Donald Trump has done what Al Gore, Jim Hansen, climate scientists, the Sierra Club and the rest of the environmental movement could never do – make climate disruption breaking cable TV news.
"The #Flood11 are using their trial to amplify the message that when the rules of the game lead us straight to climate chaos, breaking those rules is both moral and urgent," Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate said in a statement of support.
A new climate economics, breaking out of the bounds of the Nordhaus-Tol orthodoxy, is continuing to spread.
If a vaccine is safe and shows effectiveness against Ebola, and if it can be transported in the tropical climate without breaking down, then vaccinations against Ebola could someday begin.
The eviction of Harper has liberated Canada of an authoritarian regime that ran its economy to the ground and its climate to breaking point – while muzzling its officials, smearing its critics, and criminalizing its opponents.
During the G7 meeting, Trump refused to recommit to the Paris Climate agreement, breaking with the other six nations.
And with a slew of climate records broken in recent months, outgoing US climate envoy Todd Stern said speed was now essential.
Again this year, the impacts of climate change broke records, further motivating the American people to call for climate action.
There are sure to be more climate records broken this year.
In 2007, De Boer, then UN climate chief, broke down in tears at the Bali summit.
