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climate changes

literature

From eco-nightmares to historical relief

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future

THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH: In a groundbreaking new collective novel, we can read about how the climate crisis is escalating and a new ecological world order is emerging.
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literature

“It would is not over. Long live what it would be! ”

Paul Wapner: Is Wildness Over?

NATURE: The attempt to control nature's wildness locally has created uncontrolled effects globally. Do we have to freeze and sweat more in the future, or is civilization far wilder?
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INTERVIEW

"Our existence depends on changing our growth and consumption habits"

THE WOMAN OF CHANGE: MODERN TIMES talks this time with experienced Sandrine Dixson-Declève about sustainable growth and green development. She is now the leader of the European Commission's expert group for research and innovation.
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literature

Political climate change

Naomi Klein: On Fire – The Burning case for a Green New Deal

TURNING POINT: Naomi Klein appears credible when she advocates a total social upheaval – a fight for justice in the name of the climate.
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COMMENT

Deadly, complicated and expensive nuclear waste

: In 2019, there are 17 tonnes of highly active nuclear waste that will be cleared and stored in Norwegian nature. It is a very complicated and environmentally hazardous work, which the authorities have been pushing ahead for years.
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literature

Right's green dream

Venkat Sumantran, Charles Fine and David Gonsalvez: Faster, Smarter, Greener. The Future of the Car and Urban Mobility

: In step with climate change and increasing environmental crises, the need for change is recognized. The question is what this implies.
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literature

Accept as a prescription

Per Espen Stoknes: What we think about when we try not to think about global warming

: The situation does not look promising, but pessimism must give way to acceptance and then action.
Svein Hammer -
documentary

Documentaries that will change the world

: We are facing a new wave of documentaries that are not content with showing reality. They want to create real social change, far beyond the traditional showrooms.
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