Videos Related to Climate Change

8-15-24 TED  talk by Johan Rockstrom: "The Tipping Points of Climate Change" 

We're nearly halfway through the 2020s, dubbed the most decisive decade for action on climate change. Where exactly do things stand? Climate impact scholar Johan Rockström offers the most up-to-date scientific assessment of the state of the planet and explains what must be done to preserve Earth's resilience to human pressure.  Find this TED talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl6VhCAeEfQ

Jun 2, 2024           Climate Emergency Forum welcomes Andrew Revkin, a seasoned environmental journalist. The discussion revolves around the evolution of climate change coverage in the media and the critical issues facing the climate crisis today.

This video was recorded on May 22nd, 2024, and published on June 2nd, 2024, and represents the opinions of the discussion participants.         Be sure to watch ‘til the very end where Andrew performs one of his songs.         Revkin emphasizes that a disaster is defined by the intersection of hazards and people, highlighting the importance of reducing vulnerability to climate hazards alongside decarbonizing the energy system. He argues that the term "adaptation" is somewhat flawed because it implies only future changes, whereas the focus should also be on reducing current vulnerabilities.         Revkin reflects on his journey in climate journalism, noting the significant challenges and changes over the past 40 years. He recalls the early days when climate change was a controversial and uncomfortable topic for mainstream media. He credits his work, particularly the "Dot Earth" blog at The New York Times, for helping to bring climate issues into the public eye. Revkin points out that while reducing carbon emissions is crucial, it is equally important to address societal and structural issues that exacerbate the impacts of climate events, such as urban planning and population growth in vulnerable areas.          The conversation also touches on the role of media in shaping public perception and policy. Revkin discusses the need for balanced reporting that avoids sensationalism and focuses on actionable solutions. He criticizes the tendency to attribute every extreme weather event to global warming, which can undermine the credibility of climate science. Instead, he advocates for a nuanced approach that carefully assesses the links between climate change and specific hazards.         Revkin underscores the need for innovative communication strategies to engage the public and policymakers in meaningful discussions about climate solutions.

4-23-24 Climate change is not news to big oil companies. They’ve known about it for more than 40 years, even burying their own research results on the links between carbon emissions and global warming.      In the 1970s, oil conglomerates commissioned research into climate change. It predicted the global warming that we’re facing today. But US oil companies hushed up these findings rather than accepting responsibility. Just like the tobacco industry before it, the industry spent millions on a disinformation campaign. This campaign aimed to discredit the results, sowing doubts about human-induced climate change, so the companies could stave off tougher climate policies and continue drilling for oil and gas unhindered. Now they are facing dozens of lawsuits.      In the US, for example, the city of Charleston on the southeastern Atlantic coast is suing Big Oil for climate adaptation costs. The city says the companies are to blame for the increased flooding it is facing. The legal dispute could make history. The municipality alleges that climate change could have been effectively tackled decades ago had it not been for the oil industry’s ‘multi-decade campaign of deception.’ Oil companies have denied the allegations. 

4-16-24  Climate scientist, Peter Carter uses current data from verified sources to explain why global warming is accelerating at an alarming rate.

4-5-24  "Our Changing Climate" In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I dive into the worst-case climate change scenarios that could possibly lead to societal collapse. Specifically, I understand what the literature says will happen above four degrees of global warming in turns of natural disasters, as well as how that will unfold across our economic and social webs.  In this anti-capitalist essay, many of the worst-case scenarios are presented. I think this is done to help us take the actions that are needed. STOP BURNING SO MUCH FOSSIL FUELS!

3-24-24 The World Meteorological Organization issued a red alert warning Tuesday about warming and climate change, saying 2024 is shaping up to be another record year. One of the many worries about how the planet is changing, thanks in part to human activity, is the record-shattering warming of the world’s oceans. William Brangham discussed more with John Abraham. 

Jan 27, 2024  #climate #science

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12-13-23  #COP28 #Climate #BBCNews

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A new deal has been agreed at the UN climate summit in Dubai after days of negotiations.         For the first time, the deal calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels - but not to phase them out, something many governments wanted.                   The text recognizes the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

The COP28 president said nations had "confronted realities and... set the world in the right direction".


