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Solar Geoengineering—Global Solution or Lock-in?

Apr 19, 2017 | Blog

What is solar geoengineering? Imagine a not-to-distant future scene in which a fleet of small jets is flying on a regular schedule loaded with a cargo of some chemical compound that can be sprayed into the atmosphere where it converts to an aerosol of particles that...

Polar Bear in Peril — Climate Change Effects Expand

Jan 9, 2017 | Climate & Planet Stewardship

Polar Bears achieved Endangered Species Act protection in 2008, but the Bush administration passed a rule in their last days in office robbing them of protections and putting them in peril from their worst threats: global warming and oil and gas development. The...

Great Barrier Reef Victim of Big Coal?

Dec 15, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability

Coral reefs are remarkable, bright colored, teeming with biodiversity and supporting a complex ecosystem. But they can live only in narrow ranges of temperature, making them particularly vulnerable to the variations in ocean temperatures that are being caused by...

GSNs at Work FREE WEBINAR April 21

Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Climate

GSN will host a one-hour free GSNs at Work webinar Thursday, April 21, 2016—11:00 AM, EDT Deep Decarbonization Needs Deep Collaboration: GSN 2.0 – can we reach 90% decarbonization by 2050? Click for free registration: WEBINAR REGISTER Join GSN Fellow, Tom...

Deep Collaboration Roadmap for Deep Decarbonization—post #4

Apr 8, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship

A series on deep collaboration strategies for deep decarbonization in support of UN Sustainable Development Goal #13 FOUR This is the final post in a blog series that aims to: examine existing and emerging collaboration initiatives. examine new models for...