NOAA’s mesmerizing and disturbing historic animated graph ticks back 800,000 years before 2009 to chart the rise and fall of atmospheric carbon on our planet, illustrating the unprecedented highs we humans are creating.
Currently at 391.76 parts per million (ppm), we are speeding further away from the maximum 350 ppm that many believe is need to arrest global climate change.
A new interactive map plots local commitments to fight climate change across the world…
ICLEI (local governments for sustainability) and the City of Copenhagen have joined forces to create The City Climate Catalogue and a corresponding map showing climate commitments of local municipalities all over the world. The full database lists 2,886 communities to date. Is your city on the map?
PlaNYC is a comprehensive strategy to reduce New York City’s greenhouse gas footprint, while accommodating a population growth of nearly one million, and improving its infrastructure and environment. In short, they aim to be “greenest big city in the world.”
They aren’t yet aiming for carbon neutrality, but what they’ve acomplished in just three years should light a fire under every city in North America to commit to their own, aggresive plan for sustainable, prosperous, high-quality living!
