Robert Steele: Beyond the Paris Climate Deal – Can Russia Lead the Way?

Beyond the Paris Climate Deal – Can Russia Lead the Way? Russian International Affairs Council The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, pulled out of the Paris Climate Deal for very good reasons – political reasons, economic reasons, cultural reasons, and intelligence reasons. He understood that the Paris Climate Deal is yet …

Berto Jongman: Water, Climate, & Conflict — the Risks that Deep State Makes Worse…

Water, climate and conflict: security risks on the increase? This briefing note explores the multidimensional relationship between water, climate change, human security and political conflict. The relationship between human security and water- and climate-related stressors such as floods, droughts and reduced food availability is quite straightforward. The relationships between water,climate and political conflict, however, are …

Yoda: Open Source Climate Data — Finally — Time for ALL Data to be Open Source!

Open-Source Climate Change Data From NASA, NOAA, & Others Available For 1st Time There is a need to make that data available in a jargon-free format and with guidance on how to use it effectively. A new organization will do just that. On September 22, PREP, the Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness, was launched by the White …

Worth a Look: The Water, Food, Energy, and Climate Nexus

Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are increasing the demand on water, food and energy. Added to this is the growing threat of climate change which will have huge impacts on water and food availability. It is increasingly clear that there is no place in an interlinked world for …

Nafeez Ahmed: Terror, climate chaos, financial crisis are the costs of ‘doing business’

Terror, climate chaos, financial crisis are the costs of ‘doing business’ The techno-narcissism of predatory neoliberal capitalism is locked into an endless war with the bastard monster of its own creation – Islamic State. Fifteen years into the 21st century, humanity has made little progress in addressing major threats to civilisation. In fact, on terrorism, …

Sepp Hasslberger: Climate-Smart Agriculture — the New New Scam

It’s all about who controls the food supply, and how many chemicals we can “input” in the process. Climate change is such a hot button, the agrochemical companies just have to use it to promote their solutions. No to Climate Smart Agriculture ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’ is agribusiness’ latest attempt to promote industrial farming and undermine …