Comedians Conquering Climate Change

Resources

• Grist’s Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: https://grist.org/fix/series/imagine-2200-climate-fiction/

Sources

Headlines:

• Can ‘the people’ solve climate change? France decided to find out. - Grist
• Biden Administration Announces Plan to Spend Billions to Prevent Wildfires - NYT
• Sprawling Coral Reef Resembling Roses is Discovered Off Tahiti - NYT

Resources

• Take action to help expose fossil fuel handouts. StopFundingFossils.org. #stopfundingfossils

Sources

Headlines:

• Money For Green Energy Creates More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Investment, New Study Finds - Huffington Post
• 9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid - National Public Radio
• Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds - The Guardian

Resources

• Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's "What you should do" Venn Diagram

Sources

• California moves toward ban on gas lawn mowers and leaf blowers - LA Times
• "A two-stroke gasoline-powered leaf blower spewed out more pollution than a 6,200-pound Ford F-150 SVT Raptor pickup truck." - New York Times
• Giant China Project Leads the Rise of Renewable Mega-Hubs - Bloomberg

Resources

• Click here for a pre-written tweet to Special Envoy to the Climate, John Kerry
• Checking in on the state of global climate action – Generation180
• It’s Time for COP26. Here’s Where We Stand. – NYT

Sources

Headlines:

• The 2022 Rivian R1T Is the Most Remarkable Pickup We’ve Ever Driven; Motortrend
• Harvard University Will Stop Investing In Fossil Fuels After Years Of Public Pressure; NPR
• Peak Internal Combustion Engine May Already Be Years Behind Us; Bloomberg
• EU, China Unveil Sweeping Plans to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions; Wall Street Journal

Game:

• Country per-person emissions: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/22/climate/new-climate-pledge.html
• Countries signed on to make climate pledges: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/more-countries-hike-climate-pledges-piling-pressure-major-emitters-2021-07-31/
• The world needs to cut 50% of emissions by 2050: https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/flurry-emissions-pledges-still-not-enough-meet-global-climate-goals-2021-08-05/