By Alan Anderson, RCAT Board Member Climate in the news: 1. Scientists fear planetary shift as oceans heat to record, impacting fisheries, air temps, coral reefs and more. 2. Alarming number of climate records were smashed in 2023. If you are not concerned, you are not paying attention. 3. Climate change to slash African GDP by 7.1%. Impact of…
By Alan Anderson, RCAT Board Member Record warm oceans are bringing heat waves to Australia. Likely a forewarning of our summer to come. We must not look away. Our children need us to do all we can do – right now and every day – to help preserve a livable world. Climate in then news 1.…
By Alan Anderson, RCAT Board Member Climate in the News (See attached articles, most with links at end of each): 1. 2023 smashes record for global temps – not where we want to be going! 2. 2023 also set new high temp records in the oceans – also not a good path! 3. Eight charts illustrate 2023’s…
The 7/28/22 session of the Rotary Climate Action Team (RCAT) Network’s Climate Conversations forum featured speaker Steve Bender, the Charter President of the Rotary Club of Newport Beach, who discussed the upcoming People of Action Summit on Water, and the 4-7-8-17 Global Service Program. The People of Action Summits will provide an in-person and…
The 5/26/22 session of the Rotary Climate Action Team (RCAT) Network’s Climate Conversations forum featured speaker Dr. Karl Hausker, Senior Climate Fellow of the World Resources Institute, who discussed the recent IPCC report. Dr. Hausker has co-authored an article titled “6 Takeaways from the 2022 IPCC Climate Mitigation Report” and shared his valuable knowledge…
It is a program in Borneo/Indonesia.
Goals: Rescue animals, protect forest, support the locals.
In light of the recently released IPCC report, we know the necessity of addressing climate change is more urgent than ever. Climate action is needed in all sectors of society if we are to keep global warming to no more than +1.5 degrees (C) as advocated by the climate scientist community. To do their parts,…
Cooperation between countries is central to addressing the climate crisis. Despite concerns about the results from COP26 in Glasgow, it is critical that climate advocates understand how global cooperation has arrived at this point and how it will influence immediate future climate actions. To understand the complexity of the issue, this Forum will provide an…
Provided by Dr Hausker to RCAT/GCP Network participants.WRI_Hausker – Rotary CAT Jan2022 v2
Getting to Net Zero. A presentation by Dr Karl Hausker to the RCAT/GCP Network on January 20, 2022.