12-12-23  The science is clear:  in order to limit global warming, burning fossil fuels as we have for two centuries, must become a thing of the past.  But how do we do that?  And how long should it take?  Apparently, it depends on who is asking and who is answering.

OPEC is the powerful cartel of oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia, and is player with a keen interest in the conference. They've objected to any strong action against their trillion dollar industry. Some reports suggestthe Saudis pushed to drop any mention of fossil fuels altogether. The UAE is hosting this conference, and has tried to put a positive spin on everything. 

11-10-23 An URGENT  Chat with the Godfather of Climate Science;  

Dr. James Hansen is the former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and is now the Director of the "Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program" at Columbia University's Earth Institute. He was one of the first to bring climate change to the public eye with his famous testimony before the U.S. congress in the 1980s. Since then, he has continued to be at the forefront of the climate debate.

We discuss a wide range of topics:

-The emergence of the science on global warming from rising CO2 levels

• Dr. Hansen's experience as a high-caliber climate advocate  --The shift from climate deniers to climate lukewarmists

• The two most important climate actions for Dr. Hansen, a carbon tax and support for nuclear power  - Why Dr. Hansen didn't go to COP26   --The anti-nuclear lobby  - The virtually unlimited government support for renewables

• Differential responsibility for climate change  - The contrast between German and Chinese approaches to climate action

• Fukushima, alarmism, and anti-nuclear NRC picks     - Reflections on geoengineering 

Nov 2, 2023   An intimate Conversation with Leading Climate Scientists To Discuss New Research on Global Warming

On behalf of renowned climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, we are pleased to share this virtual event entitled “An Intimate Conversation with Leading Climate Scientists To Discuss Ground-breaking New Research on Global Warming”.                            Ahead of the upcoming COP28, renowned climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, and his co-authors present the novel findings of his new paper “Global Warming in the Pipeline.”                    Read the paper: https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article...                   The event was moderated by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and features interventions by the following individuals:                                Dr. James Hansen, Lead Author and Director, Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions, Columbia University Earth Institute          Leon Simons, The Club of Rome Netherlands, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands                                                            Dr. Norman G. Loeb, CERES Principal Investigator, NASA                 Dr. George Tselioudis, Author and Research Physical Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies                                            Dr. Pushker Kharecha, Author and Associate Research Scientist, Director, Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions, Columbia Climate School      About the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN):

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was set up in 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. SDSN works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing institutions, the private sector, and civil society


10-31-23  Just have a think, "The Money Men Know the Truth About Plaetary Boundaries,   Scientists have identified nine so-called 'Earth System boundaries' beyond which life on our planet will become extremely difficult for many species, not least us humans. That analysis has often been met with scepticism, but risk managers at the world's largest financial institutions have been watching the rapid 'real-world' changes in earth's atmosphere and the catastrophic impacts on their asset portfolios, and they're beginning to factor 'Planetary Boundary' science into their spreadsheets. And when the 'money-men' change, the whole world changes!! 

9-20-23  Here is my partisan view on some public comments made in Congress regarding the climate Crisis. This also reflects the  views of Brian Taylor Cohen and Pete Buttigieg the US Secretary of Transportation. NEW: Republican tries “gotcha” on Pete Buttigieg… he INSTANTLY regrets it To call on Congress to pass a stock buyback tax on greedy oil companies, sign here 👉 https://odaction.com/buyback-tax 

9-5-23  More signs of catestrophic climate emergency from the climate emergency institute

Aug 7, 2023 #TEDCountdown #TEDTalks #TED

In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. You won't want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their climate commitments -- and his call for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance.


5-2-2023 PBS NOVA  Here’s how the U.S. could reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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The U.S. recently set an ambitious climate change goal: zero carbon emissions by 2050. And to achieve that, slash emissions in half by 2030. Is it possible? And what kind of technology would it take? Meet scientists and engineers who are convinced we can achieve carbon zero in time to avoid the biggest impacts of climate change. 

5-3-23  The story of how one man cost us a world with less than 2°C of warming in 1989. 

4-12-2023  PBS NOVA - "Weathering the Future" #NOVAPBS #floods #wildfire Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/412ozPG | #NOVAPBS          Americans use ancient wisdom and new technology to fight extreme weather.

