106. CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #106,
December 19, 2022
UP SCIENCE
Organizations
Studying Climate Change (google search presented these 4 first, many more exist of course; the first
two are distinguished UN science institutions,)
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change...
For example, The UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services - or IPBES (IPCC)-
report said Friday that unless humankind improves the sustainable use of
nature, the Earth is on its way to losing 12% of its wild tree species, over a
thousand wild mammal species and almost 450 species of sharks and rays, among
other irreparable harm. . . . https://apnews.com/article/climate-united-nations-pollution-biodiversity-deforestation-89b98843607312350b54374c6d8764a5
World
Meteorological Organization |
A specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate
covers weather, climate and water resources. The UN's scientific voice on the
state and behavior of weather.
350.org
350.org is an international environmental
organization addressing the climate crisis. Its stated goal is to end the use
of fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy by building a global, grassroots
ovement. Founders: Bill McKibben, Jeremy Osborn. Founded: 2007. Wikipedia
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German climatologist Friederike Otto knows that the climate is changing faster
than anticipated, that human actions have gotten us into this crisis, and that
human actions have to slow it down. Fast. Otto runs World Weather Attribution, a research
group staffed by volunteers and funded by Otto and her supporters. Otto was
recently delighted to have a WWA report accepted by a UN panel on the climate
emergency. Follow her research and analyses here.
The
history of the IPCC and other scientific climate organizations is a history of
struggle between scientists and corporations and their political allies. E.g., Deborah Birx. Silent
Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administraton, Covid-19, and Preventing
the Next Pandemic Before It’s Too Late.
2022. Rev. “A Doc and a Hard Place,” May 22, 2022 by
David Quammen in NYT Book Review. Dr.
Birx tells of her struggle, as coordinator of the White House Covid Task
Force. Strong defense of science and
high praise for scientists Redfield, Fauci, and others.
We need a book on the Untold Story of the Bush, Obama,
Trump, and Biden Administrations’ Failure to support science and to seriously resist
the Climate Calamity which is converging with diverse pandemics and with their wars. What are the roots of that failure? What is the
root? What are the science-based solutions? Questions frequently asked and answered in
CMM.
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