How to Increase Public Consciousness of Climate Change through Weather Forecasts

What about broadcasting the climate information through weather forecasts? The information includes climate facts, forecasts and tips. Facts are what have already happened. Forecasts are what will happen if we keep doing business as usual. Tips are what we can do to deal with the climate crisis. The following messages are some examples.

Today's climate fact is: “Global average temperatures have increased 1.1°C in the last few hundred years”.
Today's climate fact is: “The average global sea level rose by 20 centimeters between 1901 and 2018”.
Today's climate fact is: “Current extinction rates are 1,000 times higher than the natural rates of extinction”.
Today's climate forecast is: “Earth’s average temperature will increase to roughly 4.5°C above the pre-industrial levels by 2100”.
Today's climate forecast is: “Future extinction rates are likely to be 10,000 times higher than the natural rates of extinction”.
Today's climate forecast is: “Most of the world’s population will struggle for access to water by 2050”.
Today's climate tip is: “Less consumption, less destruction”.
Today's climate tip is: “More vegans, more virtue”.
Today's climate tip is: “Less cars, less carbon dioxide”.
Et cetera.

I suggest adding one of the climate messages to the beginning of any weather forecast. When the message is being broadcasted, some websites such as 'climatescience.org' should be shown on the screen in case the audience want to learn more about climate change.

*This idea was inspired by Clara Mottura who told me that people's inaction on climate change was due to their climate unconsciousness and disengagement. I hope broadcasting the climate information through weather forecasts will raise the public awareness of climate crisis and encourage people to take action on the global warming.

Food waste. Many of us believe this type of waste is not harmful to our environment. It is organic right? So, it will be absorbed by nature as many of us believe. Plastic waste, however, is harmful, and we should not pollute our environment with single-use plastic items. Much media attention is given to this plastic waste subject around the globe. But sending just 1kg of food waste to landfill, produces the same carbon emissions as landfilling a staggering 25,000 500ml plastic bottles.
When composing a waste management strategy, please take into account food waste.

https://medium.com/mark-and-focus/nature-based-solutions-for-water-secu…

Barbados PM: Climate change requires a new financial architecture for us all

Gender equality and climate action: five lessons from the Lancet

1. Address both sex differences and gender inequalities.

2. Focus on important things rather than everything.

3. Change systems, services, and individuals and communities.

4. Measure success in a consistent and meaningful way.

5. Engage with women as consumers, producers, and innovators rather than just as beneficiaries.

Read the article to find out more!

FAO at 75 – Grow, nourish, sustain. Together.

Born in 1945 amid the idealism of post-war reconstruction, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations sets out to increase farm output around the world and make famines a thing of the past. Over the subsequent 75 years, FAO’s outlook and body of work acquire new environmental and sustainability dimensions (FAO, 2020).

By 2020, continued success has required strategic re-invention. As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates vulnerabilities linked to conflict and climate change, FAO is looking to advanced research partnerships, digitalization, and wall-to-wall innovation to help end hunger and malnutrition. With ten years to go until the Sustainable Development Goals come due, the race is on for bold answers and dramatic solutions (FAO, 2020).

FAO World Food Day Poster Contest (ages 5-19)
If you are or know someone who is between ages 5 and 19, FAO wants to hear from you! Please consider using your imagination and create a poster showing a world where no one is left behind, and everyone has access to healthy and affordable food (FAO, 2022).

Everything in our world is connected – from our food to our cultures, environment and economies. Today, many people continue to face global challenges like poverty and hunger, climate change, conflict and inequality. Global challenges need global solutions! We can all learn how to be part of these global solutions, for a sustainable future where every person counts. Take a photo or scan your poster and submit your entry by filling out the form on the FAO website (below).

Three winners in each age category will be selected and announced in December. Winners will be promoted by FAO offices around the world and receive a surprise gift bag and Certificate of Recognition. To participate, you must be aged 5 - 19. The deadline for entries is 4 November 2022 (FAO, 2022).
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https://www.fao.org/home/en
https://hungermap.wfp.org/
https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/contest/en
https://www.fao.org/3/cb1182en/cb1182en.pdf
https://www.fao.org/news/podcast/fao75
https://www.fao.org/news/podcast/fao75-2
https://www.fao.org/news/podcast/fao75-3

Introducing the Tri-Agency Earth Observing Dashboard (EOD) by NASA, ESA, and JAXA...

International collaboration among space agencies is central to the success of satellite Earth observations and data analysis, aiming at providing an accurate and timely information to decision-makers, main stakeholders and public. These partnerships foster more comprehensive measurements, robust datasets, and cost-effective missions (EOD, 2022).

The European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have combined their resources, technical knowledge, and expertise to produce this Earth Observing Dashboard, which strengthens our understanding of global environmental changes and other societal challenges impacting our planet (EOD, 2022).

The dashboard provides an easy-to-use resource for all kinds of public from the scientist to the decision-maker, including people not familiar with satellites. Based on accurate remote sensing observations, the EOD showcases examples of global environmental changes on 7 themes: Atmosphere, Oceans, Biomass, Cryosphere, Agriculture, Covid-19 and Economy. The dashboard offers a precise, objective and factual view without any artifacts of our planet. Users can explore countries and regions around the world to see how the indicators in specific locations changed over time. ESA, JAXA, and NASA will continue to enhance this dashboard as new data becomes available (EOD, 2022).
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https://eodashboard.org/

Just a few months after the show of international common purpose at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, countries including the US, Canada and Australia are among those with the most destructive oil and gas projects, threatening to shatter the target of limiting global heating to 1.5C.

A Guardian investigation has revealed that the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms have 195 “carbon bomb” projects that would each emit at least 1bn tonnes of CO2 – and that 60% are already under way.

Why are energy giants continuing to invest in fossil fuel projects capable of causing such colossal harm?