"...there were occasional articles published on climate change and human health in the 1990s, but the increase in the number of articles began in the early 2000s..." First ever joint editorial📄https://t.co/zPVS45Rt3k🗂️
"Health journals are rapidly increasing the amount they publish on climate change and health, but despite climate change being the major threat to global health many journals had until recently published little or nothing."
📣 New Research ➡️ https://t.co/SzbF8kHtUU
There's still time to join us on Jan. 31 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET for a book launch and discussion about THE REMNANTS OF RACE SCIENCE. Register for this hybrid event today. https://t.co/agzJZi9ZnX #LivestreamEvent#RaceScience#RacismAwareness#BookTalk
✨Self Portrait✨
I can’t help but feel small when surrounded with such historic & powerful energy. It is my reminder that yes, at times we may feel insignificant or fearful, but w courage, we can persist. Courage gives us the ability to continue… it is grace under pressure.
“…world peace or to the conservation of species…might appear trivial, self-indulgent…consecrate[s] life with aliveness, to staying alive a little while longer so that we can devote ourselves a little more…everyone who is truly alive, has the analogue of Orwell’s rose garden.”
George Orwell died on this day in 1950, having challenged the dogmas of his time and presaged those of ours. Rebecca Solnit on how his rose garden – a small, radical act of reverence for beauty – fueled his politics and his art https://t.co/Xtl51gAKjh
📰 In the last INSIGHTS newsletter of 2023: #ClimateChangeCommunication, the path to peace in #Gaza and the impacts of climate change on #MentalHealth.
👉 Read our latest research outputs and explore opportunities to learn and work with us: https://t.co/TqfRgsA5r8
#UNUINSIGHTS
Studies demonstrate “…it accurately identifies high-risk pregnancies and is better than humans at estimating gestational age. Now it’s being tested…to see whether using it at scale makes a measurable difference for moms and babies…” https://t.co/0HwFtQm8Pw
via @NYTimes Governor Kathy Hochul
“acknowledged the political risks of jumping into a conversation about historical wrongs, though she concluded that truly standing against racism would mean “more than giving people a simple apology 150 years later.” “ https://t.co/chzb5wCzBh
In USA: “a woman is 3 times as likely to die in childbirth than another high-income country; it has to do with a system failure, a system that doesn't listen to women, a system that's biased, a system that doesn’t spend enough money rolling out the innovations that we know work.”
.@MelindaGates envisions a flourishing world where women and their newborns remain healthy before, during, and after childbirth @NewsHour: https://t.co/WuQAhIysfs
“Silicon Valley Bank was in many ways a climate bank,” said @KiranRaju. It worked with more than 1,550 climate tech companies, issued them billions in loans and was involved in 62% of community solar projects. https://t.co/jDL5OG434h
Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies due to the accelerating triple planetary crisis of 1) climate change, 2) pollution and 3) biodiversity loss. #EmissionsGap Report: https://t.co/B9HD6AfEcl
“Effectively dealing with energy security concerns means that we need to accelerate the #CleanEnergy transition and create policy tools that will wean the world off of fossil energy.” https://t.co/KxrIW0LTgh
Drumroll 🥁
After weeks of hard work- the #GiantPlasticTap is UP at #UNEA5 greeting delegates from 193 different countries, here to talk about a Global Plastic Treaty. Here it is, in all its glory. 💪
Click for a recap of how it all came to life👇
https://t.co/5c8wnH2aGR “9 of these 16 tipping points are showing signs of instability; push them too far, and they will shift over from supporting humanity to starting to undermining humanity. Four of these are showing scientific evidence of now being at risk already at 1.5°C.”
Professor @jrockstrom explains
16 climate tipping that will unravel our climate
9 of these already unstable
4 of these tipping points in motion at 1.5 C approaching rapidly
including Greenland ice sheet and West Antarctic ice sheet together represent 10 metres sea level rise
"Building this new transmission is not going to be easy, but the benefits are huge...it will create a lot of jobs... it's key to our economic and energy security." Read #GatesNotes here: https://t.co/MaLiMPG5Rm https://t.co/6wY5CWRvNp via @billgates
The @EPA “has stepped up its recruitment efforts and has purchased software that has helped it identify more potential job candidates, particularly from universities.”