At a time when the world faces a number of serious problems, politics in the U.S., Spain, and other countries has become increasingly fractious with few real leaders in sight
Climate Change and wine making
Winemakers are perhaps one of the groups who have been most attune to shifting weather patterns and are already taking steps to adapt to a changing climate.
Culture and Climate Change
More than 100 years ago, an American Geographer, Ellen Churchill Sempel, put forward the idea that the natural environment has an enormous impact on people and the culture they develop. Applying Ms. Sempel’s ideas to our own time, the issue of how the world either deals with the threat of climate change or adapt to its effects will have an impact on our cultures and societies.
COP 21 in Paris: History in Real Time
After 23 years the world has established a framework to deal with climate change and although the problem is far from solved, the fact that there is an agreement is nothing less than historic.
Paris 2015: An agreement in sight
Although I am not a lawyer or a diplomat, I must admit that reading the draft of the Paris accord that was released on Saturday has made me optimistic that an agreement is in sight.
