Informácie o projektoch, ktoré majú pomôcť prispôsobiť sa zmene klímy, sú rozptýlené, ťažko dostupné a neúplné, čo znemožňuje ich sledovanie. Čoraz viac ľudí si uvedomuje, že svet sa musí prispôsobiť zmene klímy, ako aj znížiť emisie. V Parížskej dohode z roku 2015 sa krajiny dohodli na stanovení globálneho cieľa v oblasti úprav, ktorý je známy ako adaptácia. Stále je však veľmi ťažké sledovať a preukázať pokrok smerom k tomuto cieľu z dôvodu nedostatočnej prísnosti v tom, ako sa tieto projekty oficiálne oznamujú a hodnotia. Pred dvoma rokmi sme sa v Štokholmskom environmentálnom inštitúte (SEI) rozhodli vytvoriť syntézu dôkazov o účinnosti adaptačných opatrení a podpory. Vláda Spojeného kráľovstva však znížila svoj rozpočet na pomoc a náš projekt bol jedným z tých, ktoré mali byť v dôsledku toho zrušené. Okrem financovania však našej analýze bránil rozšírený a všadeprítomný nedostatok dôslednosti pri podávaní správ a hodnotení adaptačných projektov. Hodnotenie adaptačného úsilia už dlho čelí ťažkostiam. Vyjednávači pre klímu sa šesť rokov snažili posúdiť pokrok pri dosahovaní nepresne formulovaného globálneho cieľa Parížskej dohody týkajúceho sa adaptácie. Ako však vlády uznali na konferencii COP26 v roku 2021, čelili „metodickým, empirickým a koncepčným výzvam“. V roku 2021 bol na riešenie týchto problémov zameraný dvojročný pracovný program Glasgow-Šarm aš-Šajch týkajúci sa globálneho cieľa v oblasti adaptácie. (Richard J T Klein, Nella Canales and Biljana Macura)

Na rohu newyorskej Park Avenue a 52nd Street sa nedávno zvedaví diváci zastavili pred obrovskou zelenou lebkou sediacou v posteli nákladného auta zaparkovaného pred kanceláriou spoločnosti Fidelity Investments, globálnej finančnej manažérskej spoločnosti. „Skull of Satoshi“, pomenovaná po pseudonymnom vývojára bitcoinov Satoshi Nakamoto, je zložená takmer výlučne z počítačových dosiek plošných spojov a vybavená vysokými komínmi dymu, ktoré sa zvyčajne nachádzajú na vrchole uhoľných elektrární. Artefakt je projektom umelca Benjamina Von Wonga a je odkazom na obrovské množstvo uhlíka emitovaného z ťažby kryptomeny bitcoin, čo je úsilie, ktoré Fidelity teraz sleduje. Bitcoin je známy predovšetkým ako divoký investičný nástroj, ktorý – spolu s mnohými ďalšími kryptomenami – môže zdanlivo zarobiť alebo stratiť bohatstvo cez noc na trhu, kde hodnoty rýchlo a s veľkými maržami stúpajú a klesajú. Čo však znepokojuje ekológov a ostatných, je obrovské množstvo elektriny používanej pri výrobe bitcoinu a iných podobných mien – energie, ktorá často pochádza z fosílnych palív, a tak má zodpovedajúci vplyv na klimatickú krízu. Keďže veľké finančné značky špekulujú vo svete kryptomien, environmentálni aktivisti sa chcú uistiť, že vedia, že nepodstupujú len finančný hazard; Existuje aj environmentálne riziko. Niektorí dúfajú, že sa im podarí presvedčiť tieto inštitúcie, aby sa pokúsili znížiť vplyv ťažby kryptomien. „Pre finančnú inštitúciu, akou je Fidelity, je to veľký krok k spusteniu vlastnej krypto platformy. Takže teraz viac ako kedykoľvek predtým potrebujeme ich pomoc,“ povedal Rolf Skar, riaditeľ kampane Greenpeace USA, neziskovej organizácie na ochranu životného prostredia. Je to zložitá situácia. Tu je však sprievodca kľúčovými otázkami. (ECB)

National parks have long led the way in conservation. Now they are going even further to help preserve the parks for future generations. "The world is in a climate crisis, and the NPS is at the forefront of looking at climate impacts," National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said in the recently released third edition of the federal agency's Green Parks Plan. “As such, NPS is renewing its operational sustainability goals with a bold vision to achieve net-zero status in its parks.” Last year, the Natural Resources Management and Science Directorate identified more than 70% nationally.

