GreenPolicy360 Archive Highlights 2015

Eyes on the Future

"We can commit to do more."

- Gavin Schmidt, NASA Goddard climate science director

150 countries representing around 90% of the world’s carbon emissions have now filed pledges

♦ Climate Action National Plans/INDCs Arriving / Which Countries Are Doing the Most? / Eleven Countries that are Leading the Shift to Renewable Energy

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♦ Sustainable Development Goals

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♦ Peace Keeping Summit [1]

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♦ Conference of Parties 21, UN Climate Change Conference

Read More ♦ [2] ♦ [3] ♦ [4] ♦ [5] ♦ [6]

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Laudato Si'

Vatican announcement of a first "Eco-encyclical"

Catholic Pontiff Speaks of an 'Integral Ecology'

From the first Catholic pope to name himself after St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of the environment and wildlife

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"Racing Extinction" - The Movie

“We’re not making a movie, we’re starting a movement. This film is one component of a movement that will go on and on...

to live in people’s hearts and minds and change behavior. We are the only generation that can save species for millions of years going forward.”

There is No Plan(et) B

• http://racingextinction.com/

• http://racingextinction.com/the-film/#press-kitA

• http://racingextinction.com/resources/#video-galleryA

Racing Extinction

Racing Extinction ○ #RacingExtinction @RacingXtinction

“I told the crew, 'We’re not making a movie – we’re starting a movement'. This film is one component of a movement that will go on and on...

and hopefully live in people’s hearts and minds and change behavior. We are the only generation that can save species for millions of years going forward...”

Large (charismatic) vs. Small Species

In the Smallest Creatures

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Tree_of_Life

Updates

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Planet Labs / New Space

Planet Labs Platform Beta to Advance Sustainable Development Goals

Open California -- California imaging from Planet Labs fleet, a "full historical archive" now available under a CC BY-SA license

Planet Labs / Updates

https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly

https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites

https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Democratization_of_Space

https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space

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California out in front modeling and sharing green best practices

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future

Here come the 'EV Corridors' and Solar-Charging Stations -- New Motto, More Sun, Less Exxon

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• President Obama Announces U.S. Clean Power Plan

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Climate Publishers Network

May 2015, New International Media Network to share climate change news

“Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity is currently facing and requires new ways of collaborating across geographic as well as political boundaries.”

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Astronaut Gerst --- 'Planet Citizen' Video

• OCO-2 reports most detailed CO2 measurements
• Take a look at the UN Climate Change Newsroom
• The World Bank's point of view re climate change

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File:DSCOVR-Day before Christmas2015 m.jpg

DSCOVR/EPIC 'News from a Million Miles'

You are being imaged!

Visit EarthPOV for DSCOVR/EPIC News

● VR -- The "Big Picture" -- Earth ●

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• The Earth & Moon as Never Before Seen

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DSCOVR with EPIC imaging goes LIVE! --- "Beautiful reminder that we need to protect the only planet we have"

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Atmospheric Science Studying the "Thin Blue Layer"

https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/OCO-2

OCO-2 / Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission

I am OCO-2 -- reporting home Climate deniers blame global warming on nature. This NASA data begs to differ

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I am OCO-2

Earth atmosphere emission data begins to be made available -- Sept 2015

CO2 Virtual Science Data Environment / GOSAT --- AQUA --- OCO-2 --- http://tccon.ornl.gov/

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Watching the Planet Breathe

It's Your Breathing Planet

#climateaction

#COP21

#INDCs

#climatechange

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Monitoring Earth's Essential Systems

Earth Right Now: Briefing @NASA

• Highlighting Results from New Earth Missions (as of 2015)

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http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/

http://climate.nasa.gov/

http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/

https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/

Earth Science Vital Signs

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http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NASA_EarthSciences,_Challenges_Public_to_Join_In

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