: http://www.survivalinternational.org/progresscankill

Dark money: rubbishing the climate science

"In the 1990s the fossil fuel industry realised that action on climate change would be bad for their business and poured millions into rubbishing the science..."

verbatim excerpt quoted from Paul Brown, The Guardian, Tuesday 21 January 2014 08.30 AEST. Weatherwatch: The dark money that feeds climate change confusion

More: Secret funding helped build vast network of climate denial thinktanks: Anonymous billionaires donated $120m to more than 100 anti-climate groups working to discredit climate change science.

Are We Falling Off the Climate Precipice?

Thought-provoking article penned by Dahr Jamail: The signs of a worsening climate crisis are all around us, whether we allow ourselves to see them or not. Scientists consider extinction.

Excerpt quoted verbatim from Nation of Change, Wednesday 18 December 2013. Available: http://www.nationofchange.org/are-we-falling-climate-precipice-1387375963

I grew up planning for my future, wondering which college I would attend, what to study, and later on, where to work, which articles to write, what my next book might be, how to pay a mortgage, and which mountaineering trip I might like to take next. Now, I wonder about the future of our planet. During a recent visit with my eight-year-old niece and 10- and 12-year-old nephews, ...

Read article here: http://www.nationofchange.org/are-we-falling-climate-precipice-1387375963

Just 90 companies caused two-thirds of man-made global warming emissions

Chevron, Exxon and BP among companies most responsible for climate change since dawn of industrial age, figures show

Interactive - which fossil fuel companies are most responsible?

Excerpt of article by Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, quoted verbatim from The Guardian, Thursday 21 November 2013 03.07 AEST. Available: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change

The climate crisis of the 21st century has been caused largely by just 90 companies, which between them produced nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gas emissions generated since the dawning of the industrial age, new research suggests.

The companies range from investor-owned firms – household names such as Chevron, Exxon and BP – to state-owned and government-run firms.

The analysis, which was welcomed by the former vice-president Al Gore as a "crucial step forward" found that the vast majority of the firms were in the business of producing oil, gas or coal, found the analysis, which has been published in the journal Climatic Change.

"There are thousands of oil, gas and coal producers in the world," climate researcher and author Richard Heede at the Climate Accountability Institute in Colorado said. "But the decision makers, the CEOs, or the ministers of coal and oil if you narrow it down to just one person, they could all fit on a Greyhound bus or two."

Half of the estimated emissions were produced just in the past 25 years – well past the date when governments and corporations became aware that rising greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal and oil were causing dangerous climate change.

Many of the same companies are also sitting on substantial reserves of fossil fuel which – if they are burned – puts the world at even greater risk of dangerous climate change.

Climate change experts said the data set was the most ambitious effort so far to hold individual carbon producers, rather than governments, to account. (... article continues ...)

Read entire article at: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change