What is the Green Parks Plan?

The Green Parks Plan outlines general and specific goals to combat climate change throughout the national park system, which includes "the largest number of built assets of any civilian agency in the federal government," according to the National Park Service. Pride of parks as vulnerable to climate change. Here's what parks are doing to combat the impact. The plan includes targeted progress benchmarks and complements the Park Service's existing climate change response strategy.

How are visitors affected?

Mike Caldwell, the National Park Service's deputy director for parks planning, facilities and grounds, told USA TODAY that most of the work on the plan will be done behind the scenes, but visitors will be encouraged to do their part as well. “We're all in this together.” “The (Leave) No Trace stuff that we grew up on, I definitely grew up on, is very important to the stuff that we're doing now,” he said. "Whether it's recycling or what they carry, there are some basic things that everyone can do." He said visitors may see "more water stations or more opportunities to recycle" and increased reports of conscious use of resources. They may also see changes to what the parks sell as they aim to phase out all single-use plastic products by 2032.

It might seem difficult to chop down trees with one hand and sell climate absolution with the other, but the dubious math of carbon offsets makes it possible, at least for now. Trees drink in carbon dioxide, the stuff that heats the planet to dangerous levels. And except for Uncle Sam, no one in America owns as many trees as Seattle's Weyerhaeuser, America's largest logger. The company has long been the bete noire of environmentalists and is now using its 10.6 million acres of forest to declare that it has so many green credits that it can sell some to other companies, the Wall Street Journal recently reported. Weyerhaeuser claims its forests absorb 17 million metric tons of carbon annually. Its wood and other products could freeze another 18 million metric tons in place for years or decades. That more than offsets the 7.4 million metric tons of carbon that logging and other activities emit each year, Weyerhaeuser estimates.

For some scientists, they are the necessary next stage in averting the existential threat of climate chaos. For others, they should not even be talked about. Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies, which provide the means to remove carbon from the atmosphere, are one of the hottest areas of climate research, but also the most controversial. The debate on whether and how to develop a CDR was sparked last month by the release of the final part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Comprehensive Review of Climatology. The report found that ways to capture and store carbon dioxide, while expensive, can play a role in trying to keep global temperatures within safe limits. But scientists and policymakers are divided. Some say that technology must be the immediate priority of research. Others urge caution, warning against trusting in untested technologies before we fully deploy reliable low-carbon technologies like the renewable energy we already have. John Kerry, the US President's special climate envoy, spoke about his concerns. “Some scientists suggest that it's possible that there could be an overshoot [of global temperatures above the 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels that governments are aiming for] and you could go back, so to speak; You have technology and other things that allow you to come back. "The danger with this, which worries me and motivates me the most, is that according to the science and the best scientists in the world, we may be at or beyond several tipping points that we've been warning about for some time," he said. "That's the danger, the irreversibility." The British government's former chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, strongly disagrees. He believes CDR of many kinds will be needed, along with means of climate 'repair' such as refreezing glaciers, as the world is almost certain to exceed the global target limit of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

CLIMATOLOGISTS ALREADY know that the east coast of the United States could see sea level rise by 2050, which in itself will be catastrophic. But they are just beginning to carefully measure the "hidden vulnerability" that will make the situation even worse: the coast will also sinks. It's a phenomenon known as subsidence, and it's poised to make a rising ocean even more dangerous, both for people and coastal ecosystems. New research published in the journal Nature Communications found that the Atlantic coast—home to more than a third of the U.S. population—is sinking by a few millimeters a year. It's up to 5 millimeters (one-fifth of an inch) in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Chesapeake Bay. In some areas of Delaware, that's as much as double. Five millimeters of annual sea-level rise along a stretch of coast, plus 5 millimeters of subsidence there, is effectively 10 millimeters of relative sea-level rise. Cities on the Atlantic coast are already suffering from persistent flooding, and the deluge will only get worse as they sink while seas rise. However, such high-resolution land subsidence data are not yet considered in coastal hazard assessment. "What we want to do here is really bring awareness to this missing component, which, based on our analysis, actually makes the near-term vulnerability much worse than you would expect from sea level rise alone," says Manoochehr Shirzaei, an environmental security expert. at Virginia Tech and co-author of the new paper.  (Wires. Manoochehr Shirzaei)

