Great Summit discussions this afternoon

Big Oil and Climate Change Revisited...

This is my third and last post in the series following the PBS FRONTLINE program “The Power of Big Oil.”

Within this series, FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change, tracing decades of missed opportunities and ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account. This recent FRONTLINE series investigates the decades-long failure to confront the threat of climate change and the role of the fossil fuel industry.

Part One charts the fossil fuel industry’s early research on climate change and investigates industry efforts to sow seeds of doubt about the science. Part Two explores the industry’s efforts to stall climate policy, even as evidence about climate change grew more certain in the new millennium. And as leading climate scientists issue new warnings about climate change, Part Three examines how the fossil fuel industry worked to delay the transition to renewable energy sources — including by promoting natural gas as a cleaner alternative (PBS, 2022).

This series comes shortly after the recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stating that rapid action is needed in order to reduce planet-warming emissions of greenhouse gases and limit climate disaster, and outlining possible ways in which the world can take action to cut such emissions in half by 2030. “We are at a crossroads,” IPCC chair Hoesung Lee said in an announcement about the report. “The decisions we make now can secure a livable future.”

In related matters, the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) (1989–2001) was an international lobbyist group of businesses that opposed action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and publicly challenged the science behind global warming. The GCC was the largest industry group active in climate policy and the most prominent industry advocate in international climate negotiations. The GCC was involved in opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, and played a role in blocking ratification by the United States. The coalition knew it could not deny the scientific consensus, but sought to sow doubt over the scientific consensus on climate change (New York Times, 2009).

Weblinks are provided to sort fact from fiction and to separate truth and what we know as reality from fear, doubt, myth, and misinformation.
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-power-of-big-oil/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/resources/press/press-release/
https://www.ipcc.ch/working-group/wg1/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/
https://www.climate.gov/
https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Climate_Coalition
https://www.desmog.com/global-climate-coalition/
https://climateinvestigations.org/global-climate-coalition-industry-cli…
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/science/earth/24deny.html
https://www.energyandpolicy.org/global-climate-coalition-utilities/
https://www.pbs.org/show/climate-change-facts/
https://www.noaa.gov/climate
https://climate.nasa.gov/
https://www.wri.org/climate
https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate#:~:text=WMO%20supports%20….
https://unfccc.int/
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/reports?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6-HphcS89…
https://climate.esa.int/en/esa-climate/esa-cci/climate-change-initiativ…
https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/space-daily/climate.asp
https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gcom_c/
https://glad.umd.edu/
https://acespace.org/
https://www.fao.org/climate-change/our-work/what-we-do/en/

Big Oil and Climate Change: Doubt (Part 2), Aired April 26, 2022...

This is my second post in the series following the PBS FRONTLINE program “The Power of Big Oil.”

In The Power of Big Oil, a new three-part documentary series, FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change, tracing decades of missed opportunities and ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account.

The documentary series comes on the heels of a new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) saying that rapid action is needed in order to reduce planet-warming emissions of greenhouse gases and limit climate disaster, and outlining possible ways in which the world can take action to cut such emissions in half by 2030.

“We are at a crossroads,” IPCC chair Hoesung Lee said in an announcement about the report. “The decisions we make now can secure a livable future. We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming.” FRONTLINE has been covering climate change and other environmental threats for years and across platforms. With the premiere of The Power of Big Oil, revisit more than a decade’s worth of reporting. By Patrice Taddonio, April 12, 2022, (PBS, 2022).

Part One: Denial, premiered April 19 and charts the fossil fuel industry’s early research on climate change, investigating industry efforts to sow seeds of doubt about the science. Part Two: Doubt aired April 26, and Part Three: Delay premieres May 3 (PBS, 2022).

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The Global Climate Coalition (GCC) (1989–2001) was an international lobbyist group of businesses that opposed action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and publicly challenged the science behind global warming. The GCC was the largest industry group active in climate policy and the most prominent industry advocate in international climate negotiations. The GCC was involved in opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, and played a role in blocking ratification by the United States. The coalition knew it could not deny the scientific consensus, but sought to sow doubt over the scientific consensus on climate change (New York Times, 2009).

