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Changing the climate – Oxford Cllimate Change Conference

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Published on Nov 18, 2015

We only have one earth, are we taking good enough care of it? Scott Morgan went to find out how close we are to making a real difference.

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Bill McKibben – Keynote Skype – Oxford Climate Forum

The Autumn 2015 Oxford Climate Forum
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Saïd Business School, Oxford.

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CDC: Zika Virus Scarier Than We Thought

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Published on Apr 11, 2016

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Puerto Rico could see “hundreds of thousands of cases of Zika virus.” Officials also said the rest of the country needs to be prepared for possible outbreaks. (April 11)

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Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine: Candace B. Pert!

Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each other or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system?
In her groundbreaking book Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert provides startling and decisive answers to these and other challenging questions that scientists and philosophers have pondered for centuries.
Her pioneering research on how the chemicals inside our bodies form a dynamic information network, linking mind and body, is not only provocative, it is revolutionary. By establishing the biomolecular basis for our emotions and explaining these new scientific developments in a clear and accessible way, Pert empowers us to understand ourselves, our feelings, and the connection between our minds and our bodies — body-minds — in ways we could never possibly have imagined before.
Molecules of Emotion is a landmark work, full of insight and wisdom and possessing that rare power to change the way we see the world and ourselves.

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Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Government Wants Ability to Access the Communications of Everyone, Everywhere

Democracy Now!

Published on Mar 28, 2016

http://democracynow.org – Web-exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald on the debate over encryption and the Apple-FBI battle.

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Judge: Youth Activists Can Sue U.S. Government in Landmark Climate Lawsuit

April 11, 2016 Headlines

A federal judge in Oregon has rejected an attempt by the U.S. government to dismiss a landmark lawsuit over the government’s failure to take necessary action to curtail fossil fuel emissions. The lawsuit was filed by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of 21 young people all under the age of 19. They argue that the federal government is violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property by enabling continued exploitation, production and combustion of fossil fuels. Judge Thomas Coffin wrote, “If the allegations in the complaint are to be believed, the failure to regulate the emissions has resulted in a danger of constitutional proportions to the public health.”

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Despite being ‘the biggest threat facing humanity’ climate change and its impacts fail to make headlines, says study

Date: April 6, 2016 Source: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Summary: Even as 60 million people around the world face severe hunger because of El Niño and millions more because of climate change, top European and American media outlets are neglecting to cover the issues as a top news item, says a new research report.

Even as 60 million people around the world face severe hunger because of El Niño and millions more because of climate change, top European and American media outlets are neglecting to cover the issues as a top news item, says a new research report funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today.

“It’s incredible that in a year when we have had record temperatures, 32 major droughts, and historic crop losses that media are not positioning climate change on their front pages,” said IFAD President, Kanayo F. Nwanze. “Climate change is the biggest threat facing our world today and how the media shape the narrative remains vitally important in pre-empting future crises.”

The report, “The Untold Story: Climate change sinks below the headlines” provides an analysis of the depth of media reporting around climate change in two distinct periods: two months before the 21st session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris, and two months after. Specifically, it explores whether issues connecting climate change, food security, agriculture and migration made headlines, and if so, how much prominence these stories were given.

Among some of its key findings: • Climate change stories were either completely absent or their numbers decreased in major media outlets in Europe and the United States before and after COP21. • Coverage on the consequences of climate change, such as migration, fell by half in the months after COP21 and people directly impacted by climate change rarely had a voice in stories or were not mentioned at all. • News consumers want climate change issues and solutions to be given more prominence in media outlets and, in particular, want more information on the connections between climate change, food insecurity, conflict and migration.

February 2016 was the hottest month on record.1 Two months earlier, world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a climate deal just as extreme weather events were causing droughts across southern Africa, leaving millions of people hungry. At the same time, record numbers of migrants continued to arrive in Europe. Climate change is among the greatest threats to face humanity and yet the issue, its tragic consequences and its solutions have been largely disregarded by some of the world’s influential media outlets.

 From the Preface…

“The Untold Story: Climate change sinks below the headlines” is a research report prepared for presentation to international media attending the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy in April 2016. It will be released just days before world leaders gather at the United Nations in New York to sign the concluding document of the twenty-first session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21), which took place in December 2015 in Paris. At the time, the Paris Agreement made headlines and led news bulletins across the globe. But leading up to COP21 and in the months following it, coverage on climate change significantly fell off the radar of major media outlets across Europe and the United States.

The report provides an analysis of the depth of media reporting around climate change in two distinct periods: two months before COP21 and two months after COP21. Specifically, it explores whether issues connecting climate change, food security, agriculture and migration made headlines, and if so, how much prominence these stories were given. The report asks what expert voices were heard throughout the stories and whether farmers or migrants themselves had a voice. And finally, the report looks at what newsreaders understand about food and climate-related migration and their impression of media coverage provided. Among some of its key findings:

• Climate change stories were either completely absent or their numbers decreased in major media outlets in Europe and the United States before and after COP21 in Paris.

• Coverage on the consequences of climate change such as migration, fell by half in the months after COP21 and people directly impacted by climate change rarely had a voice in stories or were not mentioned at all.

• News consumers want climate change issues and solutions to be given more prominence in media outlets and, in particular, want more information on the connections between climate change, food insecurity, conflict and migration.

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• The Untold Story: Climate change sinks below the headlines

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