Alan Burns

New blog from Northern Italy where we've had two long walks in rains that have hit hard and caused flooding in Venice. thinkglobalgreen.org/category/2018-…

Climate Pilgrimage blog from (near) Venice as we are now one-third of our way to Katowice. Eight more days in Italy before crossing into Slovenia - thinkglobalgreen.org/category/2018-…

New TGG blog from Ferrara in Norther Italy - all going well - pictured street cleanup with refugees in Ravenna - #more-5042" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thinkglobalgreen.org/2018/10/20/oct…

Climate walk blog from Ravenna (on way to Katowice, Poland) - thinkglobalgreen.org/2018/10/17/rav…

2nd blog Climate Walk: Pictured Yeb Sano with mayor of Sindaco del Comune di Assisi, Ing. Stefania Proietti where we spent afternoon with Antonello Pasini, from the Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research at the National Research Council in Rome - thinkglobalgreen.org/category/2018-…

2018 Climate Pilgrimage from the Vatican to Katowice for COP-24 - first blog October 8 - thinkglobalgreen.org/category/2018-…

A Filipina stands in front of the Wall Street Bull in New York City, the financial hub of the fossil fuel industry. Let's stand with her. Demand #ClimateJustice >> act.gp/2NcQmeb #NICC #ClimateWeekNYC

Fossil fuel divestment funds rise to $6 trillion: Oil majors now cite divestment as a risk to them as insurance industry leads sell-off. Fossil fuel divestment began on US university campuses in 2011 but now spans 37 nations around the world ~ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Rise of Climate Day - Sept. 8. Tens of thousands of people will take to the streets on every continent on Saturday in the framework of the Rise for Climate event ~ dw.com/en/paris-agree…

Big win for First Nations in Canada. Canadian court overturns approval of Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, ruling that Ottawa failed to adequately consider First Nations concerns - reuters.com/article/us-kin…

FOCUS Subsidies to Fossil Fuels - The evidence points to a publicly financed bailout for some of the world’s largest, most carbon-intensive and polluting companies - diverts investment from economic low-carbon alternatives such as solar, wind ~thinkglobalgreen.org/category/focus/

A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond which human efforts to reduce emissions will be increasingly futile ` theguardian.com/environment/20…

August 1: Earth Overshoot Day. The average US person creates 13 times as much damage to the environment as someone in Brazil, uses 35 times the resources of a typical person in India - thinkglobalgreen.org/2018/07/24/foc…

With heatwave season arriving, FOCUS today on the "Silent Killer" - Over the last 30 years, increasingly broiling summer heat has claimed more American lives than flooding, tornadoes or hurricanes, according to the U.S. National Weather Service ~ thinkglobalgreen.org/category/focus/

Oil companies upset win in court. Judge rules Congress and President (Trump) best suited to address global warming. abcnews.go.com/Technology/wir…

Refugees the world barely pays attention to: An emerging category, “climate refugees,” lacks any protection under international law. Since 2008, 24 million people have been displaced by catastrophic weather disasters each year thinkglobalgreen.org/category/newsd…

"Egypt: 5 million could be displaced by climate change. The climate change on Egypt's northern coast is expected to lead to the migration of at least five million people from the Nile Delta if appropriate measures are not taken" buff.ly/2K9LfKd

Rainbow Warrior ship makes first official visit to Singapore to spread green message str.sg/ofWW

Because of climate change, more people in the U.S. will die in future from heatwaves than floods, tornadoes or hurricanes ~ thinkglobalgreen.org

ZERO HOUR MOVEMENT: Young people will march for climate action- JULY 21. Millennials can make a huge difference ~ thinkglobalgreen.org