Friday, May 31, 2013

La thèse d'une troisième révolution industrielle par J. Rifkin > Energies - Enerzine.com

La thèse d'une troisième révolution industrielle par J. Rifkin > Energies - Enerzine.com

"Ce livre développe la thèse d'une troisième révolution industrielle –que l'auteur appelle de ses vœux-, un nouveau paradigme économique qui va ouvrir l'ère post-carbone, basée notamment sur l'observation que les grandes révolutions économiques ont lieu lorsque de nouvelles technologies de communication apparaissent en même temps que des nouveaux systèmes énergétiques (hier imprimerie/charbon ou ordinateur/ ; aujourd'hui Internet & les énergies renouvelables)."

Crossing the 400 ppm line: Concentration of carbon dioxide reaches tipping point | rabble.ca

Crossing the 400 ppm line: Concentration of carbon dioxide reaches tipping point | rabble.ca
"The result is a new concept -- the "carbon bubble." The essence of their work is this: a great deal of the stated value of stock exchanges around the world is in unburnable fossil fuels. The level of capital expenditure in developing those reserves over the next decade would amount to $6.74-trillion in wasted capital -- developing reserves that simply cannot be burned."

Crossing the 400 ppm line: Concentration of carbon dioxide reaches tipping point | rabble.ca

Crossing the 400 ppm line: Concentration of carbon dioxide reaches tipping point | rabble.ca

"The result is a new concept -- the "carbon bubble." The essence of their work is this: a great deal of the stated value of stock exchanges around the world is in unburnable fossil fuels. The level of capital expenditure in developing those reserves over the next decade would amount to $6.74-trillion in wasted capital -- developing reserves that simply cannot be burned."

Scientists fret as CO2 levels hit key mark | HeraldTribune.com

Scientists fret as CO2 levels hit key mark | HeraldTribune.com
"This is another global emissions target that we've blown past without doing anything," said Jim Butler, director of global monitoring at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory. "Stronger storms, droughts, rising seas. We are already seeing the impacts of increased CO2 in the atmosphere ... How much further can we really go?"

Last Time CO2 Levels Hit 400 Parts Per Million & Humans Were Alive -- Never | CleanTechnica

Last Time CO2 Levels Hit 400 Parts Per Million & Humans Were Alive -- Never | CleanTechnica

“It shows a huge warming – unprecedented in human history,” said Prof Scott Elias, at Royal Holloway University of London, and not involved in the work. “It is a frightening experiment we are conducting with our climate.”

Mapping The 31 Million People Displaced By Climate Change So Far | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Mapping The 31 Million People Displaced By Climate Change So Far | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
Both rich and poor countries are affected by extreme weather, but the former will cope better, it notes. “In the U.S. following Hurricane Sandy, most of those displaced were able to find refuge in adequate temporary shelter while displaced from their own homes,” says Clare Spurrell, spokesperson for the group, in a press release. “Compare this to communities in Haiti, where hundreds of thousands are still living in makeshift tents over three years after the 2010 earthquake mega-disaster, and you see a very different picture."