Aug 2019 People | Climate Now

People: Links for August 2019

Civil action: The resistance begins

7,000+ Colleges and Universities Declare Climate Emergency and Unveil Three-Point Plan to Combat It | Common Dreams News

Climate change warriors turn to courts | Law | The Times

Does Extinction Rebellion Have the Solution to the Climate Crisis? | The New Yorker

Duke and Duchess of Sussex back teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as they tell Instagram fans to save the planet

Greta Thunberg to French MPs: you can ignore children, not scientists - Reuters

Greta Thunberg to sail across Atlantic for UN climate summits | Environment | The Guardian

Philanthropists Raise $600 Million for Extinction Rebellion and School Strikers - EcoWatch

Strike for climate movement encouraging workers to down tools and demand emergency action - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Treat Extinction Rebellion as an extremist anarchist group, former anti-terror chief tells police

UK police say they will prevent repeat of climate-change protest chaos - Reuters

US philanthropists vow to raise millions for climate activists | Environment | The Guardian

Humanity:

Feeling the heat

Climate change and overfishing threaten Lake Malawi | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 17.07.2019

Climate Change-Vulnerable Countries Face Population Booms | Time

David Attenborough: Climate change may become abhorred as much as slavery

How should we cope with climate crisis? Ask survivors to take the lead | Nanette Antequisa | Global development | The Guardian

In Somalia, the climate emergency is already here. The world cannot ignore it | Mustapha Tahir | Opinion | The Guardian

Migration cannot be the only option for people living on ‘drowning’ islands | Opinion | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific

'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US | Global development | The Guardian

Two new studies warn that a hotter world will be a more violent one - The Washington Post

Politics: Will government save us?

A brief introduction to climate change and national security » Yale Climate Connections

Europe’s Greens are on fire... and it’s not just because of the sweltering heat |

James Dennison | Opinion | The Guardian

European Parliament goes green – POLITICO

New EU chief makes bold climate pledges

The 'war on coal' myth » Yale Climate Connections

Politics of assorted national governments

Bolsonaro declares 'the Amazon is ours' and calls deforestation data 'lies' | World news | The Guardian

Climate change could drown Kiribati, but the nation looks for Noah's Ark - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Climate fears lift Greens' chances of running Germany - Reuters

France to slap new 'ecotax' on plane tickets from 2020

Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain | World Resources Institute

Jair Bolsonaro wants to deforest the Amazon – what powers does the UN have to stop him?

Opinion: Russia frozen on climate change | Opinion | DW | 06.07.2019

Pacific leadership on climate change is necessary and inevitable

Pollution control and solar energy growth in China go hand in hand | Anthropocene

When it comes to avoiding deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, new study reveals that federal and state agencies have had different outcomes

US politics

AOC, Bernie Sanders Team Up on Climate Resolution - Bloomberg

Donald Trump's Surprising, Misleading Climate Change Boast | Time

Intelligence aide, blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change, resigns from State Dept. - The Washington Post

Republicans form conservation caucus to take on environment, climate change | TheHill

The Energy 202: Trump keeps making this error about climate change - The Washington Post

People: Other stories

‘Action now’: the farmers standing up against ‘wilful ignorance’ on climate | Australia news | The Guardian

15 endangered travel destinations: How forces like climate change and gentrification are shaping your bucket list - Washington Post

BP backlash and Extinction Gongs: can climate art save the world? | Culture | The Guardian

Christians Care About Climate Change If It's About Saving 'God's Creation' - VICE

Extreme heat is changing sports, from the Olympics to local races - The Washington Post

Facing the Climate Emergency: Grieving The Future You Thought You Had | Common Dreams Views

Faith, farmers, and climate action - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

From Greta Thunberg to Sally Morgan: 10 books to help kids come to grips with climate crisis | Amelia Lush | Books | The Guardian

Keep climate teaching real and honest | Opinion | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific

Mental Toll of Climate Change Hits Women 60% More | Acumen | OZY

Music Declares Emergency: Artists and executives demand drastic climate action

Redefining hope in a world threatened by climate change » Yale Climate Connections

San Francisco chef's big win for climate change

Slight warming could be enough to heighten risk of malaria: Study

The Crunch Question on Climate: How Can I Help? - EcoWatch

The most important thing you can do right now to fight climate change, according to science – ThinkProgress

The unique tools of the artist in a dying world » Yale Climate Connections

True cost of cheap food is health and climate crises, says commission | Environment | The Guardian

Viewpoints: The science/media chasm

Despairing about the Climate Crisis? Read This.

Does climate change cause wars? - The Washington Post

Don’t Police our Emotions – Climate Despair is Inviting People Back to Life - Resilience

In the not too distant future, when climate alarmists and identity politics have destroyed civilisation ... | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian

Life in a 'degrowth' economy, and why you might actually enjoy it

Our ageing world rulers are unfit to tackle climate change | The Independent

Perceived fairness and public acceptability of carbon pricing: a review of the literature: Climate Policy: Vol 0, No 0

President Trump's failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity (Opinion) - CNN

Stop Building a Spaceship to Mars and Just Plant Some Damn Trees – Mother Jones

The Guardian joins a major media initiative to combat the climate crisis | Environment | The Guardian

The Guardian view on the climate emergency: a dangerous paralysis | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian

The new social movement calling for action on climate change - Axios

The stark truth about UK government climate action: there is no one in charge

Why setting a climate deadline is dangerous | Nature Climate Change

Yes, it is possible to forget fear and take real action against climate change | Stuff.co.nz

Adaptation:

Planning for resilience

Bangladesh Farmers Are Raising Ducks to Adapt to Climate Change - The Atlantic

Climate change means roads should be built differently, UNH researchers say - The Boston Globe

Integrating Typhoon Destructive Potential and Social‐ecological Systems towards Resilient Coastal Communities - Sajjad - - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library

Protecting seabirds could help protect coral reefs from climate change | Anthropocene

Research Development on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure From 1991 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis to Inform Future Innovations - Du - - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library

The building blocks for vital climate adaptation in small islands / Climate Analytics

Why climate adaptation needs people-centred place-based knowledge | Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

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Other stories: Photo by: Michael Coghlan

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