‘…animal products have a higher carbon footprint because of the methane some animals produce, the inefficiencies of growing livestock feed and the vast amounts of land needed to raise animals. The world’s livestock industry emits more greenhouse gases than all cars, planes, trains and ships combined, according to United Nations University.’

Source: 5 Ways To Be A Climate-Friendly Eater In 2016

‘With tornado outbreaks in the South, Christmas temperatures that sent trees into bloom in Central Park, drought in parts of Africa and historic floods drowning the old industrial cities of England, 2015 is closing with a string of weather anomalies all over the world.’

Source: Climate Chaos, Across the Map – The New York Times

‘2015 has been a big year for climate change. The year has witnessed dizzying highs and stunning lows, from the hottest January on record, to March, when global carbon dioxide levels hit a million-year high, to December, when nearly 200 nations signed an agreement to minimize global warming.’

Source: The biggest climate stories of 2015 | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

Dec 12, 2015 Paris

While COP21 negotiators were reviewing the final text Saturday and with the outcome of the negotiations still uncertain, thousands of protesters took their message to the streets of Paris in defiance of the ban on protests which has been in effect since the terrorist attacks.

Demonstrators marched from the famous Arc de Triomphe to the Eiffel Tower in a colorful event complete with music, singing, and chants including ‘climate justice’.

The demonstration carried the ‘red line’ theme forward from the previous day inside the COP, though on a much larger scale, with enormous banners unfurled, one reading ‘it’s up to us to keep in in the ground’. While there was a substantial police presence the event was peaceful.

Report by James George

‘U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been campaigning for global action on climate change since he took office on Jan. 1, 2007. He was on stage Dec. 12 in Paris when nearly 200 countries adopted an agreement.’

Source: Key Moments in UN Chief’s 9-Year Quest for Climate Agreement – ABC News

‘A group of scientists say they have created the Superman of metals, a material so strong and lightweight it could lead to the creation of faster vehicles and revolutionize the airline and automotive industries.’

Source: Scientists Create the Superman of Metals

‘Say goodbye to the only major Republican presidential candidate who publicly accepts mainstream climate science.’

Source: It’s Official: None Of The Remaining Major GOP Candidates Accept Climate Science | ThinkProgress

‘…in the spirit of correcting the record, we’ve annotated parts of a typical news story on the deal. While we chose the New York Times, we could easily have done the same for any of the major wire services or other big news organizations: the coverage was by and large as homogenous as it was inaccurate’

Source: Why Most Of What You Think You Know About The Paris Climate Deal Is Wrong: An Annotated News Story | The Leap

‘Will the deal agreed in Paris be enough to save the planet? Emissions cuts and investment are promised, but legal responsibilities are thin on the ground’

Source: Climate change deal: five reasons to be glad, five to be gloomy | Global development | The Guardian

‘…But the fact that the lowest common denominator is now so high — a willingness by 188 countries to offer plans to steadily and verifiably reduce their carbon emissions — means we still have a chance to meet what scientists say is our key challenge: to avoid the worst impacts of global warming that we cannot possibly manage and to manage those impacts that we can no longer avoid. That is a big, big deal.’
Source: Paris Climate Accord Is a Big, Big Deal – The New York Times