DEEP ADAPTATION REVIEW
Issue 15, February 2024 Welcome to a summary of recent opinion and activity in the field of deep adaptation. This independently produced, free publication explores collapse risk, readiness, and response. We take a critical perspective on the culture and systems that led to our predicament, and celebrate the solidarity amongst…
73% Of Americans Want CO2 Reduction. The Energy Dept Is Accelerating It
BY Joan Michelson According to two new studies, a significant majority of Americans, including registered voters, want the federal government to reduce the country’s carbon emissions.
Kerry and Xie exit roles that defined generation of climate action
For years, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua were the two most important people working on global warming
‘It’s almost carbon-negative’: how hemp became a surprise building material
Proponents of the material tout its non-toxic and mould, fire and infestation-resistant properties by Edward Helmore
Five Questions for Megan Mayhew Bergman, author of How Strange a Season
by NICHOLAS TRIOLO In Megan Mayhew Bergman’s new book of short stories, How Strange a Season, you will find a man lashed to a dock and screaming for repentance as a hurricane approaches. You will find hedge fund executives bashing in cars at the behest of a dominatrix.
2040 Climate Target
Reducing net emissions by 90% by 2040
Winter 2024: The Long Haul
By Nicolas Brulliard For more than four decades, Jill Baron has studied the changes to the air and water quality of a small corner of Rocky Mountain National Park, and her research exposed one of the biggest threats to the park’s alpine ecosystems.
Have we reached peak ESG?
Ethical capitalism no longer pays the bills
2023 confirmed as world’s hottest year on record
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event.
Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists
New paper claims unless demand for resources is reduced, many other innovations are just a sticking plaster
