Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
In this blog-post I explain why — in our efforts to create climate safety — I believe we must focus less on our politicians and more on the public, the popular and the personal. In particular the youth movements and divestment movements which currently are gaining momentum. I will also
Denmark has positioned itself among the first in Europe to offer comprehensive interdisciplinary graduate training in climate change. ‘Climate Change, Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation’ is the name of a new 2-year interdisciplinary MSc programme at Copenhagen University that combines both natural and social sciences. Instruction is in English, and there
[Danish version below] When it comes to covering the climate crisis and global warming in the media, we believe public service broadcasters could take the lead now. This is the very essence of the concept of ‘public service’: to do what is necessary when the country and its citizens is
This blog-post touches upon three absurdities of our time, and a new tool to work around them: crowdfunding. The three absurdities of March 2013 are: • Governments donate 1.9 trillion dollars annually as public subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, according to the IMF. • Meanwhile, mainstream news journalists and
– I am creating a global carbon revolution for climate security. Now who wants to join me? “But don’t you realise: Its hopeless.” “It is simply too big.” “You are up against the world’s biggest and richest companies. Too much money involved.” “Too complicated.” “Expensive!” “According to scientists, it is even
In this post, I try to explain not only why we all need to wake up now, drop what we have in our hands and spend some time and energy on figuring out how each of us can reduce carbon emissions with more than five percent every year, and very
I have a dream that one day humanity will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: that all generations — including those to come — are created equal and have the same right to enjoy life on this planet. I have a dream that one day even
“Malo ni! My name is Mikaele Maiava. I’m writing from the Pacific Island archipelago of Tokelau to ask you to join with us in action as we take on the fossil fuel industry. Last October, Tokelau turned off the last of its diesel generators. In their place, we switched on
The Happy Planet Index, allegedly ‘the leading global measure of sustainable well-being’, shows the extent to which countries deliver long, happy, sustainable lives for the people that live in them. The Danes rank as No 110 on the list of 151 countries. When you rank 151 countries across the globe
Today, we took one small but important step in our household towards reducing carbon-emissions in the atmosphere: By paying just 4 cents more per KiloWattHour (25 øre), the electricity we use in our house now comes from 100% renewable energy. Two young men knocked on our door and wanted to