Changement climatique - Téléchargez gratuitement le livre blanc climat2012. Climat : l'ONU prépare la création d'un fonds vert | Météo. Home | BroadStar™ Wind Systems. Design + Aeolians. Energie renouvelable. Action carbone. Climate Maverick to Retire From NASA. The New York Times, April 1, 2013 Climate Maverick to Retire From NASA By Justin Gillis James E. Hansen, the climate scientist who issued the clearest warning of the 20th century about the dangers of global warming, will retire from NASA this week, giving himself more freedom to pursue political and legal efforts to limit greenhouse gases. His departure, after a 46-year career at the space agency’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in Manhattan, will deprive federally sponsored climate research of its best-known public figure.
At the same time, retirement will allow Dr. “As a government employee, you can’t testify against the government,” he said in an interview. Dr. But those activities, going well beyond the usual role of government scientists, had raised eyebrows at NASA headquarters in Washington. At 72, he said, he feels a moral obligation to step up his activism in his remaining years. From that perch, seven floors above the diner made famous by “Seinfeld,” Dr. Dr. Initially, Dr. How making a game of climate change could help save the planet. This guest post is by energy and climate change consultant Paula Owen. It first appeared on GreenBiz.com Behaviour change interventions have so far had surprisingly limited success in motivating wider society into taking positive environmental action. Despite constant bombardment of messages regarding ice caps melting, sea levels rising, polar bears drowning, exceptional droughts, and 100-year storm occurrences becoming more frequent, a majority of the population still do nothing more than put the recycling out once a week and buy fair trade bananas from their local supermarket.
One theory is that the issue is too disparate, difficult to pinpoint and, despite the efforts of hundreds of the world’s best climate scientists, the causes are still considered, in some quarters at least, uncertain. In addition, the potential effects of a warming world are too distant in both space and time to galvanise immediate action by individuals. Enter gamification. Like this: Like Loading... Related. Des éoliennes au Maroc.