Climate Activism in the age of social distancing (due to Covid-19 disease) – A letter from 350.org

I am sharing a letter from 350.org which describes how to continue climate activism while applying social distancing to contain the spread of the Covid-19 disease. I have applied minor changes to the letter for readability and privacy. Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. März 2020 um 13:35 Uhr Von: “Matilda Borgstrom – 350.org” <350@350.org> An: “Wilmar Igl” <xxx.xxxl[AT]xxx.xx> Betreff: This…

“Decarbonize Pharma Now!” Banner

1. About I have created the following protest banner demanding to decarbonize the pharma industry now. The banner contains the logo of the Paris Climate Agreement, the required reduction rate for carbon emission intensity of the global pharma industry following the Paris Climate Agreement according to Belkhir and Elmeligi (2019), and a statement on the…

Vertritt Der Spiegel die Interessen der Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?

Im folgenden vergleiche ich die Positionen von Multi-Milliardär Bill Gates und die Kernaussagen von Artikeln, die vor kurzem in DER SPIEGEL und im SPIEGEL MAGAZIN erschienen sind, um auffällige Übereinstimmungen herauszuarbeiten. Ness (2020) argumentiert, dass durch Spenden der Bill und Melinda Gates Foundation an Der Spiegel zum Aufbau einer Redaktion “Globale Gesellschaft” die redaktionelle Unabhängigkeit…

Can Artificial Intelligence help to save the climate?

The Scientific American ranked Artifical Intelligence in 2015 among the “ten big advances that will improve life, transform computing and maybe even save the planet”, which inspired me to think about the application of AI to stabilize the Earth’s climate. The investment company BLACKROCK, which is arguably the world’s largest asset manager [3], runs the…

How to use a diesel car in a climate-friendly way

I still own a internal combustion engine (ICE) car (Skoda Octavia TDI 1.6 Diesel Greenline), which I hardly use anymore, but I want to keep. In addition, buying a new (electric) car is expensive and production creates new emissions, ie 13 tons CO2e [10, see also 9 for ICE cars]. Therefore, I have investigated how…

How media are (subtly) misrepresenting climate science

I am listing a few phenomena I  have observed in the media discussing the climate emergency which misrepresent news 1) to provide positive context to otherwise negative news, 2) negative context to positive news, or 3) increase the drama of otherwise boring facts: “Not taking sides”: Here, media present topics by giving both sides similar…

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