December 1, 1976 – Met Office boss still saying carbon dioxide build-up a non-issue December 1, 2005 – David Cameron says “low carbon living should not be a weird or worthy obligation” December 2, 1991 – “Ecologically Sustainable Development” bites the dust… December 2, 1964 – Mario Savio’s “bodies on the gears” speech at Berkeley.. […]
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On this day in 1980 an international gathering of scientists took place in Villlach, Austria. “The first major initiative to result from the establishment of the WCP was an international conference on climate change, held in Villach, Austria, from 17 to 22 November 1980. Under the chairmanship of Professor Bert Bolin of the University of […]
On this day, November 15, in 1958 one of the first papers about, well, our current problem, was submitted for publication. 1958 Bolin and Eriksson’s classic paper “Changes in the Carbon Dioxide Content of the Atmosphere and Sea Due to Fossil Fuel Combustion” submitted. [The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere […]
On this day, July 29 1974 a World Meteorological Organisation conference on climate modelling began, running until 10 August. As Bert Bolin (one of THE key figures) wrote in the foreword- At the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm in June 1972, it was emphasized that the earth’s climate is of […]
Below is a brilliant guest post, by Swedish historian Kristoffer Ekberg. If there are other folks out there who want to write guest posts – please do get in touch! drmarchudson@gmail.com 14 June 1979 and the messy inclusion of climate change in energy politics Kristoffer Ekberg On this date, 14 June 1979, the Swedish government […]
On this day, the 25th of April 1974, German climatologist Hermann Flohn is flown – see what I did there? – to Stockholm (well, maybe he took the train who knows?) to brief the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme on the build-up of carbon dioxide. in the atmosphere This was at the behest of Swedish […]
Jan 12, 1983 – RIP Carroll Wilson, “master organizer in world of science” (and early climate connector) On this day, in 1983, a man died who you’ve almost certainly never heard of, but is one of the many who tried – ultimately unsuccessfully – to raise the alarm over 50 years ago. “Wilson then turned […]
Right now this is just a listing. When I have time/skills I will do something a little more imaginative, visually attractive/user-friendly… 1759 December 22, 1759 – “What have ye done?” 1768 March 21, 1768 – Joseph Fourier born 1824 Will have to write something about Fourier, citing Fleming, J. (1999) Joseph Fourier, the ‘greenhouse effect’ […]
Oh my there are so many books about climate change. So so many books these days. They are very good at cat-belling, less good at the what is to be done (differently), by who, how, when. Over time I may categorise, but for now, this- Bolin, B. (2010). A History of the Science and Politics […]