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MIT Engineers Develop Battery that Removes CO2

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 01.09.2020

 

A pair of MIT engineers created a new way to efficiently remove carbon dioxide from the air. The system can be developed commercially at low cost and has a myriad of potential applications.     While there are alternative ways to remove carbon dioxide from gas, they typically only work well on carbon dioxide levels […]

 

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Industrial-Strength Ultra-High Temperature Solar

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.18.2019

 

Heliogen is a startup that wants to “replace fuels with sunlight.” And the Bill Gates-backed solar startup, which has flown under the radar until recently, has made a major green-energy breakthrough for heavy industry. Heliogen “has created the world’s first technology that can commercially replace fuels with carbon-free, ultra-high temperature heat from the sun.”   […]

 

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2019 U.S. Army Climate Report

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.11.2019

 

NOTE: This post is a synopsis of the Executive Summary of the entire 52 page report. The report is well-researched. It’s a comprehensive primer on our climate crisis. And it is sobering, given that it was published by a branch of the US Department of Defense. You can read the entire publication at 2019 Report – […]

 

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Are Pension Funds in Breach?

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.04.2019

 

Mark McVeigh, a 24-year-old environmental scientist from Australia, won’t be able to access his retirement savings until 2055. But, concerned about what the world may look like then, he’s taking action now, suing his $57 billion pension fund for not adequately disclosing or assessing the impact of climate change on its investments.       The […]

 

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End of 2019 IMF Report – Climate and Financial Risk

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 11.28.2019

 

Climate change is already a reality. Ever more ferocious cyclones and extended droughts lead to the destruction of infrastructure and the disruption of livelihoods, and contribute to mass migration. Actions to combat rising temperatures, inadequate though they are, have the potential to drive dislocation in the business world as fossil fuel giants awaken to the […]

 

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Bank Regulators Present a Dire Warning of Financial Risks from Climate Change

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 11.14.2019

 

Home values could fall significantly. Banks could stop lending to flood-prone communities. Towns could lose the tax money they need to build sea walls and other protections.   These are a few of the warnings published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco regarding the financial risks of climate change. The collection of 18 papers by […]

 

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Central Banks Must Address the Climate Crisis

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 11.06.2019

 

Read the entire article at The Financial Times.    Climate change is a financial problem. Insurers stand to lose billions from wildfires raging in California. Banks will suffer as mortgages in big port cities such as London and New York end up under water. Carbon taxes and renewable energy could make oil and gas assets worthless. […]

 

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The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you and me

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.31.2019

 

Editor’s Note: This is an excellent job of reporting by George Monbiot that appears in full in The Guardian. It validates our premise in “Moving to a Finite Earth Economy” that our current form of capitalism, plus our consumer society, are the root causes of our climate crisis. And that until we make a drastic […]

 

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Seeing Humanity as Part of Nature is Key to Fixing Our Climate Crisis

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.24.2019

 

To truly bring ourselves into harmony with the natural world, we must return to seeing humanity as part of it. Though a varied and complex story, the widespread separation of humans from nature in Western culture can be traced to a few key historical developments, starting with the rise of Judeo-Christian values 2000 years ago. Prior […]

 

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Financial Institutions Must Account for the Value of Natural Capital

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 10.17.2019

 

Degradation of natural capital through human activity has brought us to a tipping point. The risks are multiple and varied, from precipitous declines in economic growth to the uncertain future of our species. All sectors of society are being called on to go ‘beyond carbon’ and reduce their negative impact on the natural environment, finding […]

 

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The Authors

 

David Houle David Houle

 

David Houle is a futurist, strategist and speaker. Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He worked at NBC, CBS, and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.

 

Houle has won a number of awards. He won two Emmys, the prestigious George Foster Peabody award, and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award. He is the Futurist in Residence at the Ringling College of Art+ Design.

 

He has delivered some 700 speeches on six continents and thirteen countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 3,500+ CEOs and business owners in the past eight years.

 

Houle coined the phrase the Shift Age and has written extensively about the future and the future of energy. This is his seventh book.

 

His primary web site is www.davidhoule.com

 


 

Tim RumageTim Rumage

 

Tim Rumage is a planetary ethicist and naturalist. Taking an interdisciplinary and systems thinking approach to education, he has been teaching at the intersection of Science, Ecology, Art, Design and Architecture for more than 30 years.

 

Tim is the Coordinator/Developer of Environmental Studies at Ringling College of Art and Design where he teaches courses on environmental science, sustainability, creating ecological cities, applied environmental design, food, water, biodiversity and environmental ethics. He is also a Coordinator for Sustainability in Design Education for CUMULUS and a frequent lecturer at other colleges and for community organizations.

 

As a trained field biologist, Tim has done research on Marine Mammals, Pelagic Birds, Bats, Habitat Restoration and Land Planning. He has been involved in a variety of interdisciplinary projects in the US and Africa involving habitat restoration and protection, green infrastructure, local food production and sustainability. Tim’s current work focuses on the economic value of nature and nature’s services.

 

His primary web site is http://planetaryethicist.com/

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Planetary Ethicist Tim Rumage on Plastic bottles

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Quartermaster’s Report

 

There are two questions you might consider as you review the Quartermaster’s report.

 

First – how well do your assumptions about each topic match the reality of the data?

 

Second – does the information reflect an outcome that you wish humanity to achieve?

 

Your reflections on your answers to these two questions determine your consciousness and participation in defining and creating our common future.

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