Climate Change

Dear Australia,

Stop worrying, some of America's best minds have concluded that climate change is all a clever hoax, and nothing more than just a despicable con instigated by all those greedy scientists to get public funds for their useless, make-work projects.

Everyone knows it's just a cyclical thing, an occasional solar flare--a hiccup of moonbeams--so to speak; after all, 250 million years ago it was a lot hotter and we can obviously see that life is functioning just fine thank you.

This comprehensive presentation on climate change does not sugar coat what is already happening and what is likely to happen in the future.

It is not meant to comfort the comfortable, the smug or anyone else. At the same time there are plenty of things we can do individually and collectively to address what has started.

This presentation covers everything from the melting Arctic ice, to the psychology of climate change, to the impact on business, and various types of energy options.

Go to A-Z of Climate Change.

Moreover, there are no “free market” or “economic” solutions. And since corporations must have physically impossible endless growth in order to survive, corporate social responsibility is a myth. The only socially responsible act that corporations can take is to dissolve.
(Adam D. Sacks, climate activist)

A basic primer on what climate change is, how the science works, addressing "deniers," explaining tipping points, technologies, and future projections. Go to Understanding Climate Change.

Too many greedy and deceitful decisions led to a world recession and demonstrated the international interdependence of economics and ethics.
(2009 State of the Future)

Sadly, the latent hope that politicians will eventually come to their senses cannot suffice as a political strategy.
(Mark Engler, writer and senior analyst with Foreign Policy Focus)

Orville Schell, journalist and director of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, offers his views.