OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #198, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024.

 

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #198, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024.  Compiled by Dick Bennett.

·       Science Hub for Climate Litigation

·       Ayana Johnson.   What If We Get It Right?  Visions of Climate Futures.   

 

Science Hub for Climate Litigation
Dear James,
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to virtual conversation on the key research for scientists to advance climate litigation.  Join the Science Hub for Climate Litigation webinar to learn about how scientists can communicate their own research and engage with legal teams as a critical part of climate accountability. 
Research Areas for Climate Litigation: 2024 Report
Date: Thursday, October 10
Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT / 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET
Register for the webinar today.    Speakers include: 
Dr. Phoebe Okowa, Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London, Member of the United Nations International Law Commission, and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya
Dr. Delta Merner, Lead Scientist for the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists
This expert panel will discuss their experience with litigation-relevant research and share the ways in which scientists can apply their own research to contribute to the growing landscape of climate litigation. Science plays a crucial role in how courts make decisions on lawsuits involving climate change, with experts engaging through the UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation.

Please register today and we hope to see you on October 10. 
Sincerely,  Sarah Goodspeed  Outreach Manager  Science Hub for Climate Litigation,  Union of Concerned Scientists

 

 

 

 

 

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Ayana Johnson.   What If We Get It Right?  Visions of Climate Futures.   Penguin Random House, 2024. Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.

Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data, poetry, and art, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides us through solutions and possibilities at the nexus of science, policy, culture, and justice. Visionary farmers and financiers, architects and advocates, help us conjure a flourishing future, one worth the effort it will take—from every one of us, with whatever we have to offer—to create.

If you haven’t yet been able to picture a transformed and replenished world—or to see yourself, your loved ones, and your community in it—this book is for you. If you haven’t yet found your role in shaping this new world or you’re not sure how we can actually get there, this book is for you.

With grace, humor, and humanity, Johnson invites readers to ask and answer this ultimate question together: What if we get it right?

On possibility and transformation with:
Paola Antonelli • Xiye Bastida • Jade Begay • Wendell Berry • Régine Clément • Steve Connell • Erica Deeman • Abigail Dillen • Brian Donahue • Jean Flemma • Kelly Sims Gallagher • Rhiana Gunn-Wright • Olalekan Jeyifous • Corley Kenna • Bryan C. Lee Jr. • Franklin Leonard • Adam McKay • Bill McKibben • Kate Marvel • Samantha Montano • Kate Orff • Leah Penniman • Marge Piercy • Colette Pichon Battle • Kendra Pierre-Louis • Judith D. Schwartz • Jigar Shah • Ayisha Siddiqa • Bren Smith • Oana Stănescu • Mustafa Suleyman • Jacqueline Woodson

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Praise

“With a thoughtfully curated series of essays, poetry, and conversations, Johnson has assembled a group of dynamic people who are willing to imagine what seems impossible, and articulate those visions with enthusiastic clarity. The problem of climate change is a significant one, but What If We Get It Right? reminds us that with passion and ingenuity, there is so much we can accomplish.”—Roxane Gay

“This book had me at its title. Through a collection of thoughtful essays and interviews, Johnson explores the possibility of getting it right with a visionary group of environmental leaders, activists and other big thinkers working on the front lines. Johnson, who has become a prominent voice on climate solutions, reminds us that there is also joy in working toward a future where we can all thrive.”—Los Angeles Times  
 
“This is the book we’ve been waiting for—a brilliant mix of creativity and wisdom that feels like we’re eavesdropping on intimate conversations with the world’s most brilliant change-makers. In What If We Get It Right?, Johnson weaves together art, poetry, and expert interviews into a deeply human exploration of the interconnected challenges we face. The result is a vision of a future filled with joy and possibility, where fixing one problem helps us solve many more.”—Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist, author, and UN Champion of the Earth

“An optimistic bent and eager embrace of solutions . . . these conversations are as much about ‘getting it right’ as they are about what we are currently getting wrong. Johnson is a top-notch interviewer, and her guests are insightful and candid.”—Scientific American

“An entirely credible (and entirely enchanting) voice . . . Ayana Johnson is no Pollyanna. She’s a hard-nosed and extremely competent scientist who has not shied for a minute from facing the hard truths.”—Bill McKibben

“Rigorous, elucidating, and hopeful in the most catalytic sense, this volume will stiffen your political will and open your mind and heart. It could arrive at no better moment.”—Rebecca Traister, bestselling author and writer for New York magazine
 
“I believe that this is a book that the young among us have been waiting for. It is certainly the reset that we as societies and as elders owe to coming generations of humanity—and to our magnificent natural world.”—Krista Tippett, Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, a National Humanities Medalist, and a New York Times bestselling author
 
“The climate crisis is terrifying, but also exhilarating—exhilarating because spectacular new ideas, approaches, and values are arising to address the terrifying stuff . . . Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s fantastic new anthology lets you listen to dozens of them.”—Rebecca Solnit, author, feminist, environmentalist
 
“Critically, What If We Get It Right? reminds us of the most important solution of all: protecting and restoring nature, the magic of photosynthesis and water cycle. If you need a kick in the pants to roll up your sleeves on climate solutions, this book is for you.”—Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia