Bill McKibben on the 2016 Election

Commonwealth Club

Published on Oct 21, 2016

“This general election all issues of substance have disappeared. The only thing we are left with is how can we prevent a creepy pervert from becoming President of the United States,” Bill McKibben told Climate One at The Commonwealth Club.

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Dr William Schaffner discusses the fight against Zika

CCTV America

Published on Oct 21, 2016

For a more detailed look on the global fight against Zika, CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar spoke with Dr. William Schaffner, professor and chair for the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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Noam Chomsky: why i’m not liberal

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Noam Chomsky on Madison and Aristotle

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The Legend Of Anasazi – The Cliff Dwellers Documentary – World Documentary

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Simran Sethi on the Loss of Diversity in Food

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Extreme Weather Events Explained – YouTube

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Changing Climate Threatens World’s Smallholder Farmers | Inter Press Service

http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/10/changing-climate-threatens-worlds-smallholder-farmers/

More extreme weather from climate change is threatening food producers. Credit: Mauricio Ramos/IPS

By Lyndal Rowlands

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 2016 (IPS) – Farmers are already experiencing the effects of climate change but can also help to fight it, according to a new report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

“All farmers have to both adapt to climate change and will have to make a contributions to mitigate the emissions coming from agriculture,” Rob Vos, Director of Agricultural Development Economics at FAO told IPS.

“The good news,” he added, is that a lot of the techniques farmers can use to adapt to climate change will also help to reduce their emissions, and vice versa.

The 2016 State of Food and Agriculture report focuses on the links between climate change, agriculture and food security.

The agriculture sector, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, is responsible for producing around one fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Some of the biggest effects come from deforestation, including land that is being cleared to feed the world’s increasing demand for meat products.

However while farming contributes to climate change, the world’s 500 million smallholder farming households, who often only produce enough food for their families to survive, will be among the worst hit by a changing climate.

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2016 Cambridge Climate Congress: ​Building a Community of Response

The congress will gather 100 volunteer delegates from throughout the Cambridge community to make practical recommendations on how all residents can participate in responding to climate change. Grassroots groups Green Cambridge, Mothers Out Front, the South Asian Center and HEET, the Home Energy Efficiency Team support the call for the congress.

“In 2009 at the first Cambridge Climate Congress, the goals were to build awareness of the urgency of climate change and to get the City to do more. Now, most people are aware that climate change is here to stay, and Cambridge and governments at all levels have begun to respond in earnest,” said Quinton Zondervan, president of Green Cambridge and a lead organizer of the Climate Congress.

“The issue facing everyone today is how to respond in the best possible way whatever our circumstances and differences. We can’t all be climate activists, but there are steps we can all be taking to play a more active role in protecting our environment. Our hope is that this Climate Congress will help us all be more mindful of what those individuals’ roles will look like,” said Mayor Simmons of her vision for the Congress.

The Congress will open with a plenary session on October 1st in Cambridge City Hall with informative presentations on the climate situation and the many ways governments and people are responding to it. In a series of focused discussions, interested delegates will then consider the responses available to people from different backgrounds, in different circumstances and with different beliefs. In a closing plenary session on November 12, delegates will convene to adopt a final statement on climate citizenship.

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