The Case for a Sustainability Emergency, Part II

April 9, 2008

Most climate policies aim to limit the average global temperature rise to 2-3 degrees. Given that the earth is already overheated these goals are practically useless. Today we'll discuss how, with a shared sense of purpose and heroic leadership, humans have the technical and social capacity to go into emergency mode and design an economic a

Birds Feed Citizen Scientists
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has launched some cool citizen-science web efforts. Get involved as much as you want. Voyeur, and catch up on the breeding behavior of Barn Owls. Watch high-def video and classify the behaviors. Or create your own scientific legacy by contributing data online. Your efforts help monitor global climate change impacts.

Population lost in the global debate
How overpopulation barely registers as a public issue, not even as part of climate change discussion.

Meeting to support World Health Day at Columbia University
The theme of this year's World Health Day is "protecting health from climate change". In support of this, the IRI helped convene more than 70 high level experts from public health agencies, private institutions and corporations to brainstorm ways to overcome the challenges climate change poses to global health.

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