The Green Elephant

The Great Climate Awakening

Awakening from Climate SlumberCan Buddhist theology help save us from climate disaster? The Dalai Lama thinks so.

Awakening a social giant in the effort to fight climate changeVan Jones is perhaps best known today as a political commentator for CNN, but he hasn’t given up his green credentials. The nonprofit he founded, Green for All, works to bring environmental solutions to the people that are most directly affected: communities of color and low-income neighborhoods.

Systemic Change Driven by Moral Awakening Is Our Only Hope"It's not that climate change isn't a big deal. As a symptom, it's a real doozy. There's never been anything quite like it, and climate scientists and climate-response advocacy groups are right to ring the loudest of alarm bells. But our failure to see climate change in context may be our undoing."

The climate crisis should be at the heart of the global Covid recovery | Maria Fernanda EspinosaGovernments are pouring resources into economic recovery. It’s an opportunity for visionary climate policies, says former UN general assembly president María Fernanda Espinosa

Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 monthsThere's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures.

Greta Thunberg has hope for climate: ‘There are signs of change, of awakening’The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic may provide a necessary wake-up call, she suggests.

Will the West's giant fires spark a climate awakening?“If this doesn’t open people’s eyes, I don’t know what will.”

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