It’s hard not to notice: our weather is changing. From longer, hotter heat waves, to more intense rainstorms, to megafires and multi-year droughts, the U.S. is experiencing the full range of impacts from a changing global climate. At the same time, many on the front lines are fighting back – innovating solutions, marshaling ancient wisdom, and developing visionary ideas. The lessons they're learning today can help all of us adapt in the years ahead, as the planet gets warmer and our weather gets more extreme.


3-26-2023  The United Nations climate body, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has just given us the bluntest verdict yet on the scale of the climate emergency. So are we actually doomed as some commentators suggest, or is there any way at all that we can drag ourselves out of our self inflicted train wreck? Perhaps the kids and grandkids might appreciate a straight answer this time!! 

3-20-2023  (20 Mar 2023) Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said (20 March). 

11-26-2019 Emissions Gap Report : As the world strives to cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, it is crucial to track progress towards globally agreed climate goals. For a decade, UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report has compared where greenhouse gas emissions are heading against where they need to be, and highlighted the best ways to close the gap. Are we meeting goals of the Paris Climate Agreement? 

11-2-2022 WION: Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures.

Examples of greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change include carbon dioxide and methane. These come from using gasoline for driving a car or coal for heating a building, for example. Clearing land and forests can also release carbon dioxide. Landfills for garbage are a major source of methane emissions. Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the main emitters


9-6-2022 PBS "Terra"  "What will the earth look like when these 6 tipping points hit ?"   A “tipping point” is when a system, with just a small amount of additional energy, is pushed from one stable state to another suddenly and dramatically. This can be a chair falling backwards. Or it can be a major earth system collapsing. 

The IPCC recently identified 15 potential climate-related tipping points that scientists have grown increasingly worried we are getting close to crossing due to global warming. In this episode of Weathered, we look at 6 of the major candidates, how they are all interconnected and influence each other, and what it would mean if they were triggered. These tipping points or tipping elements are the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the Amazon rainforest, global monsoons, the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) and the earth’s permafrost and coral reefs. 

This video was recorded on June 10th, 2022, and published on June 19th, 2022. Join Dr. James Hansen, Dan Galpern, Donn Viviani and other members of the Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative team as they hold a press briefing to inform and answer questions regarding their petition to phase out greenhouse gas emissions. They are joined by two members of the press and the Climate Emergency Forum.Some of the topics discussed: - The petition is to the Environmental Protection Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act, abbreviated TSCA or TOSCA, and other U.S. Federal law. It demands a phaseout of certain chemical substances and mixtures which are greenhouse gas emissions including legacy greenhouse gas emissions. The petitioners note these emissions are presenting a risk of injury to health or the environment and are therefore in conflict with section 6 of the Toxic Substance Control Act. The petition was filed at EPA’s location in Washington D.C. on Thursday June 16th.
- TOSCA was used in 1978 for a similar purpose with respect to CFCs in 1978.- The submission of the petition on Thursday June 16th, 2022 kicked off a 90-day window in which people and organizations have the opportunity to submit public comments.- Whether the recent SCOTUS case of West Virginia v. EPA has any influence on the petition.- TOSCA was reauthorized with bipartisan support from Congress in 2016 and risks can be assessed without regard to monetary cost.-The risks at stake for health and the environment.- Some historical context is provided on EPA’s knowledge of the Climate Emergency and the need to act.- A discussion about the many sources of emissions and the need to regulate them.- EPA’s strong preference for market based solutions where producers and consumers pay the full cost to society of their emissions. and more. . .Links:- You may see all the links here:  https://climateemergencyforum.org/_vi... 

6-14-2022     IPCC 6th Assessment WG2 climate video, edited for impacts focus. The IPCC makes it clear - to secure a "livable planet" global emissions have to be declined "immediately" and rapidly. Seems the message has not gotten through. 

Watch the final episode of “The Power of Big Oil,” a three-part FRONTLINE docuseries investigating what scientists, corporations and politicians have known about human-caused climate change for decades — and the missed opportunities to mitigate the problem.

Throughout the first two episodes of “The Power of Big Oil,” FRONTLINE went inside the fossil fuel industry’s efforts in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s to stall action on climate change by cultivating denial and doubt.   

