Nov 26, 2020
We can only hope, going forward from increasingly alarming
climate change horrors of the past few years, that the Biden-Harris
administration will make climate change a top policy concern after
COVID19. The appointment of John Kerry as The Special Presidential
Envoy for Climate certainly suggests this intention.
And, just in time, since this past August saw the US facing
unprecedented climate emergencies,
struggling to tackle the biggest wildfire in modern history.
And for climate at the world at large, for the first time on
record,
the Arctic sea ice did not start to freeze at the end of
October
This interview is a reprise of a conversation we had for @KGNU
with Dr Todd Sanford during his time at The Union of Concerned
Scientists.
UCS is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a
healthy environment and a safer world. The organization "strives
for independent scientific research and citizen action to develop
innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes
in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer
choices."
What began as a collaboration between students and faculty
members at the
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1969 is now an alliance of more
than 400,000 citizens and scientists. UCS members are people from
all walks of life: parents and businesspeople, biologists and
physicists, teachers and students.
The
organization's achievements over the decades show that
thoughtful action based on the best available science can help
safeguard our future and the future of our planet.
