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Climate finance gets personal: people are realizing that their banking decisions could make or…
Climate finance gets personal: people are realizing that their banking decisions could make or…
In the six years following the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s 60 largest banks have provided a staggering $4.6…
Karl Burkart
Dec 23, 2022
6 reasons why we can be (cautiously) optimistic about solving the climate crisis
6 reasons why we can be (cautiously) optimistic about solving the climate crisis
I’ve been spending a lot of time pushing back on what appears to be a pervasive culture of doom fueled by an abundance of misinformed…
Karl Burkart
Nov 21, 2022
Don’t fall for the climate clickbait. The 1.5°C target is achievable and necessary.
Don’t fall for the climate clickbait. The 1.5°C target is achievable and necessary.
The 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27) has begun, and so has the barrage of sloppy, apocalyptic headlines by major mainstream media…
Karl Burkart
Nov 8, 2022
Ok, Doomer: What Vaclav Smil and the disinformation echo chamber get wrong about the climate crisis
Ok, Doomer: What Vaclav Smil and the disinformation echo chamber get wrong about the climate crisis
After reading the fawning coverage of Vaclav Smil’s 41st, and hopefully final, book How the World Really Works (2022) — the latest edition…
Karl Burkart
Oct 25, 2022
Beyond offsetting (part 2): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
Beyond offsetting (part 2): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
In part 1 of “Beyond Offsetting” I delved into the problems around corporate net zero claims and their reliance upon cheap carbon offsets…
Karl Burkart
May 3, 2022
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Beyond offsetting (part 1): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
Beyond offsetting (part 1): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
Based on the new IPCC report, “Mitigation of Climate Change” (WG3), it is clear that two things must happen if we are to have a chance of…
Karl Burkart
May 3, 2022
No McKinsey, it will not cost $9 trillion per year to solve climate change.
No McKinsey, it will not cost $9 trillion per year to solve climate change.
A new report by McKinsey on the costs of transitioning the world to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is making the rounds, brandishing a…
Karl Burkart
Feb 1, 2022
Showdown at the Nature Zone
Showdown at the Nature Zone
An important (and heated) exchange during the first week of COP26 in Glasgow made one thing clear — the legitimacy of nature-based carbon…
Karl Burkart
Jan 2, 2022
‘Show me the money’: a new slogan for the climate movement
‘Show me the money’: a new slogan for the climate movement
When climate activists make generic statements like, “It’s time for climate action” or “Governments need to act like it’s a climate…
Karl Burkart
Aug 26, 2021
Spiralling disruption: feedback loops in the energy transition
Spiralling disruption: feedback loops in the energy transition
By Sam Butler-Sloss & Kingsmill Bond
Sam Butler-Sloss
Aug 13, 2021
Enough with the ruin porn.. It’s time we move climate advocacy in a new direction.
Enough with the ruin porn.. It’s time we move climate advocacy in a new direction.
Forged in the fires of rampant climate denialism, the climate movement came of age at a time when most people didn’t really believe…
Karl Burkart
Jul 11, 2021
Why women are key to solving the climate crisis
Why women are key to solving the climate crisis
Research shows that women are more likely to be impacted by climate change, and they are also our best advocates to fight it.
Lindsey Jean Roetzel
Jun 22, 2021
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