Climate action
Pushing our problems into the next generation’s path — Are we pushing our problems into the next generation’s path by relying on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies to solve the Climate Crisis? James Dyke and colleagues covered the problem side pretty extensively in
Exponential Climate Action by Diverse Actors is key — What’s new in the recent IPCC Report of working group III about climate mitigation? I would say, in a word, “everything”! Read Sol Agin and my comments on the report at Karlstad University website. A
Climate Strike at Karlstad — Climate Students network at Karlstad University together with the Fridays for Future network at Karlstad organized the Global Climate Strike on 25 March 2022 at Stora Torget, Karlstad. Human pressure on Earth is increasing to
A dialog with Swedish Green Party — The Climate Emergency is here, we have to Act Now. How can politicians join force with the citizens? What is blocking the path for political action? And how can we deal with the resistance to
Bangladesh could set a leading example of climate action — Bangladesh is often seen and represented as one of the worst sufferers of Climate Change in the international Climate Negotiation platforms. But, it has tremendous Climate Action potential, which are not properly recognized and highlighted.
You matter more than you think — I have just received my signed copy of Karen O’Brien’s brand new book “You Matter More than You think”. The book includes the findings of my research on Powers of 10 work and how we
Stay on the ground — Air travel accounts for a major share of individual greenhouse gas emissions. A transatlantic round trip adds up to 1.6 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emission, which is the entire annual carbon budget of a
To fix our energy system, we have to fix us, radically! — We need to activate a rapid spread of new technologies, behaviors, social norms, and structural reorganization across our society to radically transform the global energy system. In a recently published Proceedings of the National Academy
Could geoengineering projects help tackle climate change? — A range of technologies — loosely defined as ‘geoengineering’ — are being explored as responses to climate change. Yet their effectiveness, and whether they should be implemented at all, is debated among scientists. Read my
New 1.5°C Business Playbook Will Help Businesses Take Exponential Climate Action — To align with the 1.5°C ambition, ALL companies need to set sharp targets NOW and halve emissions at least every 10 years while shifting business focus to providing zero-carbon solutions. The new 1.5°C Business Playbook
Avit Bhowmik on Exponential Climate Action Roadmap — In a recent talk at Karlstad University, I outlined the climate challenge that humanity is facing and how Exponential Climate Action Roadmap initiative tackles this. 36 solutions with their exponential implementation strategies can halve global
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