Rapid transit and safe cycling/walking networks are good for both health and climate – and climate experts should consider more systematically how these strategies can reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector, one of the world's major contributors to climate change, says a new WHO report.
For the past week we've been doing a lot of climate talk, tree planting and painting with the aim to raise awareness about climate change. We've travelled through four cities and worked with over 3000 children and adults, but when we arrived in Klerksdorp on Friday, we were taught a couple new moves.
A group of concerned Capetonians, in partnership with the NPO Climate Justice Campaign, gathered for a protest at the 18th Africa Oil Week taking place at the Waterfront.
Proudly African human rights activist, Kumi Naidoo, has taken over as the Greenpeace International Executive Director. Dr Kumi Naidoo is well known for his extensive human rights activism as well as his work in civil society.
"Progress has been made"- this is not something you hear often when it comes to climate negotiations. The agreements that came out of Cancun won't be enough to get the world back to 350--but they offer a glimpse at a path forward that just might.
'Although South Africa has outlined ambitious targets to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, time is indeed running out to secure our children's future. Climate Change is one of the greatest threats to the survival of the human species on this planet, and both urgent and meaningful action is required to combat it,' so says Kevin James of the Carbon Protocol of South Africa, on behalf of the Climate Change Leadership Awards (CCLA).
Sunday, 10-10-10 saw the biggest global Work Party for Earth ever to happen in human memory! Organised by 350.org more than 7000 groups of people in 180 countries got together and did something constructive. And if you think South Africans are asleep when it comes to green actions, think again. Across the country we rose to the occasion in a wide range of events in solidarity with the environmental cause.
Take an early afternoon off from work (beat the traffic!) and join a bunch of concerned citizens (including Rob Zipplies ' back from his epic climate-change-awareness-raising cycle from Cape Town, via Joburg and Pretoria to Durban for a symbolic candlelight vigil outside the US Consulate in Westlake, Cape Town. Bring a candle, a jar to protect the flame (or a candle cut-out if the south-easter is blowing!), a placard, or just yourself and join us in a peaceful demonstration to demand a meaningful commitment by the US government to CO2 reductions.
Take an early afternoon off from work (beat the traffic!) and join a bunch of concerned citizens (including Rob Zipplies ' back from his epic climate-change-awareness-raising cycle from Cape Town, via Joburg and Pretoria to Durban for a symbolic candlelight vigil outside the US Consulate in Westlake, Cape Town. Bring a candle, a jar to protect the flame (or a candle cut-out if the south-easter is blowing!), a placard, or just yourself and join us in a peaceful demonstration to demand a meaningful commitment by the US government to CO2 reductions.
Early morning on 24 October in New Zealand a crowd gathered before dawn next to a wind turbine on a mountaintop.
As local elders said prayers to bless the global event, banners and signs were held high to greet the planet`s first rays of sunlight on this most incredible of days.
Op Klimaatdag, 24 Oktober, het Stellenbosch 'n gans nuwe ding beleef ' 'n Groen mars met krete van 'climate change aint cool' het entoesiasties op die Saterdagmiddag deur die historiese dorp geslang.
'There is a very unusual negotiation going on ' between human beings on the one hand and the laws of Creation on the other. And the trouble with nature's laws is that they don't argue. They state their position and that is that.'
Become a Climate Buddy and help us find out. Average temperatures worldwide have increased by 1oC in the last century and are predicted to rise another 5oC by 2100.
350 is a crucial number in the earth's survival.
It is the number in parts per million (ppm) that scientists have identified as the upper limit of safety for CO2 in our atmosphere. A diverse group of people worldwide are using this number to get global action, and have adopted it as the name for the network uniting around solutions for climate change. The number is a symbol of where we need to go ' it gives a measurable goal in a language everyone can understand.
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At the beginning of a fresh new year, we like to do a collage of what images carry energy for us ' and pop them together in a type of road map for the year.
What is your vision for the year? What would you like to manifest in your life, your community, your country ' what is your vision for the planet?