The third and final episode of the series brings the story up to the present.  “Delay,” part three of “The Power of Big Oil,” investigates how, even as the warnings about climate change grew, the U.S. reemerged as one of the world's biggest oil and gas producers, and the fossil fuel industry worked to delay the transition to renewable energy sources — including by promoting natural gas as a cleaner alternative. But as the country was entering a gas boom, a former Exxon Mobil engineer tells FRONTLINE that the industry wasn’t monitoring for methane leaks that could turbo-charge the climate crisis.  As it brings the Big Oil series to a close, “Delay” unpacks the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations’ actions on climate change; explores what may happen next; and examines what’s at stake.

Part one, “Denial,” is now streaming: https://bit.ly/3xTxYhg 

Part two, “Doubt,” is also streaming: https://bit.ly/37UjSSm “The Power of Big Oil” is a FRONTLINE Production with Mongoose Pictures in association with BBC and Arte. The series producer is Dan Edge. The producer and director of episode 3 is Robin Barnwell. The editorial consultant is Russell Gold. The senior producers are James Jacoby and Eamonn Matthews. The executive producer for FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath   . #ClimateChange #BigOil #Docuseries 

About Three Seconds: An epic presentation of where humanity stands today and how we must all work together to make it to the fourth second. Climate Change is real. 

Three Seconds is a short motivational piece to get younger and older generations alike to stand up for trees and a clean future. This spoken word piece by artist Prince Ea was designed to put into perspective our existence on earth’s timeline and to excite viewers for the fight against the status quo that too often disregards Mother Nature. 

2-28-2022 IPCC Issues "dire warning" on climate and calls for immediate rapid decline of global emissions. The lives of three billion people are on the line. The IPCC 6th assessment Working Group 2 Impacts proves a global increasingly disastrous climate is now unavoidable with many irreversible planetary degradations. There will be large losses of water and food to billions of people. Many diseases will be increased, including malaria. Extreme weather events will be increasing severe, frequent, and also compound and cascading. Many large amplifying feedbacks sources have already been triggered. 

December 23,2021 

 Climate change 

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Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.


How bad could climate change get? Could the worst-cases result in global catastrophe, or even long-term human extinction? In this panel, leading scientists discuss what we know about the worst-case scenarios, what we don’t know, and how we can study the catastrophic risks of climate change.  12-15-2021


With Catherine Arnold, Luke Kemp, Tim Lenton (University of Cambridge) and Goodwin Gibbins (University of Oxford). 

9-30-2021   Oil led to huge advancements — and vast inequities. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔  so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO   As the planet warms, why is it so hard to turn away from fossil fuels, and can we do it in time? This is “The End of Oil, Explained” an episode narrated by Ethan Hawke from the current season of our Netflix series.  

It was very difficult to enter some of the "Action Center" events simply because they observed a 6 foot social distancing protocol. If the seats were full you were not permitted to enter! The good news is that all of the "Action Center" events were live streamed and recorded. I am sharing the two TED special presentations here because they provide a strong overview of the current state of the climate crisis and the challenge that stands before us. If you are interested in learning more on these issues than you cannot do better than listening to these TED presentations that were given at the COP26 venue on November 4th 2021.

Climate change 

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Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.

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3-11-2013. The scientific case for urgent action on climate change. Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Somerville, a world-renowned climate scientist and author of “The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change,” discusses the scientific case for urgent action to limit climate change. Even though this lecture at the Scripps institute of Oceanography was given 9 years ago the content is even more salient today. The urgency so well illustrated by Dr. Somerville is now far greater.  In the next ten years we face the prospect of exceeding the carbon budget that will insure our planet will have warming beyond 2 degrees centigrade.

If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it would look like. 

From western wildfires to east coast flooding, climate change is wreaking havoc on American homes. In this thrilling and emotional documentary, CNBC follows life after fire victim Jenna Johnson narrowly escaped California's deadliest and most destructive fire, the Camp Fire. Meanwhile, standing in his flooding garage, Miami Beach resident Curt Dyer debates raising his house 4 feet to escape the water. Watch the full documentary to see how climate change victims are trying to protect themselves and their homes. 

