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My call for a Global Climate Authority:

Press Release of November 13, 2021
 
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Press Release of October 26, 2021

Climate Change: The Moral and Political Imperatives

     

This monograph is far-ranging, and discusses the need for a radical change in thinking on the part of individuals if we are to meet the climate challenge in a way that will allow the world to substantially minimize the harms it is causing now and will cause in the future. Beyond the call for individuals to change, there is a call for a world climate authority (Chapter 3), in view of the weaknesses in international climate agreements to date (including real penalties for lack of compliance). It ends with two brief letters, which are both appeals to fellow global citizens as well as to the world's heads of state (Chapters 4 and 5).

 

Contents


Chapter 1 - Climate Change from a Cosmopolitan and "Enlightened Anthropocentric" Point of View

Chapter 2 - Metanoia

Chapter 3 - Apocalyptic Cosmopolitanism: The Need for a Global Authority

Chapter 4 - Epistle to the Exceptional Generation

Chapter 5 - A Global Citizen's Dispatch

Glossary

Appendix

- The Paris Agreement

- National Security Implications of Climate-Related Risks and a Changing Climate

- Margaret Thatcher, Speech to the United Nations General Assembly

 

See also:

The Urgent Need for a Global Climate Change Authority

Climate Change Across Africa: The Challenges and Opportunities for Mature Businesses and New Ventures

Monograph Published: December 2017. Latest version (here) April 17, 2018. Length: 246 pages

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Presentation Deck - Urgent Need for a Global Climate Change Authority to Enforce Climate Agreements

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FULL MONOGRAPH: Climate Change: The Moral and Political Imperatives
COP 26 - Glasgow Climate Conference


Resources for Your Research
(Updated May 2, 2021)

Inside Climate News

Skeptical Science
(Addresses Myths and Denialism)

World War Zero
(Net zero emissions by 2050)

Climate Reality Project

Carbon Brief

IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
Latest Reports

Climate Data Dashboard (Bloomberg)

Permafrost and Climate
Change, University of
Copenhagen

Bitcoin and Climate Change
(Critique of Energy Footprint)

 
Laudato Si

 
Selected Articles About the Crisis

"The CFTC Warns of Financial Havoc from Climate Change"
(The New York Times, September 8, 2020)

"How the World Can Keep the Promise it Made in Paris"  ♦
by Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy
Toronto Star, January 7, 2016)

BlackRock's Larry Fink 2020 Letter to CEOs, on Climate Change
Climate Change Poses Major Risks to Financial Markets, Regulator Warns
June 11, 2019 (The New York Times)
Climate Change Poses ‘Systemic Threat’ to the Economy, Big Investors Warn
July 21, 2020 (The New York Times)
Climate Change is an Increasing Threat to Africa
October 27, 2020 (UNFCCC)
Climate Change Could Blow Up the Economy. Banks Aren’t Ready.
Jan. 23, 2020 (The New York Times)

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