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Book review: Five Times Faster, by Simon Sharpe

A Greener Life

Things are happening. He was a director on the government’s COP26 team, and spent ten years as a diplomat, including in India and China. So this is someone with a rich personal experience of how change happens at the highest levels – or doesn’t happen, as the case may be. There is movement.

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ESA & COP26: Day 6 – Is Art the Opposite of Science?

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This is a guest post by Andrew Barton, who is an ESA member attending COP26 in Glasglow, Scotland. So what does Graham propose? Given that background, I was very fortunate to happen upon two arts events in the COP26 pavilion area. And here is a clip from of these remarkable poets. by Andrew Barton.

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ESA & COP 26: Al Gore is speaking, I’m listening (and writing)

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This is a guest post by Andrew Barton, who is an ESA member attending COP26 in Glasglow, Scotland. So very challenging keeping up with events at COP26. Here’s a short video of Vice President Gore, every bit as impassioned and angry as he was 15 years ago. Thanks again to ESA for making it possible for me to attend COP26.

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Speaking of Water: “How Do We Consider Mass Resettlement Of The World Population?” With Parag Khanna

Circle of Blue

What’s that mean for nations and communities today? JCG: What’s that mean for nations and communities today? And that’s the story of the book and how, of course, I… It compelled me of course, to push new boundaries with maps. What new vectors will emerge? What future is ahead?

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Speaking of Water: Mapping People, Power, and Water w/ Giulio Boccaletti and Parag Khanna

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In a special episode of Speaking of Water authors Giulio Boccaletti and Parag Khanna interview each other about their new books that are capturing attention around the world and provoking debate about borders, conflicts, and what sustainability may look like for the human race. And of course water plays an enormous role in that story.

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What is COP26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

A Greener Life

What is COP26? All countries are now being urged to revise their NDCs before Cop26 in line with a 1.5C As part of the Paris agreement, the world’s leading authority on climate science – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – was charged with examining closely what a 1.5C What about net-zero? Why is 1.5C

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.31.21

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Election] -- ErieT: What Are Possible Outcomes For Ethics Probe Of Republican Cong. Helpful Resources: Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: October 31, 2021] PA Environment Digest 8, 9, 10, Dec.