Tesla released its 2022 impact report this week, providing the clearest picture yet of the electric car company's carbon footprint. Tesla has released data on its supply chain emissions for the first time, making its total carbon footprint much larger than it has reported in the past. Last year, the company only disclosed how much greenhouse gas it produced from its direct operations and from customers charging its electric vehicles. In total, this equated to approximately 2.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. But this misses the bigger picture, as supply chain pollution – considered indirect emissions – often makes up a large part of a company's carbon footprint. This year, Tesla finally released data on its supply chain emissions for 2022, which equates to roughly 30.7 million tons of carbon dioxide. That's a huge change from what the company said last year. The disclosure really highlights the importance of accounting for all direct and indirect emissions of a company. It's particularly relevant given the ongoing battle in the US between companies and the Securities and Exchange Commission over how much of these emissions should be reported by law. A company's carbon footprint is usually divided into three main groups or "ranges". Scope 1 includes direct emissions from own factories, offices and vehicles. Scope 2 includes emissions from electricity consumption, heating and cooling. Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions from supply chains and the life cycle of the products that the company manufactures. There are 15 different emission categories within range 3 alone, so you can imagine how wide the range can be. It is common practice for companies to only share their scope 1 and 2 emissions, which can make their carbon footprint appear much smaller than it actually is. For example, Tesla's range 1 and 2 emissions are only 610,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2022. This is negligible compared to the company's indirect emissions in the range of 3.(

(Theverge, JUSTINE CALMA )

 

 

Life on Earth is a fascinating subject. There are organisms that thrive in hot sulfur pools inside the caldera of volcanoes and others that love the oxygen-deprived icy peaks of the world's highest mountains. Others swim in the deepest parts of the ocean, where sunlight never penetrates and pressures are hundreds of times greater than at the surface. Last September, scientists from the 2 Frontiers project traveled to the Italian island of Vulcano (the name says it all), where some of the water seeping from under the dormant volcano contains high levels of carbon dioxide. The team of divers collected many samples of seawater with low to high carbon dioxide content. They then prepared samples in a field laboratory where pairwise DNA sequencing and culture experiments were performed. The results will allow researchers to characterize and exploit the evolution of life along the dissolved carbon gradient. The team is in the process of cultivating new carbon sequestering organisms from these samples and building a living database for use by the scientific community. The second research program is currently underway at a hot spring in the Rocky Mountains, where the concentration of carbon dioxide is even higher. These samples are now in the process of analysis.

The bank invests billions in fossil fuels, including through various opaque channels. If that doesn't change, his public soul-searching will mean little.

The World Bank is said to be going through a moment of cathartic introspection regarding its mission, financial model and leadership. 78 years after its founding, the powerful global institution has come under pressure for reform and criticism from its government shareholders - including the US and Germany - for its failure to address global crises such as the mounting debt crisis, rising poverty and climate change. At the same time, it faces growing calls from the likes of the Barbados-led Bridgetown Initiative to adopt innovative ways to provide more funding to deal with an "unprecedented combination of crises". In response, the World Bank issued a roadmap last December to review its mission and financial framework. In February this year, its president David Malpass announced, amid accusations of climate denial, that he would step down early in June 2023. These shifts have raised hopes that the international financial institution is undergoing a major soul-searching and will soon re-emerge, finally primed and ready to spur action on climate change. But a closer look at the many opaque ways the bank is pumping billions into the fossil fuel industry suggests the kind of change needed is much deeper and more complex than currently suggested. (Heike Mainhardt, African Arguments)

Preserving "carbon crops" with salt and storing them in dry landfills to prevent them from decomposing could be a low-cost and scalable climate solution, according to physicist Eli Yablonovitch. The ancient mountain fortress of Masada in Israel is an amazing place to visit. Perched on a towering plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, the fortress was built between 37 and 31 BC as a fortress for Herod the Great and later occupied by Jewish rebels resisting Roman rule.

