Comprehend the Consensus
Citizen’s Guides to Climate Change: How to Sort it All Out without Getting a PhD Scientists are telling us clearly that we’re changing the climate and need to do something about it. Yet, what we hear in the media can be so confused that many people feel they can never figure out what to think […]
No Need to Let Your Head Explode
Citizen’s Guides to Climate Change: How to Sort it Out Without Getting a PhD “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal… Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very [90%] likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic [human-caused] greenhouse gas concentrations.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, February, […]
World Bank call to “Turn Down the Heat”
The World Bank has released a new report called Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided. It is the first major report to acknowledge we are not likely to succeed in keeping temperatures below 2°C warmer. The report discusses how the poorest countries will suffer most from the devastating impacts […]
ACTION: Send comments to SD on Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Plan (CMAP)
The City of San Diego must put together a climate plan in keeping with AB32 and other state laws. Unfortunately, the plan staff plans to send to the City Council for approval is very inadequate, not even meeting the stated goals and relying on too many voluntary and other measures that are out of their […]
SD350.org gets support from local members of Congress on ending subsidies for fossil fuels
SD350 volunteers visited the offices of three of the five members of Congress in San Diego County in August and September 2012 to ask that they support ending federal subsidies for fossil fuels. We’ve also got meetings set up with the other two Congressmen – Darrell Issa and Duncan Hunter – for later in October. […]
California launches “Just the Facts” website on Climate Change
According to a new website launched by the California office of Planning & Research, climate change poses an immediate and growing threat to California’s economy, environment, and to public health. The website goes on to discuss California’s groundbreaking efforts to reduce emissions and prepare for impacts, and to refute the arguments of opponents of action […]