climate change 4.0
Here's a short history of our global approach to climate change. Climate change 1.0 = before 1979 Climate change 2.0 = 1980's to Paris Climate change 3.0 = IPCC conferences Climate change 4.0 = Pope Francis ecumenical, good language, Drawdown, ++ I'll put some details about each of these at the end of this blog. Language We need to change our language on climate change, and we need to stop 40 years of waging a 'war on climate change'. As if declaring war on nature will result in some sort of human victory. Here's an excerpt from a recent climate change conference: "... avoiding the phrase “climate change,” so loaded with partisan connotations as it is. Stop talking about who or what is most responsible. And focus instead on what is happening and how unusual it is—and what it is costing communities. That was a main takeaway at the American Meteorological Society’s annual meeting this mo...