(Newscientist, Madeleine Cuff)

NextGen – a South Pole/Mitsubishi Corporation joint venture – is establishing the largest diversified portfolio of permanent carbon dioxide removal to expand the market. NextGen CDR Facility (NextGen) announces first carbon dioxide removal (CDR) purchase contracts, demonstrating support for expanding market for carbon removal and permanent long-term storage through 2030 Pre-purchase of nearly 200,000 tonnes of CDR from three projects, including world's largest of Direct Air Capture and Storage (DACS) and the world's largest technological carbon removal project, demonstrates tangible corporate interest in various CDR technologies that offer long-term CO2 removal. NextGen plans to purchase more than one million CDRs by 2025, all of which must be certified to independent standards approved by ICROA to ensure the quality of carbon projects. NextGen, a joint venture between South Pole and Mitsubishi Corporation, includes industry leaders Boston Consulting Group, LGT, Mitsui OSK Lines, UBS and Swiss Re as founding buyers. Zurich, 26 April 2023 – NextGen CDR Facility (NextGen) – a joint venture between global climate project developer and solutions provider South Pole and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation – backed by founding buyers Boston Consulting Group, LGT, Mitsui OSK Lines, Switzerland Re and UBS – announced a pre-purchase of 193,125 tons of CDR from the carbon removal projects they will represent the largest diversified CDR portfolio in the world, which will offer more than 1000 years of CO2 storage once delivered. (Anna Peel, ValueWalk)

Students will occupy schools and universities today to show that "the climate crisis is not acceptable for the future of any person in society". Demonstrations will begin in Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico, Faculty of Arts and Psychology at the University of Lisbon and Don Luís de Gusmão High School), Porto (Soares dos Reis School of Art) and Faro (University of Faro and Tomás Cabreira High School). Activist Teresa Núncio, a spokeswoman for the occupations to end fossil fuels in Portugal, justified the protest for Lusa, saying the climate crisis remains "and continues to worsen" and is "neither normal nor acceptable for the future of students or anyone in society". Demonstrators are calling for an end to fossil fuel use by 2030 and "100 % of renewable and affordable electricity for all families by 2025". (TPN/Lusa)

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the global aviation sector soared in 2019, it contributed nearly 6 % to the planet-warming greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. A year later, as the industry was crippled by pandemic-related flight cancellations, that number dropped by 43 %. Last year it was still lower by 37 %. However, according to industry body the International Air Transport Association, air travel continues to increase. Greenhouse gas emissions are also growing. In response, the European Parliament announced a proposal to introduce environmental labels for air transport from 2025. The system should serve to inform passengers about the climate footprint of their flights. Carbon dioxide is responsible for only about one of the global warming effects attributed to air travel. Two-thirds are caused by other factors, most notably contrails, or contrails left behind by aircraft. Alternative flight paths could prevent contrails — those narrow white clouds that trace an airplane's path across the sky — that form when jet fuel, which contains kerosene, burns. At an average altitude of 8,000 to 12,000 meters (about 26,000 to 40,000 feet), the low temperatures cause water vapor to condense around the soot and sulfur that the jet emissions leave behind. The resulting ice crystals can remain suspended in the air for several hours. Contrails trap heat in the atmosphere, similar to a greenhouse, thereby greatly amplifying the impact of flying on the world's climate. Recent studies have shown that when it comes to global warming, contrails are about 1.7 times more harmful than CO2 emissions. On the plus side, condensation streaks are relatively easy to avoid. Using satellite data, flight planners can optimize aircraft routes to avoid weather conditions that promote contrail formation. Pilots can fly their jets, for example, 500 to 1,000 meters below, where temperatures are not so low. "It doesn't take a lot of effort to make these changes," said Markus Fischer, division director of the German Aerospace Center, adding that it would mean 1 to 5 % more fuel and flight time. But he told DW it would lead to a 30 to 80% reduction in the warming effect caused by factors other than CO2, he said. The European Union aims to include these non-CO2 climate impacts in future European emissions trading agreements. Airlines will have to start reporting such pollutants from 2025, according to a preliminary agreement in the European Parliament. (Gero Rueter, Microsoft Start)

