Climate Crisis
Carbon Footprint
A carbon footprint is a measure of (usually expressed in tons of CO2) produced by an activity or entity. The concept has been popularized and promoted successfully by the oil industry to frame climate change as an issue of personal choice rather than structural solutions. Carbon footprint estimates are typically given for products, activities, individuals, […]
Climate Health Risks
Climate health risks are the risks posed by the on the health of individuals and populations. Extreme weather events such as , , and can aggravate over half of all pathogenic diseases and lead to the emergence of epidemics and pandemics. In addition, other climate-induced like and pose a high risk of infectious disease outbreaks, […]
Climate-Induced Conflict
Conflicts occurring due to the impacts of the . As of 2022, over 108 million people have been displaced as a result of ongoing conflict and violence, such as riots, terrorism and civil wars. The vicious cycle of resource shortage leading to violence, and vice versa, will be aggravated by , particularly in the world’s […]
Conference of the Parties (COP)
COP refers to the Conference of the Parties to the , which is normally held annually. Negotiations at COPs do not “solve” the , but they aim to adopt an outcome text unanimously agreed by all parties, which they usually achieve. Since negotiations involve desperate countries impacted by as well as countries exporting fossil fuels, […]
False Solutions
Measures, often of technical nature, that have been proposed to deal with the , often by fossil fuel corporations and their lobbies, but which don’t lead to any substantial outcomes in dealing with the climate crisis. Examples are , carbon trading, REDD+, , and geoengineering.
Food Insecurity
Lack of regular access to enough safe, and nutritious food due to unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain it. Although ending food insecurity is part of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), between 690-780 million people faced hunger in 2022. The number is expected to increase by up to 26% by 2080, […]
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