Weblinks are provided to sort fact from fiction and to separate truth and what we know as reality from fear, doubt, and misinformation.
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-power-of-big-oil/#video-2
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-power-of-big-oil/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/resources/press/press-release/
https://www.ipcc.ch/working-group/wg1/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/
https://www.climate.gov/
https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Climate_Coalition
https://www.desmog.com/global-climate-coalition/
https://climateinvestigations.org/global-climate-coalition-industry-cli…
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/science/earth/24deny.html
https://www.energyandpolicy.org/global-climate-coalition-utilities/
https://www.pbs.org/show/climate-change-facts/
https://www.noaa.gov/climate
https://climate.nasa.gov/
https://www.wri.org/climate
https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate#:~:text=WMO%20supports%20….
https://unfccc.int/
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/reports?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6-HphcS89…
https://climate.esa.int/en/esa-climate/esa-cci/climate-change-initiativ…
https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/space-daily/climate.asp
https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gcom_c/
https://glad.umd.edu/
https://acespace.org/
https://www.fao.org/climate-change/our-work/what-we-do/en/

"Invest in yourself. Your career is the engine of your wealth" -Paul Clitheroe.

Investing your time and efforts into a green career is not only a moral obligation, it's also profitable and a solid investment for your future.

To get more insight check the 2022 Linkedin report to learn about Green skills and jobs as well as Country and sector trends !

Image by mohamed_hassan from Pixabay

Renewable energy sector employed 11.5 million people in 2019. With added
investment, jobs in renewables could reach 42 million by 2050, with another
21.3 million in energy efficiency and 14.5 million people in jobs related to
power grids and energy flexibility.

Image by Kenueone from Pixabay

Introducing the vital and wonderful work of the Action for the Climate Emergency...

The climate emergency is here. The world as we know it is running out of time and the window for small, incremental action has closed. Instead, we need an emergency-level response to avert climate catastrophe—and leaders with the courage and mandate to take bold action. Our critical window of opportunity to sound the alarm is ever-narrowing and the time to act is NOW.

We are meeting this moment with boldness and have changed our name to Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE) to better reflect the full breadth of our work. Our evolved mission is to educate, inspire and support young people to lead the fight for their future. We achieve our mission by reaching tens of millions of young people with our programs each year, training a new generation of leaders, amplifying youth voices to shift the narrative, and increasing diverse youth participation in our democracy. 

ACE was founded in 2008 with the visionary (and at the time fringe) belief that to halt a global crisis, the climate movement needed the engagement of young people. Back then, we were told again and again that young people were not a priority because they couldn’t or wouldn’t vote, and couldn’t be organized. How times have changed. With the failure of our leaders to act and an explosion of youth activism and visibility within the movement, our outlying belief in the power of youth is now common knowledge—and to many, our best source of hope.

We believe that ACE has a critical role to play in growing the power of the movement by amplifying the voices and values of young people. When young people call for climate justice, they do so with the moral authority of a generation that will have to live with the choices our leaders make today. Youth voices are not the only ones needed in the global climate movement, but without the power of youth, we simply cannot win.....One thing is clear: we have no time to lose. Leah Qusba, ACE Executive Director
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https://acespace.org/

Consider the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) - A Profile in Courage...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle

Courage is knowing what not to fear. Plato

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul. Mahatma Gandhi

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T.S. Eliot

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. Thucydides

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the conquest of it. William Danforth

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner

Courage is not the absence of fear or despair; it is the capacity to continue on despite them, no matter how great or overwhelming they become. Robert Fanney

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. G.E. Woodberry

Cowards die many times before their death. William Shakespeare

It is easy to be brave from a distance. Aesop

What cannot be cured must be endured. Edmund Spenser

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Alfred North Whitehead

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Plutarch

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. E.E. Cummings

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. Maya Angelou

True devotion is motivated by love alone. Rick Hocker

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. Henry Miller

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. Horace
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/e/emperor-penguin/
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/birds/emperor-penguins/
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/emperor-penguin/
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/emperor-penguins
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/species-spotlight-emperor-penguin
https://animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/emperor-penguin/