Spain is ground zero for climate change in Europe and the Doñana Nature Reserve, which is at the center of a political dispute, is an "innocent victim" of the fight, WWF-Spain Secretary General Juan Carlos del Olmo told EURACTIV's partner EuroEFE in an interview. Del Olmo recalled that "Doñana is a European matter that affects everyone, not only because it is protected by European laws, but also because the European fauna and biodiversity and above all the birds of many European countries depend on Doñana to have water and it will be preserved so that the birds can hibernate on their way to Africa during migration”. The issue has become highly politicized and has entered the debate ahead of the Spanish regional and municipal elections scheduled for May 28 and before the general elections in December. The European Commission on Monday criticized the Doñana Irrigation Bill submitted by the regional government of Andalusia, saying the text goes "in the opposite direction" to the obligation to protect the natural reserve and "could degrade the wetlands". "The Andalusian government took a completely unilateral decision because this is a matter that only concerns the local level. But he is very seriously wrong, which is why the European Commission had to intervene as well," emphasizes the Spanish scientist. The dispute started around 2010, when WWF-Spain complained to the European Commission about the catastrophic situation in Doñana: "This led after a few years to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ), which condemned Spain for the situation in the wetlands", explains the expert. "Brussels had to intervene against the decision of the ECJ, which is not followed, and with the decision of the PP, Vox and the Junta, the critical situation in which Doñana finds itself is getting worse," he warns. According to Del Olmo, "pure political pre-election campaigning is being done" with a very serious issue that concerns not only Spain, but also the entire EU. "Spain is at 'ground zero' of climate change in Spain and Doñana is its innocent victim," he says. "What the Commission is doing now - for the third time since 2022, when the PP approved a similar measure that was later withdrawn - is very seriously warning that they consider the draft law presented by the Junta de Andalucía to be a mockery. Because instead of concrete measures to save Doñana, they are worsening its degradation and destruction," warns the expert. According to Del Olmo, the answer to the cause of the current situation is the proximity of regional and general elections. “Why is this (the bill) being done now if the problem has been going on for so long? This is being done because there are five city councils in play in the Doñana area, where the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) currently governs. It is a purely electoral proposal to get the votes of illegal (irrigation operators) in particular," he emphasizes. "Doñana became a hostage, a political tool. And because of this pre-election strategy, Spain is facing huge international discredit," he adds. "I think that in the end the government will have to appeal the law in the courts and we will spend several years in litigation, losing precious time to save Doñana," laments Del Olmo. (Fernando Heller, EuroEFE.EURACTIV.es)

 

Temperatures in the world's oceans are breaking fresh records and testing new highs for more than a month in an "unprecedented" run that has led scientists to declare that Earth has reached "uncharted territory" in the climate crisis. vThe rapid acceleration of ocean temperatures over the past month is an anomaly that scientists have yet to they have to explain. Data collected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), known as the Optimum Interpolated Sea Surface Temperature Series (OISST), collected by satellites and buoys, showed temperatures higher than any previous year in the series going back to 1981, continuously for the past 42 days.vThe world is thought to be on the verge of an El Niño weather event this year - a cyclical weather system in the Pacific that has a global warming effect. But the El Niño system has yet to develop, so this oscillation cannot explain the recent rapid warming at a time of year when ocean temperatures typically fall from their annual peaks in March and April. (The Guardian, Fiona Harvey Environment editor)

The Net Zero Australia Report came out on Friday and I have to tell you, it's a doozy! It is so huge that the summary report is 95 pages long. It would take me a month of Sundays to get through it all, but I have exactly One So on Sunday I'll quickly say what it's all about and describe how you're likely to see its results abused online and in the media. But don't worry, I'll see to it that Ronald, our bearded blogger, gets around to writing a detailed article later on what he says about the future of Australian solar power. Wait a minute… I'm Ronald, the bearded blogger! God forbid! I just did the work for myself! The Net Zero Australia report is a collaboration between the University of Melbourne, Princeton University, the University of Queensland, Nous Group Consulting and other special people. It describes in great detail what Australia needs to do to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It's an extremely interesting report that took a huge amount of work from a wide range of experts and is mostly wrong. It is simply inevitable that most of these predictions will be off. We're looking at a range of scenarios and there's no way they can all play out. If one of them is mostly right, well, it's just blind luck. Come on! Are you predicting things for 27+ years? It's like someone saying in 1990, "Hey, Trump is going to be president because he has a knack for writing 140 characters that really ticks off Americans!".(solarquotes, Ronald Brakels )

After the adoption of the work program Horizon Europe for the years 2023-2024. The European Commission announced new calls to support research and innovation within the EU mission Adaptation to climate change.

