These two articles don't provide much hope -
People, Americans: Don’t Look to Government to Solve the Climate Crisis
"In the U.S., the
2014 National Climate Assessment, which reports on the current and expected impacts of climate change, finds that some areas, particularly in the West, are using water at unsustainable levels. It predicts increased competition for water and a reduction in water quality. By 2050, 32% of counties will experience high or extreme risk of water shortages. While some areas of the U.S. will experience droughts and shortages, other areas, particularly in the East, will face increased rainfall, risk of flooding and damage to necessary infrastructure.
The report shows that ecosystems are already being disrupted, causing changes in migration patterns and the extinction of species. Changes in temperature and seasons are affecting plant life by altering their growing seasons, geographical distribution, the prevalence of wildfires and exposure to pests and diseases. The National Climate Assessment reports that “many iconic species may disappear from regions where they have been prevalent or become extinct, altering some regions so much that their mix of plant and animal life will become almost unrecognizable.”"
So why no solutions? Well it could be that the very non-sapient entities in our collective societies have essentially chosen to save themselves and their hordes of cash to avoid any responsibility or accountablilty towards themselves and their customers -
Got Inversion? Here's How American Companies Change Address To Avoid Corporate Taxes
So where's the 'something'?
Perhaps here -
http://globalclimateconvergence.org/
http://globalclimateconvergence.org/about/what-we-are-calling-for/
We call for a solution as big as the crisis we face.
AN EMERGENCY GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL including:
- Full employment with community-based small businesses, worker co-ops, small farmers & government jobs.
- 100% clean renewable energy by 2030. International
binding treaty for swift, deep cuts to carbon emissions. Wealthy
polluting nations pay for technology transfer & climate adaptation.
- Universal free healthcare & education through college. Affordable housing for all & a moratorium on foreclosures.
- Secure the global food supply: Support small
farmers, our major source of food production. Put carbon back in the
soil through restoration grazing and climate-smart sustainable
agriculture. Ensure the right to land, food sovereignty and gender
equality.
- Economic democracy: Replace “too big to fail” banks
with public banks. Secure workers’ rights, support for co-operative
enterprise & fair trade. Tax Wall Street & the rich. End
third-world & student debt.
- Demilitarization: Cut at least 50% of military
spending, freeing up resources for social programs & infrastructure.
Foreign policy based on international law, human rights and diplomacy –
not the military-industrial complex.
- End mass incarceration & deportations. Treat immigrant rights as human rights & drug abuse as a public health issue.
- Political democracy: All people, not corporations,
have the right to self-government, to vote, & to have our votes
count. Public financing, proportional representation & free use of
public airways for candidates.
- Civil liberties: Restore the rights of free speech,
protest, privacy, & internet freedom. Close Guantanamo, end
torture/renditions, & pardon whistleblowers including Chelsea
Manning, Edward Snowden, & Julian Assange.
- Support human rights, rights of Mother Earth, the call for peace & an end to colonialism & imperialism, as called for in the Cochabamba People’s Agreement & the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Sounds pretty good to me.
In the U.S., the 2014
National Climate Assessment,
which reports on the current and expected impacts of climate change,
finds that some areas, particularly in the West, are using water at
unsustainable levels. It predicts increased competition for water and a
reduction in water quality. By 2050, 32% of counties will experience
high or extreme risk of water shortages. While some areas of the U.S.
will experience droughts and shortages, other areas, particularly in the
East, will face increased rainfall, risk of flooding and damage to
necessary infrastructure.
The report shows that ecosystems are already being disrupted, causing
changes in migration patterns and the extinction of species. Changes in
temperature and seasons are affecting plant life by altering their
growing seasons, geographical distribution, the prevalence of wildfires
and exposure to pests and diseases. The National Climate Assessment
reports that “many iconic species may disappear from regions where they
have been prevalent or become extinct, altering some regions so much
that their mix of plant and animal life will become almost
unrecognizable.”
- See more at:
http://www.occupy.com/article/people-americans-don%E2%80%99t-look-government-solve-climate-crisis#sthash.JBBCYv0h.dpuf
People, Americans: Don’t Look to Government to Solve the Climate Crisis
- See more at:
http://www.occupy.com/article/people-americans-don%E2%80%99t-look-government-solve-climate-crisis#sthash.Idb9TUsG.dpuf
People, Americans: Don’t Look to Government to Solve the Climate Crisis
- See more at:
http://www.occupy.com/article/people-americans-don%E2%80%99t-look-government-solve-climate-crisis#sthash.Idb9TUsG.dpuf