The summer of 2020 saw record breaking heatwaves across the Arctic region resulting in the lowest ever recorded October sea ice levels. Those persistently warm temperatures also caused the thawing of permafrost and sediment on the seabed allowing the release of very high concentrations of methane - in some cases up to 400 times normal levels. So, have we now reached the long anticipated tipping point? 

NBC News examines the devastating impacts of climate change, following a year of unprecedented climate and weather extremes. Hosted by Today co-host Al Roker, the film features frontline reporting across 3 continents by NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer, Steve Patterson, Morgan Chesky and Claudio Lavanga. 

With the development of renewable energy accelerating, the pipeline business increasingly finds itself against the ropes. The Biden administration dealt a death blow to Keystone XL, and the fate of similar projects remains uncertain. As fossil fuel dependency begins to wane, this multibillion dollar industry could soon go the way of the dinosaurs.

April 29, 2021

CNBC 12-20-20

TED: His Holiness, Pope Francis: Our Moral Imperative to Act on Climate Change-and three steps we can take 10/20

6-25-20 Why a 'Feverish' arctic will affect everyone on the globe PBS Newshour

Polar Extremes First aired on February 5, 2020 PBS NOVA. 

Following a trail of strange fossils found in all the wrong places—beech trees in Antarctica, hippo-like mammals in the Arctic—Johnson uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-high ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life. What caused such dramatic changes at the ends of the Earth? And what can the past reveal about our planet’s climate today—and in the future?

Greta Thunberg speaks at the UN Climate Action Summit on 9-23-19

4-23-19

Sea level rise is already redrawing coastlines around the world. What happens when the coast retreats through a major city? We look at how the world map will change in the year 2100, and what coastal cities can do to defend themselves. Correction: An early version of this video suggested that researchers expect to see four feet of sea level rise by the end of the century. While researchers do expect to see at least that level of sea level rise in the future, the exact timing is difficult to project. We regret the error.

April 10, 2019 PBS News hour

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation mean for coastal communities across the globe? William Brangham reports from Antarctica on the troubling trend of ice loss and how glaciers can serve as a climate record from the past.

Greta Thunberg Speaks at the UN conference in Katowice, Poland in 2018

By Tom Horton, Dave Harp and Sandy Cannon-Brown. If the consequences of global warming and higher sea levels are distant concepts for you, come on down to Dorchester County, ground zero for sea level rise along the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Observe the dying forests, sunken tombstones and waterlogged home foundations of vanished communities, and hear warnings from scientists and the stories of residents who may soon need to retreat because of higher water.

NEW!  Just released a  NEW Video on Understanding the "Green New Deal" Help! watch the video It might help spur you into action!!!   (For Earth Week 2019 4-21-2019)

PBS NOVA presentation: "Decoding the Weather Machine"  Discover how Earth's intricate climate system is changing. Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather, and many scientists agree. It’s the result of the weather machine itself—our climate—changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. Invite some of your friends and neighbors, make a lot of popcorn, and watch this 2-hour (1:53) documentary. NOVA will cut through the confusion around climate change. End your watch party with a stimulating discussion. Perhaps your group can come up with some workable solutions that inspire the political will we need moving forward to 2020 

Will Climate Change turn Miami into a Future Atlantis

A Story of the Future of Earth: David Wallace Wells 1:06.15

Why Climate Change is Gravely Worse than Feared David Wallace Wells 2-19-19

Why the IPCC report is so scary 10-20-18  10:51

PBS News Hour: Why Climate Change is an All Encompassing Threat  3-1-2019 David Wallace Wells

Extreme weather change worldwide: January 2019  10 minute YouTube 1-25-19  take time to read the commentary

10-9-2018   18 minutes

A new report from the world's leading body on climate change says we could see catastrophic global warming by 2030, and climate scientist Michael Mann says their predictions are too conservative

Published 12-13-2018 Run Time:6:30 Scientists continue to issue dire warnings about climate change! This week there are talks in Poland to work out how to implement the Paris climate agreement, as the world's most respected scientific bodies continue to issue ever-more urgent warnings about how humans are changing the climate. Michael Slezak reports.

CNN: 10-7-2018 run time 2:27Governments around the world must take "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" to avoid disastrous levels of global warming, says a new report from the global scientific authority on climate change.

