New Study: 300 Million Face Severe Risk of Climate-Fueled Coastal Flooding by 2050

November 7, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

As a shocking new report finds that many coastal cities will be flooded by rising sea levels by 2050, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera announced Wednesday that the U.N. Climate Summit in Santiago has been canceled. Anti-inequality protests have entered their third week in the country with protesters calling for the Piñera government to resign. The U.N. said it is now looking for an alternative venue for the annual climate meetings. Meanwhile, a dire new report has warned 300 million people are at risk from rising sea levels, with the most vulnerable populations concentrated in the Global South. According to the study published in Nature Communications, global sea levels are expected to rise between two and seven feet or possibly more, with some coastal cities being wiped off the map. We speak with Harjeet Singh, the global lead on climate change for Action Aid who is based in New Delhi, India; and Benjamin Strauss, co-author of the study in Nature Communications and CEO and chief scientist at Climate Central.

Anthropogenic Climate Change — A.Prof. Alex Sen Gupta

October 31, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

The Earth’s climate is changing. Models show us how.

The world’s climate is complex — land, oceans, atmosphere, all in a constant state of change. Feedback loops, seasonal cycles, complicated energy exchange mechanisms … how do you make sense of it all to figure out what’s going on?

Alex is a climate scientist and a physical oceanographer working on the role of the ocean in the climate system, in particular how the ocean will change in the future and what effect this has on the critters that live there. His research includes understanding how the East Australian Current will accelerate in the future, simulating how we can use virtual tuna in ocean simulations to guide sustainable fisheries and explain how a rising air in the tropical Indian Ocean can generate a marine heatwave in the South Atlantic.

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Associate Prof. Alex Sen Gupta, climate researcher at the University of UNSW, speaking to students at the 40th Professor Harry Messel International Science School, ISS2019: Frontier Science — The University of Sydney, Australia, July 2019.

The Race is On: Secrets and Solutions of Climate

October 16, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

This film shows you the central shocking secrets about the global climate crisis – but also solutions we already have to avoid disaster. Everyone wants a better, brighter future, and through smart storytelling, this film opens up the climate emergency for all to take effective actions.

Producers Paul Maple and Dr. James Dyke have brought together world leading experts and change makers from across the UK to explain simply this epic story and inspire hope. From climate facts and basic assumptions, to upgrading our political and economics systems, and enhancing our cities and communities. The Race is On offers understanding, ideas and motivation – be part of it.

www.climateracefilm.org