Category Archives: US Climate Mayors

Keys to Climate Action

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Keys to Climate Action This is a talk that I gave to OLLI on National, State, Cities, and Businesses involved in Climate Action.  It also covers utilities, and individual actions.  It emphasizes California, wildfires, and sea level rise predictions and … Continue reading →

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Climate Action Shorts

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Climate Action Shorts Monday at 4 PM on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter will be the Climate Town Hall on the West Coast, PST.  This will be on C-SPAN2 at 7:45 PM – 9:15 PM PST.  Monday at 6 PM starts … Continue reading →

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Summary of US Climate Assessment: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Summary of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II:  Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States.  Americans Respond to the Impacts of Climate Change The climate report is required every four years by Congress, is completed by 13 agencies, … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Only What Climate Change Will Do to Our City, It’s to Our Whole Network

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

It’s Not Only What Climate Change Will Do To Our City, It’s What It Will Do To Our Whole Network We live in a complex interdependent world, where most of the connections are invisible to us.  Our city does not … Continue reading →

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Hazardous Climate Change Effects in a Conservative IPCC Report

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Hazardous Climate Change Effects in a Conservative IPCC Report The earth’s mean temperature has risen one degree Centigrade or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit from the pre-industrial age in 1750.  The European and Paris Agreement goal has been only a total 1.5 … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 2

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Notes on the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 2 The YouTube video is at https://youtu.be/en9cDvXWPtw This is a long set of notes, but the video is seven hours long. High-Level Thematic Dialogues The Ocean-Climate Challenge Julie Packard, Executive Director of … Continue reading →

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America’s Pledge Report Launch by Gov. Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

America’s Pledge Report Launch by Gov. Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg A Half Hour YouTube Video. Searching on YouTube only turns up the 12 minute video before the questions. The America’s Pledge Report link is: https://www.bbhub.io/dotorg/sites/28/2018/09/Fulfilling-Americas-Pledge_Executive-Summary_2018.pdf Michael Bloomberg, UN Ambassador … Continue reading →

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Notes From the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 1

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Notes From the Global Climate Action Summit, Day 1 Over 4,000 people representing key climate action operators are taking part in GCAS. The sessions on Thursday and Friday, September 13 and 14, 2018, are being streamed live on YouTube, and … Continue reading →

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Warming of Land, the Northern Hemisphere, and the USA through 2017

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We can now update warming through 2017. While the global warming numbers are important, we live on land.  We grow our crops on land.  The forests and plants that transform our generated CO2 back to Oxygen using photosynthesis are mainly … Continue reading →

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How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways (Apologies to William Shakespeare) First of all, which state could harbor the three million undocumented and potential illegal voters that Trump dreams that he lost by. California not only … Continue reading →

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