Our planet – our home – is overwhelmed with plastic pollution; it’s everywhere: from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, in our food, and in our bodies. Most of us are aware that plastic pollution is awash in our ocean and killing its life. A lot don’t fully understand how much it’s also harming human health. Plastic production, […]
Early in 2024, The Ocean Project will be running two of our annual super collaborative 4-week virtual “Advocacy Training” programs, designed for youth ages 13-23. The content for both will be similar although we will have different presenters each time, including youth leaders and seasoned professionals. The first four-week training program, in January and February 2024, is open to youth […]
By Anders Lorenzen Analysis by the Net Zero Tracker has established, that even though half of the world’s 2,000 biggest listed companies have set targets to reach net-zero emissions by the middle of this century, only a fraction have met the targets set out in the United Nations (UN) guidelines. Net Zero Tracker, an independent data consortium including Oxford University, […]
The world is one interconnected system of systems, and the Global North cannot expect to sit unscathed while island nations drown. Recognizing that we live in one world, that we are one species sharing a common destiny, is the key to understanding how to address the Climate Crisis: together. Today’s quote comes from former Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to […]
Remember when summertime meant living was easy? Summer used to be the season of backyard barbecues, trips to the beach, and vegetable gardens full of fresh produce. Those things aren’t gone, but these days summer seems more likely to be about dealing with heat waves, Category 5 hurricanes, and wildfires. It’s not just your imagination that things are getting worse. […]
Sir David King addresses the audience at the Net Zero Festival. Photo credit: Anders Lorenzen. By Anders Lorenzen The former Chief Scientist for the UK Government, Sir David King did not hold back the scientific reality of years of climate inaction when he addressed the audience at the Net Zero Festival in London, organised by Business Green, a clean energy […]
Melt Ponds in the US Arctic. Photo credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / PDTillman, Public Domain, via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Nearly a month out from the crucial COP28 climate summit, United Nations (UN) climate scientists have warned. The world is rapidly heading towards a cascade of environmental ‘tipping points’ which, if they were to materialise, could cause irreversible […]
An Offshore Support Vessel and a deepwater drillship at work during exploratory phase of a new offshore field. Photo credit: Public Domain, via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Just over a month out from another crucial UN climate summit, COP28 – this year held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – a divide has been building up between two sectors of […]
climate change By Jeremy Williams There’s a lot of confusion over which climate actions make the biggest difference – or even whether personal actions make any difference at all. They do – about a quarter of climate emissions can be dealt with through personal actions. The rest is beyond our control as individuals, though of course we can campaign and […]
By Anders Lorenzen The Mont Blanc, the iconic mountain flanked as the highest peak in Western Europe’s, has lost more than two metres in two years and shrunk to its lowest level since precise measurements started 22 years ago. This is a direct affect of the accelerating climate crisis as warmer summers have reduced its snowpack size, researchers have said. […]