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Alternate Keynote from We Don't Have Time at Davos 2026
Climate crisis was literally put on ice at Davos. World leaders ignored it completely.
Just before President Trump’s address, an alternative WEF speech was delivered in #Davos by some of the world’s leading scientists and systems thinkers.
As it was not permitted on the public square, the only available space was a pile of snow. A science-based intervention, delivered from the margins at a moment when silence has become the norm.
#SandrineDixson-Declève, #JohanRockström
Carlos Nobre, and Paul Polman presented a clear alternative to the economic and political model on display in Davos, addressing climate reality head on, calling out the insanity of continuing economic policies that damage the Earth.
Courtesy of We Don't Have Time
Thumbnail, Eric Dehais
See all of We Don't Have Time's Davos coverage:
https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events...
Just before President Trump’s address, an alternative WEF speech was delivered in #Davos by some of the world’s leading scientists and systems thinkers.
As it was not permitted on the public square, the only available space was a pile of snow. A science-based intervention, delivered from the margins at a moment when silence has become the norm.
#SandrineDixson-Declève, #JohanRockström
Carlos Nobre, and Paul Polman presented a clear alternative to the economic and political model on display in Davos, addressing climate reality head on, calling out the insanity of continuing economic policies that damage the Earth.
Courtesy of We Don't Have Time
Thumbnail, Eric Dehais
See all of We Don't Have Time's Davos coverage:
https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events...
The Phosphorus Conundrum
As Isaac Asimov put it “Life can multiply until all the phosphorus has gone and then there is an inexorable halt which nothing can prevent’’
We have to find ways to preserve phosphorus where it’s needed, and to keep it from fostering algae blooms in the water. Instead of replenishing it in large quantities after every harvest, farms need to make use of microbes and certain crops that can keep it in the soil.
Phosphorus, which literally means light bearer, for its phosphorescent quality, gives life, but in the wrong place and in the wrong quantity it’s an environmental hazard.
Professors #StephenPorder of Brown University and Eric Roy of the University of Vermont explain their work on the phosphorous cycle.
For more about Life’ s essential elements , read Stephen’s book Elemental: How five elements changed Earth's past and will shape our future
We have to find ways to preserve phosphorus where it’s needed, and to keep it from fostering algae blooms in the water. Instead of replenishing it in large quantities after every harvest, farms need to make use of microbes and certain crops that can keep it in the soil.
Phosphorus, which literally means light bearer, for its phosphorescent quality, gives life, but in the wrong place and in the wrong quantity it’s an environmental hazard.
Professors #StephenPorder of Brown University and Eric Roy of the University of Vermont explain their work on the phosphorous cycle.
For more about Life’ s essential elements , read Stephen’s book Elemental: How five elements changed Earth's past and will shape our future
Nitrogen, Essential Element, Critical Problems
Industrial production of #nitrogen and phosphorus for agriculture has expanded global food production, swelling the human population to over 8 billion. The run off from farms into waterways and sewage systems, as well as nitrous oxide into the air disrupt biogeochemical flows, which are now beyond safe boundaries for planetary health*.
While these essential elements can be kept in check with natural barriers like prairie strips on farms, vegetation on river banks, and by updating sewage treatment further downstream, lawsuits under the Clean water act are often needed to make it happen. The Narragansett Bay and the Long Island Sound are two examples where mitigation has been effective.
Reducing production of beef, dairy and lamb, which use ¾ of all farmland, is a critical step in bringing essential elements back into balance., as Stephen Porder explains.
Many thanks to our guests,
#StephenPorder, Acacia Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society and Associate Provost for Sustainability at Brown University, author of Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future and co-founder of the public radio program, Possibly.
Lenny Meyersen, Environmental Engineer and former Deputy Commissioner of Environmental Health in Westchester County.
While these essential elements can be kept in check with natural barriers like prairie strips on farms, vegetation on river banks, and by updating sewage treatment further downstream, lawsuits under the Clean water act are often needed to make it happen. The Narragansett Bay and the Long Island Sound are two examples where mitigation has been effective.
Reducing production of beef, dairy and lamb, which use ¾ of all farmland, is a critical step in bringing essential elements back into balance., as Stephen Porder explains.
Many thanks to our guests,
#StephenPorder, Acacia Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society and Associate Provost for Sustainability at Brown University, author of Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future and co-founder of the public radio program, Possibly.
Lenny Meyersen, Environmental Engineer and former Deputy Commissioner of Environmental Health in Westchester County.
Planetary Health Check 2025
Johan Rockstrom recently delivered a critical message at Re:Publica 2025.
To amplify his message, we are re publishing #DecisiveDecade ,Global Promises to Planetary Action . Rockstrom and his team at Potsdam Institute clearly map the state of the planet, showing how we risk destablizing the life support systems of the planet, as we approach irrevisible tipping points and cross planetary boundaries , six out of nine of which are already breached. Anyone who cares about where we stand in 2025, needs to hear #JohanRockstrom.
https://re-publica.com/
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To amplify his message, we are re publishing #DecisiveDecade ,Global Promises to Planetary Action . Rockstrom and his team at Potsdam Institute clearly map the state of the planet, showing how we risk destablizing the life support systems of the planet, as we approach irrevisible tipping points and cross planetary boundaries , six out of nine of which are already breached. Anyone who cares about where we stand in 2025, needs to hear #JohanRockstrom.
https://re-publica.com/
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Planetary Boundaries
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