Christopher Lyon (Alberta): If the Second World War Were Addressed Like Climate Change: A Commentary on a Maladaptive Academy and Society. From Foreign Affairs, David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner, Katharine Ricke on the truth about geoengineering: Science fiction and science fact. Can the known risks of climate change ever outweigh the unknown risks of geo-engineering? Scientists are starting to say, well, maybe. David Roberts on what climate hawks can (and can’t) learn from public-health campaigns. Brad Plumer on how the White House thinks about climate change, in 7 charts. In January, the Sierra Club reversed a 121-year-old ban on civil disobedience to reflect the urgency of climate change — the move presents an opening for radical groups to try new tactics. California billionaire Tom Steyer is pledging to spend as much of his fortune as necessary to make climate change “the defining issue of our generation”.
