‘…By 2100, average temperatures could rise 7.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels if carbon emissions continue unabated, separate models from two leading research centres in France showed.’

Source: Earth warming more quickly than thought, new climate models show | phys.org

‘The planet is in a pretty bad way. The Arctic has been burning and fires still rage in the Amazon rainforest. Iceland recently held a funeral for a 700-year-old glacier killed by climate change. One million species are threatened with extinction and some have already been lost. We are living through a crisis — and the kids are absolutely not alright with where our planet is headed. Over the coming week, students and adults will join together in global strikes to demand action on climate change. ‘

Source: Global climate change strike: When and where you can join and take action | cnet

‘Cut class for climate change!

The Department of Education will excuse city kids who ditch school next Friday to partake in a Manhattan climate change protest, officials said Thursday.’

Source: NYC schools will excuse kids who walk out for climate change rally | New York Post

‘Let’s imagine for a moment that we’ve reached the middle of the century. It’s 2050, and we have a moment to reflect—the climate fight remains the consuming battle of our age, but its most intense phase may be in our rearview mirror. And so we can look back to see how we might have managed to dramatically change our society and economy. We had no other choice.’

Source: Hello From the Year 2050. We Avoided the Worst of Climate Change — But Everything Is Different | Time

‘…Humanity is now spewing more than 110 million tons of global warming pollution every day into the exceedingly thin shell of atmosphere that surrounds our planet as if it were an open sewer. The extra heat energy being trapped on earth and exacerbated by man-made climate change is now equal to what would be released by 500,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding on earth every single day, according to James Hansen, a leading climate scientist.’

Source: Al Gore: Youth Activists Are Demanding Action Against Climate Change. It’s Time For Us to Listen | Time

‘Trillion-dollar investment is needed to avert “climate apartheid”, where the rich escape the effects and the poor do not, but this investment is far smaller than the eventual cost of doing nothing.’

Source: World ‘gravely’ unprepared for effects of climate crisis – report | The Guardian

‘If you care about the planet, and about the people and animals who live on it, there are two ways to think about this. You can keep on hoping that catastrophe is preventable, and feel ever more frustrated or enraged by the world’s inaction. Or you can accept that disaster is coming, and begin to rethink what it means to have hope.’

Source: What If We Stopped Pretending? | The New Yorker

‘Scientists and climate experts are furious after a New Yorker opinion column declared the fight against climate change useless.’

Source: Scientists blast Jonathan Franzen’s ‘climate doomist’ opinion column as ‘the worst piece on climate change’ | Business Insider

‘Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden was hit with what was probably the toughest question of the night: How can he be trusted to stand up to fossil fuel companies when he has plans to attend a fund-raiser tomorrow hosted by Andrew Goldman, a co-founder of Western LNG, a liquefied natural gas production company.’

Source: Joe Biden on Defensive at Climate Town Hall | The New York Times