1.5 Degrees of Peace

Stop Nuclear Weapons: Peace is in our Hands New initiative launched for Nuclear Abolition Day 2025Geneva, August 29Today at the United Nations in Geneva, a group of civil society organizations launched NuclearAbolitionDay.org, a platform for ci...

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Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet. Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.

I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...

World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities - Greenpeace International The world’s highest court has just delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency.[1] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision deliver...

Press release: World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

The Good Future Forum World futurists and youth leaders discuss peace, nuclear weapons, climate change and Artificial Intelligence August 13-15, 2025 kHaus, Basel, Switzerland Registration

Looking forward to presenting here on August 13th. baselpeaceoffice.org/article/good... #peace #sustainability #switzerland

2025 Share your Story - Voices of SDG16+ Share your stories for the 2025 Voices of SDG16+ Campaign Theme: “Resilience, Adaptation & Transformation: Local Voices reclaiming SDG16+” Introduction […]

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Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse.

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Good Wednesday morning Blue Sky's!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.

Check out the conversation I had with Engel Jones of #twelveminuteconvos
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95-Metre ‘Mega-Banner’ Urges Carney to Pick a Path, Choose Renewables and Climate Action Ahead of next week’s Speech from the Throne, four national climate groups mounted a 95-metre fabric installation in Ottawa’s Major’s Hill Park on Wednesday, urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to “pick ...

Under Trudeau, we learned:

1. There is no business case for pipelines in Canada. US-backed industry wants Cdn. taxpayers to bail them out.

2. Governments can't buy pipelines and be seen as climate leaders.

Let's make wise choices.

@cape-acme.bsky.social

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Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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Carl Sagan on sensible military spending and climate change.

Persimmon-tree planting at UN marking 80th anniversary of the founding of UN & atomic bombings in Hiroshima/Nagasaki

"Through resilience we find a peace & learn that for no other reason it should ever happen again" #disarmament

Way to go, McGill! 🙏

Supreme Court of Canada to decide today whether to hear youth-led climate case The lawsuit could clarify whether governments are constitutionally required to tackle planet-warming emissions

This is a big deal! Good for @sophiamathur.bsky.social & other youth for taking Ontario to court arguing that weakening its climate target leads to dangerously high greenhouse gas emissions that discriminate against young people by forcing them to bear the brunt of future climate impacts.

Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88 The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

Good thing it's 120 light years away! We certainly don't deserve to occupy another planet given our track record here.

Climate Inaction Could Cost 1/3 Of Global GDP This Century, BCG Warns The Big 3 consulting firm finds that most harms come from productivity losses, but also reveals how nations could avoid 90% of climate damage.

🚨NEW: climate inaction will cost more than a third of global GDP this century, but an investment of less than 2% GDP now will reduce harms by 90% - a "massive opportunity for humanity", finds a report from Boston Consulting Group and University of Cambridge.

For 1,500 years, this tree has:
— sequestered carbon
— provided oxygen
— prevented soil erosion
— has been a habit and supported entire ecosystems
— provided shade
— inspired awe of the countless many

Nature will thrive and take care of us, if we just let it.
#nature #trees #sustainability

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

“The research highlights the disproportionate impact these companies have on the climate crisis and supports efforts to enforce corporate responsibility.”

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Four polar stereographic maps showing Arctic near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of March in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Most all areas are observing long-term warming, which is largest over ocean areas.

Changes in March temperatures in the #Arctic by decade... (now updated through 2024 data)

Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

A-bomb survivor's son repeats call for elimination of nukes at U.N. The state parties to a U.N. treaty on banning nuclear weapons met in New York, with a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor's son repeating his call for the eradication of such arsenals.

A-bomb survivor’s son delivers a powerful plea at the 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the #NuclearBan Treaty: ‘We must eliminate nuclear weapons.’ He shares his father’s harrowing experience and warns of the catastrophic consequences of inaction. #NuclearBan

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Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict UNICEF calls for urgent international efforts to protect and support children in Sudan

Horrific testimony from #Sudan, where armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling the country.

UNICEF continues to call for urgent international efforts to protect and support children
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In case you missed it, as of Feb. 22, 2025:

* Arctic sea-ice extent: lowest
* Antarctic sea-ice extent: 2nd lowest
* Global sea-ice extent: lowest
* Global mean surface temperature: 4th highest
* Global sea-surface temperature: 2nd highest
* 36-month albedo: lowest
* Collapse of everything: highest

Another good reason to protect the arctic!