Posts in Climate Change
The Carbon Clock Is Ticking: Pre-publication Overview

A dynamic reality check on the existential apparatus the fossil fuel industry has been building on a planetary scale since the 1980s. ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell, and API have known the consequences of burning fossil fuels for more than forty years, but these Big Oil companies continue to burn the future that children and young people will be forced to live.

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Time's Up: Can Science Save Us?

My hope is that the book will not only provide support for the scientists who are providing the evidence of human impact on the planet. I also hope the book shines a spotlight on the extraordinary efforts of the civil society Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) who participate in the yearly UN HLPFs

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Youth Rising: How Children and Youth are Transforming the United Nations and Driving a Global Paradigm Shift in the Structure of Human Societies

Energy is being released that has historically been repressed. Young people are rising and the U.N. is supporting their call for global action. Across all sectors there is a conscious commitment to include the participation of youth in addressing global challenges, transforming boundaries, and embracing equity in global solutions.

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News, Climate ChangeDenny Taylor
The Peculiar Case of Asteroids and Elephants

The contrast between the hyper-preparations to repel asteroids that might collide with Earth more than 100 years hence, and the dangerous absurdity of denying the existential risks that we face now, is illustrated by the plight of the African elephant. The largest remaining land mammal on the planet is facing a crisis in survival due to climate change, the ecological destruction of habitats, and mass killings.

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News, Climate ChangeDenny Taylor
Family Literacy Fosters Ties Between Nations and Responds to the Climate Emergency

Family literacy is a research based, capacity building concept, based on ancient traditions, that has a proven global record of projects and initiatives that can result in rapid transformative change Surprising to many and unnoticed by most UN Member States there are multilateral initiatives taking place right now that unite people in local communities in many countries of the world.

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