🌎 CAT Newsletter #32 - 2020-08-04 🌏
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ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
Personalising climate risk w/ Iggy Bassi from Cervest (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/making-climate-risk-personal-w-iggy-bassi-from-cervest) ð July 29, 2020 The world is not short of climate solutions, it’s short of climate decisions. This week we speak to Iggy Bassi founder of Cervest about asset-level climate risk, how this closes the psychological gap, and makes climate more personal, triggering positive climate decisions. TheClimateFix.com
Can India address climate change with a co-benefits approach? (https://www.terra.do/post/can-india-address-climate-change-with-a-co-benefits-approach) ð Aug 2, 2020 Navroz K Dubash is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR). He works on climate change policy and governance, the political economy of energy and water, and the regulatory state in the developing world. Widely published in these areas, Navroz serves on the IPCC as a Coordinating Lead Author, Government of India advisory committees on climate change, energy and water policy, and the editorial boards of several international journals. terra.do (https://www.terra.do/blog)
23: S2E23: Can green sand beaches sequester carbon at scale?âw/ Kelly Erhart & Tom Green of Project Vesta (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E23-Can-green-sand-beaches-sequester-carbon-at-scale-w-Kelly-Erhart–Tom-Green-of-Project-Vesta-ehakto)
ð July 28, 2020 Carbon dioxide levels are double what they were prior the Industrial Revolution. And we know that reducing emissions is simply not going to be enough to avoid widespread ecological collapse. We need strategies for removing CO2 from the atmosphere at scale. So, what if green sand beaches could provide a promising solution to climate change that is nature-based, affordable, and can be deployed around the globe? The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)
184: ROBERT LLEWELLYN MEETS SUSTAINABABBLE (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1116)
ð August 2, 2020 Robert Llewellyn is an actor and comedian who since 1989 has played angular faced mechanoid Kryten in cult sci-fi classic Red Dwarf. But heâs equally well known for presenting the legendary Scrapheap Challenge and, for the last ten years, phenomenally popular YouTube electric car review show Fully Charged. Itâs like Top Gear, but without bellends or CO2. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)
- Facing an Uninhabitable Earth with David Wallace-Wells (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/63-facing-an-uninhabitable-earth-with-david-wallace-wells) ð July 31, 2020 What role does fear play in awakening humanity to avoiding it’s own demise? Can fear sustain long-term action and help us avoid climate change? This week we talk the scary bits of climate truth with author of “The Uninhabitable Earth” David Wallace-Wells. He discusses with us the responsibility of communicating the full potential picture of climate change as a journalist, and how more people on Earth need to hear what could happen if we do not act now. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)
ð° News Highlights
In 4 Years, Man Helps Villagers Raise Their Incomes By 40%, Plant 2.1 Million Trees (https://www.thebetterindia.com/233635/assam-villager-income-rise-trees-plantation-saurav-malhotra-rural-futures-balipara-foundation-bodo-mishing-community-forest-india-nor41/) Assam: Saurav Malhotra of Rural Futures (Balipara Foundation) is helping tribal communities like Bodo villagers a rise in income through tree plantation,
Invisibles (https://orbmedia.org/stories/Invisibles_plastics/) The plastic inside us It is everywhere: the most enduring, insidious, and intimate product in the world. From the soles of your shoes to the contact lenses in your eyes, the phone in your pocket to the food in your refrigerator, the evidence is unmistakable: We are living in The Plastic Age. Plastic frees us, improving daily life in almost uncountable ways.
Everlaneâs Promise of âRadical Transparencyâ Unravels (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/fashion/everlane-employees-ethical-clothing.html?referringSource=articleShare) Employees past and present are challenging management, saying the companyâs ethical image was an illusion.
Climate change: will coronavirus hasten the demise of Polandâs coal? (https://www.ft.com/content/7df61210-3ecb-490e-8959-4822e1b1b56a) The country burns more hard coal than any other in the EU. But even before the pandemic, the industry was in crisis
Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space (https://theconversation.com/carbon-emissions-are-chilling-the-atmosphere-90km-above-antarctica-at-the-edge-of-space-143271) Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space
Loss of bees causes shortage of key food crops, study finds (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/29/bees-food-crops-shortage-study) Apple and cherry production hampered by lack of wild bees, who are suffering from a loss of habitat, toxic pesticides and the climate crisis
Virgin Galactic offers peek inside new space plane for tourists (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/29/virgin-galactic-offers-peek-inside-new-space-plane-for-tourists) Inside of VSS Unity unveiled, showing the cabin in which six passengers will be able to float in zero gravity on the edge of space
The London Underground could soon run on 100% renewable energy | Living (https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/07/17/the-london-underground-could-soon-run-on-100-renewable-energy) The London Underground could soon be entirely powered by renewable energy. The move is part of a plan to make the cityâs famous rail network zero-emissions by 2030, and have the entire city become carbon neutral by 2050.
Climate denial hasn’t gone away â here’s how to spot arguments for delaying climate action (https://theconversation.com/climate-denial-hasnt-gone-away-heres-how-to-spot-arguments-for-delaying-climate-action-141991) New research exposes the common tropes of bad faith arguments about climate change.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Machine Learning and Computer Vision Scientist (https://techjobsforgood.com/jobs/3461/) Cloud to Street is the leading flood mapping platform designed to protect the worldâs most climate-vulnerable communities. By harnessing global satellites, advanced science, and community intelligence, they monitor worldwide floods in near real-time and remotely analyze local flood exposure at a click of a button. Their mission is to ensure that all vulnerable governments finally access the high quality information they need to prepare for and respond to increasing catastrophes. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1595951171013400) to this conversation on Slack
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