PBS series: The Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change

It’s now up to ordinary people to close this gap by taking action to keep fossil fuels in the ground and accelerate the just transition to a community-based renewable energy system. That is why people everywhere are prepared to take escalated action like never before.

 

November 21, 2018 "Sinking Cities": Miami    Will climate change turn Miami into a "Future Atlantis"?  PBS News Hour 10-3-2018

     6-4-17 Video: Climate Change; Miami already feeling the effects

November 14,2018 "Sinking Cities": London

November 7, 2018 "Sinking Cities" : Tokyo

October 31, 2018 "Sinking Cities": New York

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As the earth warms, sea levels rise and super-storms become more frequent and intense, many of the world’s major coastal cities may soon be under water. In the last five years alone, the United States has been hit with 83 hurricanes, devastating cities from New York to Houston.

YouTube Video: Polar Vortex and Climate Change Science  2- 3-2019

2015 was the hottest year ever recorded and the impacts of climate change are already hitting communities around the world. The need to act on climate change has never been more urgent. Yet, while governments pledged to limit global warming to 1.5-2 ℃, there is a huge gap between their words and their actual plans for action.

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An important video from National geographic that tells of the promise of renewable energy in the 21st century. It also tells of the ways in which climate deniers protect the agenda of the huge fossil fuel interest influence. We have no choice to to get this done. Our children deserve no less.

As the weather grows more deadly and destructive, Americans are demanding solutions to climate change — and they aren’t waiting on Washington to act. 12-13-2018

Sea levels are rising. For many cities on the the eastern shores of the United States, the problem is existential. We take a look at how Miami and Atlantic City are tackling climate change, and the challenges they face under a skeptical Trump administration that plans to cut funding for environmental programs.

You've probably been hearing a lot about climate change and how you should reduce your carbon footprint. But what's that exactly? Just like an actual footprint, it's a mark you leave upon the environment. No, not with your shoes but with every action that releases "Carbons". Those are the harmful gases, such as Co2, which are pumped out by burning fossil fuels, like oil or gas. And the more fuel is used, the bigger your footprint will be. You may think that by driving your car, the only carbons you release come from the engine, but no. Consider the carbons that are emitted just to get fuel into the tank: From the energy needed to extract the oil from underground, the pollution caused by transportation and refinement, to the final delivery to your local petrol station. Not to mention the Co2 released by manufacturing your car in the first place. More than you thought, eh? So unless you live in a cave; you and everything you own has it's own carbon footprint: Read a book -- Printing and distributing it uses energy. Brush your teeth and your tools will have a history in a factory. Even something as basic as an apple could have traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles to end up in your local supermarket. You see, it's pretty much impossible to leave no carbon footprint behind. But by thinking about your actions and personal choices, maybe you can make your feet just that little bit smaller and really help to put the boot into climate change. (Run Time 2:00)

This link is a 10 minute video segment from the October 8th, 2018 PBS news hour. This aired just one day after the major announcement from the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change). This landmark statement from the UN panel describes a strong risk of crisis as early as 2040. Below is the title of the news hour segment.

The World needs to make near-revolutionary change to avoid imminent climate disaster, Is there hope?

This link is the short segment from CBS evening news on October 8,2018 that covers some of the content of the same IPCC report released on October 7, 2018. The UN report warns of devastating climate change in years to come. (run time 1:30)

Which Greenhouse Gas is Actually the WORST?  8-6-2018  PBS HOT MESS

The Reality of Climate Change

Just 10 days before hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico the Weather Channel aired this video: Bad news for People Living in Coastal Areas

Climate Scientists Reveal Their Fears for the Future 6-27-2017 Climate scientists rarely speak publicly about their personal views. But in the wake of some extreme weather events in Australia, the specialists who make predictions about our climate reveal they're experiencing sometimes deep anxieties.

 Published November 23,2017  Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century. Based on an article written by Eric Holthaus. Read the full story https://grist.org/article/antarctica-...

TED Talk: What is Hidden Under the Greenland Ice Sheet? 11-6-2017

Why the IPCC report is so Scary   If you question climate change you should watch this video!   (run time 10:50)

Bill McKibben video on the "Pressing Danger of Climate Change" published November 1, 2018 (run time 9:23)

Opinion: Myron Ebell is one of the reasons why climate change has become the political issue that it is today. Simply, it is his denial of accepted scientific facts in defense of the US energy industry.  See his statements as the Trump administration adviser on climate change during his appearance on this episode of BBC News night. 

