http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:15:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vice President Al Gore, Nobel Peace Laureate, venture capitalist, author, lecturer, Academy Award winner, activist, the man Denialists love to hate, and the man some others canonize as the path-breaking visionary on the threat of global climate change, has a new book out:  Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/06/al-gores-new-book-and-copenhagen/ As I noted yesterday, I'll be visiting the subject of the intersection of animal agriculture and climate change more often here.  For now, I want to note two recent items, one a "NY Times" op-ed, the other a book review in the "New Yorker."  (Yes, I live in New York ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/03/more-meat/ Not everybody would have caught the headline, but when you're as tuned into Climate Change as I am - and many of you are - then Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet is going to grab your attention.  Who is Lord Nicholas Stern?   He is ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/02/meat/ Whether you subscribe to the idea that we need to return to 350 ppm of carbon dioxide equivalent in the atmosphere or not, last Saturday's worldwide expressions of concern were wonderful, eye-opening further evidence of how deep and how broad that concern runs. http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/31/good-video-from-350org/ I wrote a thumbnail sketch the other day of where we are in the US on domestic climate change and energy legislation.  Let's now take a quick look at how things are shaping up only 37 days before Copenhagen. As you know, the world has been building toward the 15th Conference ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/30/the-state-of-play-international-division/ I went to an interesting show a few weeks back at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, a division of the Smithsonian Institution.  Design for a Living World has been mounted with the Nature Conservancy.  It's an in-depth look at how a number of designers are putting sustainable materials to excellent ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/28/design-for-a-living-world/ As you know, there has been a tremendous amount of activity on climate change and energy on The Hill over the past year.  The House of Representatives got going fast, even before the 111th Congress got underway.  A leading progressive, hardball-playing Congressman from Los Angeles, Henry Waxman, assumed ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/26/the-state-of-play-domestic-division/ In the spirit of Step It Up 2007 and Earth Hour, 350.org reports that yesterday's International Day of Climate Action brought people together in 181 countries, at over 5,200 events, for the "most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history." See a great slide show plus videos and ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/25/global-day-of-success/ The venerable Matt Wald at the "NY Times" had a revealing story yesterday:  Fossil Fuels' Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says.  He cites a study, commissioned by Congress, just out from the National Research Council.  Monetizing the value of human life cut short by air pollution - "small soot ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/21/health-impacts-coal-and-oil/ Someone in my class at Pace University in NYC a couple of years ago mentioned that she thought that earthquakes and other similar phenomenon were being influenced by climate change.  I pooh-poohed the idea, saying that climate change was responsible for a lot of ills - with more to come ... http://climatechange.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/20/earthquakes-tsunamis-and-the-like/