Carbon Footprints

The United Nations Environment Programme has just released their landmark book, “Kick The Habit, A UN guide to climate neutrality”
“Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, makes us deny important truths and blinds us to the consequences of our actions. Our society is in the grip of a dangerous greenhouse gas habit.
The [...]

The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, looking back at just how stupid we have been.
Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Brassed Off) stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at archive footage from 2007 and [...]

There’s a new book hitting the shelves now called “Opportunities Beyond Carbon“.
The book aims to recast the debate on climate change from one of fear and problems to one of hope and opportunity. It contains a collection of essays from key politicians, investors, business people, activists and academics on how to make the most of [...]

Photo ‘Landing in London’ by Dave Sag and used with permission.
Carbon Planet has always been dedicated to openness and transparency. When dealing with a subject as complex as carbon, and the various ways and means by which emissions are calculated, we’ve always felt that the more information we can share with the world, the [...]

Safe Climate Australia is a non-government organisation formed and steered by a foundation group of concerned scientists, community and business leaders with a shared understanding of the scientific and moral imperatives for emergency action to restore a safe climate.
It’s nothing if not ambitious.
Safe Climate Australia will build on a range of international innovation and [...]

Over at gadget site Gizmodo they are discussing a blog post by Ken Musgrave called “Why We Need a Globally-Recognized Unit of “Green”“, responding that “We May Need A Global Unit Of ‘Green’, But It Won’t Be Easy Or Clear”
Musgrave argues:
The designer had chosen bamboo to provide a suitable look while enhancing sustainability compared to [...]

In further sign of the Australian Government’s intention to make up for lost time, The Australian is reporting “Kevin Rudd signs global climate deal,” saying;
AUSTRALIA has signed off on a global deal to restrain global warming to two degrees which could mean Australia must do more to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
The leaders of 16 [...]

Melbourne’s The Age is asking “Is climate the new asbestos?“, saying “Directors of polluting industries should check their liability insurance.”
climate change litigation is shaping up as an issue that will tie up the judiciary, companies and politics worldwide for years. While other sectors of the global economy are bracing for the negative impact of government [...]

Policy and Analysis magazine China Dialogue has a feature by one of my favourite novelists, Ian McEwan, called “Let’s Talk About Climate Change.” More than anything it’s a beautiful piece of writing:
How can we ever begin to restrain ourselves? We appear, at this distance, like a successful lichen, a ravaging bloom of algae, a mould [...]