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- UN releases inconceivable new estimate of Earth's 2050 population Fri, 23 Jun 17, 12:17amRight now there are 7.5 billion people on Earth - and counting. But the world in 2050 will be even more packed, according to new United Nations (UN) projections. This week they released the World Population Prospects: 2017...
- UN Sustainability Advisor: “The next human-caused climate disasters should be named Typhoon Donald, Superstorm Ivanka, and Megaflood Jared” Fri, 9 Jun 17, 9:59amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Columbia’s Center for Sustainable Development and of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network has accused President Trump of being a sociopath, while...
- Bloomberg Offers to Pay for the UN Green Fund Sun, 4 Jun 17, 7:31pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is so upset that President Trump has cancelled payments to the UN Green Fund, he is sending his own money to the UN...
- UN Bonn Climate Conference Demands $300 Billion per Year to Alleviate the Tedium Tue, 16 May 17, 1:32pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall The UNFCCC Bonn Climate Conference, due to end in a few days, has accepted a report which demands an additional $300 billion per year on top of the $100 billion already promised by the world’s...
- Dropping costs in renewable tech spurs rapid shift to clean energy Sat, 8 Apr 17, 1:58amWelcome to the clean energy revolution - with or without Trump. A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), and Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate...
- Green groups condemn UN plan to use $136m from climate fund for large dams Tue, 4 Apr 17, 3:00pmActivists warn of serious environmental consequences for UN-backed hydro projects in Nepal, Tajikistan and the Solomon Islands
- UN asks UK to suspend work on Hinkley Point Mon, 20 Mar 17, 9:00pmMove likely to embarrass British government as UN agency says lack of talks with Europe means it should refrain from further work
- Report: Trump Orders Massive UN Budget Cuts Wed, 15 Mar 17, 8:29pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart – According to http://foreignpolicy.com, the Trump White House has ordered the State Department to cut at least 50% of US contributions to the United Nations. EXCLUSIVE White...
- UNFCCC’s 25 year long process of climate speculation built upon a foundation of conjecture Wed, 8 Mar 17, 12:27pmGuest essay by Lawrence Hamlin The February 23, 2017 Petition sent to President Trump signed by Dr. Richard Lindzen and more than 300 eminent scientists, engineers and other qualified and knowledgeable experts requesting...
- Trump Administration Not Returning Calls From the UN Climate Boss Sat, 4 Mar 17, 2:06amGuest essay by Eric Worrall UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa has complained in public that Rex Tillerson, President Trump’s Secretary of State, hasn’t responded to her request for a meeting...
- Meet the 16-year-old who sued the US government over climate change Wed, 3 Aug 16, 9:58pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bu21NL3wNA With his long, dark hair flowing, Xiuhtezcatl takes the microphone like an old pro. He speaks eloquently and passionately, like a veteran of the war against climate change—and...
- Paris agreement struggles — only 0.04% of global CO2 emissions “ratified” (1% of man-made CO2) Tue, 2 Aug 16, 8:46pmMap from Climate Analytics It was all a grand theater. Greens brag that the Paris agreement was signed by “179 countries”, but it means nothing until they get 55 nations controlling 55% of the worlds (man-made)...
- What happened to the UK shale gas report? | Letters Wed, 8 Jun 16, 3:56amJanet Russell asks the right question (Letters, May 30). What has happened to the report on shale gas by the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC)? When Professor Cowern and I gave evidence in February, we were assured that the...
- Hinkley Point: UN report says UK failed to consult over risks Mon, 9 May 16, 1:49amUN Economic and Social Council says Britain has not met its obligations to discuss the impact of nuclear accident with neighbouring countries
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Fred Krupp: five ways to deliver on the Paris climate talks Fri, 22 Apr 16, 4:00pmThe Paris agreement was a breakthrough, but it is up to all of us to act as guardians of these new standards – and of our future