Myron Ebell of CEI and Jeremy Simons of EDF on PBS newshour

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Harrison Ford investigates the effects of Indonesia's palm oil industry. Don Cheadle visits a Texan town that has been economically devastated by drought. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Thomas Friedman examines the role of climate change in Syria's volatile state.

In episode seven, Jessica Alba meets three members of Climate Corps as they try to convince America's top corporations that sustainability can actually boost their bottom lines. Having traveled in episode one to investigate drought in Syria, Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman finds himself in Egypt to explore how what happens in the wheat fields of Kansas plays out on the volatile streets of Cairo. MSNBC's Chris Hayes returns to reveal an intimate story about life after Superstorm Sandy, with the most economically vulnerable trying to survive the impacts of climate change.

If Trump’s prior life as a business mogul has any bearing, one factor could eventually convince him to change his administration’s stance on climate change: the cost. The world is already feeling the effects of climate change, and it stands to get much worse if immediate action isn't taken to curb warming emissions, scientists warn. Projections show climate change could cause as much as $44 trillion in damage over the next five decades. And in the U.S., as many as 100 million Americans live in coastal cities and towns where rising sea levels pose a risk to residential and business properties. Some cities are taking matters into their own hands. Miami Beach, for example, launched a nearly half a billion-dollar project in 2015 to pump water off the streets, in an effort to combat the rising seas. As the costs mount, so do allegations that powerful interests in the oil and gas industry, like ExxonMobil, purposefully misled the public about climate science and delayed corrective measures. VICE News followed the money to see the true economic stakes of climate change and decades of denial.

As evidence of climate change becomes more and more obvious, action on climate change in Australia is stalled and in the US is being reversed under President Trump. Why is this happening? And what needs to shift if we want effective climate change action? Join noted US climatologist Michael E. Mann, psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky and activist Anna Rose with moderator Emma Alberici to discuss how to break the stalemate.

Climate State: Rapid changes in the long-frozen soil are raising concerns about a surge of planet-warming greenhouse gases as the permafrost thaws. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16...

The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning provides audiences with a rare glimpse of the Earth’s most undiscovered continent through the eyes of award-winning cinematographer, Damir Chytil, CSC, one of the world’s foremost polar cameramen and a pioneer of HD film photography. It is the mandate of this documentary to bring to light the theories and statistics first brought to the public’s attention in An Inconvenient Truth with hands-on exploration of the continent, its wildlife and the brave men and women who have given up the comforts of civilization in order to save it. Winner of three international environmental film awards: The Silver Sierra Award (Yosemite International Film Festival, USA), Best Environmental & Ecology Film (International Film festival Ireland) and Best Climate Change Film (New Delhi Environmental & Wildlife Film Festival, India).

If you want to know what the changing climate is doing to the earth, ask someone who's been there. Jason Briner has been above the Arctic Circle more than 35 times. He takes the big topic of global warming and shows you what it's doing to a very important place in this talk.Jason P. Briner is an Associate Professor of Geology at the University at Buffalo. Briner’s research expertise lies in glaciers and climate, specifically in Arctic regions. His passion for Arctic environs obviously explains why, in 2005, Briner moved to Buffalo, NY. Briner has been above the Arctic Circle more than 35 times for his research, in the remote corners of Alaska, Arctic Canada, Greenland and Norway. 12-09-2019 Sea level rise can no longer be stopped, so it is urgent that we commence intelligent adaptation as a high priority, argues John Englander.

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Rising sea level will permanently alter coastlines and is perhaps the most profound long-term aspect of climate change affecting coastal communities everywhere, as well as the global economy. The phenomenon is often overshadowed by short-term flood events, though it will elevate those too. In this talk, oceanographer and author John Englander highlights some surprising scientific aspects of sea level rise, including the latest projections for the coming decades, eventually many meters above present.

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John Englander is an oceanographer, consultant and leading expert on sea level rise. His broad marine science background coupled with explorations to Greenland and Antarctica allows him to see the big picture of sea level rise and its revolutionary impacts.

This talk was filmed at the Ri on 11 February 2019.