Investigating Power
Since 2014, I have attended every COP, always yearning for something — for anything — that provides real, concrete actions to effectively deal with this terrible triple threat. Lo and behold, my first interviewee this year stunned me by being well on his way to delivering a legitimate real-world solution for all three of these core issues.
Guest contributor Alex Carlin spoke with U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D–CA) about the climate emergency and the need to push beyond partisan acrimony to restore healthy oceans with innovative solutions.
Here at COP29, I had a conversation with Zerin Osho, director of the India Program at the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development based in Washington, D.C., about the critical need to address methane and other types of emissions that trap even more heat than carbon dioxide does.
After reporting from every UN climate conference since the one in Peru in 2014, I have come to realize that the climate problems we face and their solutions have crystallized for me in the following way.
CMD guest contributor Alex Carlin reports on his observations at the United Nations climate conference.
Are you ready for some good news? The European Union (EU) has just passed a law that will finally put the world on the right road towards solving the climate crisis. It’s a great start, and in the United States, Congress is almost there, too – just one step behind.
CMD guest contributor Alex Carlin reports on his observations at the United Nations climate conference.
Alex Carlin reports about his observations at the United Nations climate conference.
Ocean Pasture Restoration offers a nature-based strategy to avoid climate ruin.
Low-cost ocean pasture restoration projects can go a long way toward removing the biggest threat to our climate – the CO2 that is already in our atmosphere – without having to wait for government leaders and multinational corporations to step up to the plate.