The following calls will be closed on September 20, 2023:

· HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-01: Testing and demonstration of transformative solutions increasing the resilience of the agricultural and/or forestry sector against climate change

· HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-02: Testing and demonstration of transformative solutions to protect critical infrastructure from climate change, incorporating solutions close to nature

· HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-03: Testing and Demonstration of Transformative Solutions for Building Resilience to Health Risks from the Effects of Climate Change

In addition, two joint calls with other EU missions were announced:

· Joint Demonstration with Cities Mission: Integrated Urban Greening and Renewal Planning for Urban Renewal, Resilience and Climate Neutrality - Application deadline is April 27, 2023

· Joint demonstration with the Ocean Mission and the Soil Conservation Mission: to demonstrate at the regional level an integrated approach to increasing the country's water retention capacity - application deadline is 20 September 2023

Details of the calls can be found in the Horizon Europe Work Program 2023-2024

  Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, causing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases that lead to loss of healthy life and, in the worst cases, preventable deaths. This briefing presents the status of ambient air pollutant concentrations in 2021 and 2022 for regulated pollutants in relation to both the EU air quality standards and the 2021 WHO guideline levels. The assessment shows that, despite continuous improvement, exceedances of air quality standards are common in throughout the EU, with concentrations significantly exceeding the latest WHO recommendations.

The EU and Norway today established a green alliance to strengthen their joint measures in the field of climate, efforts to protect the environment and cooperation in the field of clean energy and industrial transformation. The agreement was signed in Brussels by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated: "Norway is a long-term and reliable partner of the EU and we share a common vision of building a climate-neutral continent. We want our societies and economies to thrive together while reducing emissions, protecting nature, decarbonizing our energy systems and greening our industries. Thanks to this green alliance, our bond is even stronger and allows us to create a better future together." Both sides reaffirm their commitment to meet their respective targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % compared to 1990 by 2030 and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. Their goal is to keep the global temperature increase within the limit of 1.5°C according to the Paris Agreement and at the same time ensure energy security, environmental protection and human rights. The EU and Norway will work closely together to ensure the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement and the landmark biodiversity agreement reached at the UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP15). The Green Alliance between the EU and Norway, which is the most comprehensive form of bilateral cooperation established within the framework of the European Green Deal, was prepared and negotiated under the auspices of the Executive Vice-President for the European Ecological Convention Frans Timmermans. A press release with more information is available online and a statement from the Chair von der Leyen is available at the signing ceremony of the Green Alliance with the Norwegian Prime Minister Støre here.

 

Premieres Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 9:30am on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, April 9th at 2:00am on KPBS. A changing climate may be one of the biggest and most important challenges humanity has ever faced – but can we stop it before it's too late? NOVA "Chasing Carbon Zero" explores the science behind the technology that could help us reach net zero in the next thirty years. The US recently set an ambitious climate change goal: to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050 and cut emissions in half by 2030. But is it even achievable? What exactly would that mean? This episode takes a deep look at the problem and identifies real-world technologies that could be up to the task. From expanding the availability of renewable energy options, to designing more energy-efficient buildings, to revolutionizing the transportation sector, the film casts a hopeful yet skeptical eye. The problem is huge and time is running out, but there is still hope that we can achieve zero carbon footprint in time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Chasing Carbon Zero is presented, produced and directed by Miles O'Brien, journalist, which has been moving in climatic rhythm for 30 years. "It's time to shift the news narrative from gloom and doom to possible solutions," says O'Brien. "It's important that our viewers know that we have the technology to achieve net zero."

(KPBS, Jennifer Robinson)