Every single day was over a degree above the pre-industrial level
C3S Report
A Great Loss for Ecosocialism
PAUL BURKETT, REST IN POWER
In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024
Opinion
An ecosocialist strategy to make 1.5° possible
David Schwartzman argues for an 'Eco-Leninist' movement against fossil fuels
Translation
Introduction to the Brazilian edition of Facing the Anthropocene
Important steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history
COPout 28
Taking stock of COP28: Thirteen observations
Final declaration of the debacle in Dubai mentioned fossil fuel, but promised nothing
READING MATTERS
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2023
Eight important new books for the rebels and revolutionaries on your list
Panama
Ecological uprising evicts transnational mining company
Panamanian socialist describes “the biggest mobilizations we have ever seen in this country"
Dubai
COP28: Where fossil fuel industries go to gloat
Another summit that has all the hallmarks of gross failure
Climate Crisis
Extreme weather in India: A disaster nearly every day
Extreme weather events have killed nearly 3,000 people in India this year
New Research
Carbon dioxide becomes more potent as world heats
Future CO2 emissions will cause more 25% warming than CO2 emissions today
Social Murder
Worldwide, 1 in 12 hospitals won’t survive extreme weather
Risk of damage to hospitals from extreme weather has increased by 41% since 1990
State of the Global Climate
Record heat driving a trail of devastation and death
WMO says 2023 is certain to be hottest year on record, and extreme weather is hitting all inhabited continents
Dubai 2023
Another oil-soaked climate summit disaster looms
South African elites join forces with petro-imperialists at the 28th Conference of Polluters
Book Review
If capitalism is ‘natural,’ why was so much force used to build it?
How peasants fought to protect common land and resisted wage labor
Social murder
Fossil fuel air pollution causes 20% of all deaths
Fossil fuel pollution kills more people each year than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined
WMO Report
Greenhouse Gas concentrations hit record high. Again.
The last time the Earth experienced CO2 levels this high was 3-5 million years ago
Anthropocene
The scariest climate graph of all
The actions we take now will determine Earth's climate for 5,000 generations
UN Report
Promised emission cuts are ‘severely off track’
National plans propose baby steps, when bold strides are needed
AGRA
Hijacking food policies to feed agribusiness
In Africa, 'green revolution' policies are enriching food giants, while increasing hunger and squeezing out small farmers
Metabolic Rifts
Amazon deforestation: A time bomb for new pandemics
Environmental destruction strengthens existing diseases and exposes humans to new pathogens