Resilient local economies
Al Gore in his explosive TED talk on the tactics of the industry explains that they are corrupting the COP process. More and more industry delegates attend each conference and petrostates can veto resolutions to reduce emissions. Fossil fuel companies aren’t really our friends, he claims.
Here are six simple questions companies must answer in the affirmative before they should be admitted to COP conferences:
When Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) first became keen on advocating for Tradable Energy Quotas (TEQs) as invented by David Fleming, we were worried that TEQs wouldn’t reduce our huge agricultural emissions, particularly methane and nitrous oxide. This piece explores the potential impact of TEQs (a form of rationing fossil fuels) on agriculture, the role of fossil fuels in farming. It concludes that TEQs will result in a decrease in agricultural emissions.
Continue reading “Tradable Energy Quotas will reduce Agricultural Emissions”
Often when groups talk about climate action or lack of it, a sort of despair sets in. Then some Pollyanna pipes up reprimanding people for their negativity and then people go quiet. It’s as though society demands a compulsory optimism. How dare you be pessimistic about the prospects of having a liveable climate?
Continue reading “Compulsory optimism on overshoot in our society is maladaptive”
Often during the last twenty years, climate activists have had high hopes that humanity will avert a climate catastrophe. Continue reading “Climate catastrophe or inevitable after COP26?”
The word of the year for 2020 was ‘doomscrollling’. Wikipedia says it can be defined as “an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of dystopian news.” Continue reading “The danger of obsessing over stomach-churning stories about the climate emergency”
