Limits to Growth @limits2growth@qoto.org

Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html

Global warming must not exceed 1.5C, warns landmark UN report. Carbon pollution would have to be cut by 45% by 2030 – compared with a 20% cut under the 2C pathway – and come down to zero by 2050, compared with 2075 for 2C. - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report

Climate report: Scientists politely urge 'act now, idiots'; It's the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures. - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45775309

Europe’s great potato crisis [ anomaly or the beginning of the end of an era ] - https://www.economist.com/europe/

Stopping Climate Change Is Hopeless. Let’s Do It. - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-global-warming.html

A major climate report will slam the door on wishful thinking -- The IPCC is likely to say that even the most optimistic scenario for climate change isn’t great at all. - https://www.vox.com/2018/10/5/17934174/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-1-5-degrees?fbclid=IwAR3CJLaxRVfTyLGqsAwkBymT4dyvxEoMT_S33kXThIODtxmroQ_mHpNTgx0

Oil giant Saudi Arabia backed down at the last minute Saturday from obstructing the adoption of a major report by the UN's climate science panel - https://www.afp.com/en/news/2265/s-arabia-backs-down-blocking-un-climate-report-sources-doc-19t3mb2

David Suzuki on Exponential Growth

https://youtu.be/bsd1IT7ySfE

Chile opens spectacular 1,700-mile trail, connecting 17 national parks - https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/chile-opens-spectactular-1700-mile-trail-connecting-17-national-parks

Tim Garret -"Somehow, something will have to give" https://vimeo.com/226800557

Global inequality is on the rise – but at vastly different rates across the world - http://theconversation.com/global-inequality-is-on-the-rise-but-at-vastly-different-rates-across-the-world-88976

Some good news... - https://m.dw.com/en/german-court-orders-suspension-of-hambach-forest-clearance/a-45764690

The purpose of life is to disperse energy https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10674

Climate changing faster than feared, but why are we surprised? - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-10-climate-faster.html

Scientists say halting deforestation 'just as urgent' as reducing emissions: Protecting and restoring forests would reduce 18% of emissions by 2030 and help to avoid global temperature rise beyond 1.5C. - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/04/climate-change-deforestation-global-warming-report

World Population Clock: 7.7 Billion People (2018) - Worldometers - http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

▶ Move Upstream - We're Overpopulated by Overpopulation Podcast - https://m.soundcloud.com/overpopulationpodcast/move-upstream-were-overpopulated

Population IS a Problem by Overpopulation Podcast - https://m.soundcloud.com/overpopulationpodcast/population-is-a-problem

Sir David Attenborough: Population growth has to come to an end https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-45741482/sir-david-attenborough-population-growth-has-to-come-to-an-end

https://www.fastcompany.com/90243936/exclusive-tim-berners-lee-tells-us-his-radical-new-plan-to-upend-the-world-wide-web