There is more than meets the eye here. As well as the official agreement of 71 paragraphs put out by the United Nations, there have been individual agreements made, such as the agreement of China and the USA, which is significant because these are the world's two largest polluting countries. But these are not the …
Tag: climate change
COP26, the first week
We have now finished the first week of COP26. COP stands for Conference of the Parties. The 2021 Glasgow meeting will be the 26th meeting, which is why it's called COP26. It will be attended by countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - a treaty agreed on in 1994. A …
God has lavished his grace on us in love
Radio Leeds andHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 14th February 2021 The 'Ruth' window in the north aisle at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield This week I received my Covid vaccination. The invitation came on Tuesday, two weeks to the day after I had received the negative result from my Covid test, I had the jab on Thursday after …
Fragile civilisation
Will society as we know it survive the 21st Century? Human civilisation is an intensely fragile construction. It is built on little more than belief: belief in the rightness of its values; belief in the strength of its system of law and order; belief in its currency; above all, perhaps, belief in its future. Uncivilization: The …
For the Greta good
For the Greta good Greta Thunberg and climate change As an autistic person, I am always pleased when I see other people with autism who are successful. David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist with Talking Heads, and TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose documentary Asperger's and me was shown on BBC in 2017 are two …
Models
Climate change and Theology (part 2) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. When talking of models of climate change Schmidt says, "Modals are not right or wrong, they're always wrong. They are approximations." The question …
Emergent
Climate change and Theology (part 1) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. The first thing that struck me was the use of the word emergent, or rather the label emergent. It is one of …
Making an ass of myself 