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The climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
The ElephantThe climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
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Tessa Khan: How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels
2023-04-13 (or before) in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingTagged under: Fossil Fuels
Greta Thunberg: The disarming case to act right now on climate change
2022-05-02 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingIn this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world's attention. "The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions," Thunberg says. "All we have to do is to wake up and change."
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change
Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it
2021-03-05 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingHow do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, pragmatic talk, Hayhoe shows how the key to having a real discussion is to connect over shared values like family, community and religion -- and to prompt people to realize that they already care about a changing climate. "We can't give in to despair," she says. "We have to go out and look for the hope we need to inspire us to act -- and that hope begins with a conversation, today."
Tagged under: Climate Change
David Lammy: Climate justice can't happen without racial justice
2020-11-09 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingWhy has there been so little mention of saving Black lives from the climate emergency? For too long, racial justice efforts have been distinguished from climate justice work, says David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, England. In a stirring talk about building a new movement to care for the planet, Lammy calls for inclusion and support of Black and minority leadership on climate issues and a global recognition that we can't solve climate change without racial, social and intergenerational justice.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Climate Justice
Roman Krznaric: How to be a good ancestor
2020-10-24 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingOur descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal personhood to nature to a groundbreaking lawsuit by a coalition of young activists, Krznaric shares examples of ways we can become good ancestors -- or, as he calls them, "Time Rebels" -- and join a movement redefining lifespans, pursuing intergenerational justice and practicing deep love for the planet.
His Holiness Pope Francis: Our moral imperative to act on climate change -- and 3 steps we can take
2020-10-11 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingThe global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis. Delivering a visionary TED Talk from Vatican City, the spiritual leader proposes three courses of action to address the world's growing environmental problems and economic inequalities, illustrating how all of us can work together, across faiths and societies, to protect the Earth and promote the dignity of everyone. "The future is built today," he says. "And it is not built in isolation, but rather in community and in harmony." (In Italian with subtitles. Watch this talk in English at go.ted.com/popefrancis20 and Spanish at go...
Tagged under: Economics | Climate Change | Religion | Pope Francis
Luisa Neubauer: Why you should be a climate activist
2019-09-07 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth Spreading"I dream of a world where geography classes teach about the climate crisis as this one great challenge that was won by people like you and me," says climate activist Luisa Neubauer. With Greta Thunberg, Neubauer helped initiate "Fridays For Future," the momentous international school strike movement that protests the lack of action on the climate crisis. She shares four first steps that anyone, regardless of age, can take to become a climate activist. "This is not a job for a single generation. This is a job for humanity," she says.
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Sustainability
Greta Thunberg: The disarming case to act right now on climate change
2019-02-05 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingTagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Sustainability
Greta Thunberg: The disarming case to act right now on climate change
2019-01-27 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingTagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Sustainability
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