Climate Change: Impacts and Solutions (Yale Club of NYC)
‘2016 marks the point where we realize that climate change is deeply intertwined with problems like poverty, inequality, and the long-term sustainability of the planet.’
Seeds of Time: A Compelling Film on the Future of Our Food Supply
This Earth Day, get inspired to take action with a thought-provoking film on climate change and global food security.
The Natural History Museum
“Museums are leaders, and we’re asking them to demonstrate their leadership.”
British scientist gives best human rights talk of the year
“This is not about just incremental change. This is about whole system change. And this applies to all of us, whatever sphere of influence we have.”
Can positive thinking be the key to our big CO2 fix?
Public opinion lags scientific understanding of climate, and so our political system doesn’t move fast enough. A new book offers ideas to change that around.
Bjarke Ingels and Kim Stanley Robinson at IDEAS CITY
“An ounce of laws is worth 10,000 pounds of rhetoric.”
If Global Warming Is So Urgent, Why Is There So Little Action? – A Talk With Per Espen Stoknes
The Earth Institute’s Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) presents “What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming,” with Per Espen Stoknes, Author, Psychologist and Economist.
CUSP map: taking a look under the hood of the city
A new crowdsourced map shows some important features of the city and describes how we can respond to changing climate.
Climate change knowledge for an urbanized planet: UCCRN
The people behind the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) are passionate about delivering climate science to cities, with over 100 citations in the latest IPCC report. So who are they?
Reflections on the People’s Climate March
Four City Atlas interns and the editor reflect on their experiences at the People’s Climate March.
Colloquium on Forests and Climate: New Thinking for Transformational Change
As shown in the event description: The Earth Institute’s Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES),the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and the Center…
Our Climate Projected: an artistic conversation on climate change
Jessie Reilly’s participatory project Our Climate Projected is one way you can help spread the word about the UN Climate Summit and march.
4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit
This year NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit will focus on: the connection between fossil fuel extraction and climate justice. The Summit will serve as the launch to prepare the youth for what we hope to be the biggest climate march in New York City-The People’s Climate March.
4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit
This year NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit will focus on: the connection between fossil fuel extraction and climate justice. The Summit will serve as the launch to prepare the youth for what we hope to be the biggest climate march in New York City-The People’s Climate March.
Exploring Clouds
Learn about everyday weather events including lightning and thunder, clouds and the water cycle, and hurricanes and other extreme storms.
Citizenship in the 21st century
If a part of the body could think, it would never think it could survive at the cost of the whole. If we accept the extreme interconnectedness of different systems and processes on the Earth, this same concept can be applied on a societal level.
Speculations (The Climate): a roundtable on solar geoengineering
Join triple canopy for a roundtable discussion on solar geoengineering on Saturday, October 26th.
The Five Thousand Pound Life
For more information about The Five Thousand Pound Life, read an introductory essay here. In the opening event of The Five Thousand Pound Life, Anthony…