Patagonia

This year, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) — the world’s highest court — is hearing its first argument about climate commitments. In an effort to make sure countries and corporations follow existing laws and agreements relating to climate change and environmental protection, groups have started pushing for legal action at the international scale. Research shows that the current climate agreements won’t stave off the worst harms of climate change — and many countries are failing to meet their own commitments. A number of activist groups, mostly from developing nations already facing the realities of a changing climate, are taking a new legal approach to climate action. They are arguing that climate change cases are human rights cases and in doing so are wading into unprecedented legal waters. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with three scholars about current legal cases tying climate change and human rig...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Eleven dead, two missing, over fifty injured, enormous damage to homes and infrastructure.It is the sad balance of severe floods which devastated the Marche between 15 and 16 September.In two or three hours about 400 mm of rain fell, he said the Civil Protection, a third of the rain that usually falls in a year.The provinces of Ancona, Pesaro and Urbino were the most affected.In Senigallia the Misa river broke its banks and invaded the city center. Yes question on the real possibility of predicting an event of this severity, on the effectiveness of the Civil Protection weather warning systems and on the state of the prevention measures adopted in recent years by the Region and Municipality to limit the impact of extreme events, which unfortunately are increasingly frequent now at all latitudes. In the meantime have been opened two investigations, one by the Ancona Prosecutor's Offic...

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, his wife and their two adult children have irrevocably transferred their ownership of the outdoor apparel company to a set of trusts and nonprofit organizations. From now on, the corporation’s profits will fund efforts to deal with climate change, as well as protect wilderness areas. It will, however, remain a privately held enterprise. According to initial reports about this unusual approach to philanthropy that ran on Sept. 14, 2022, Patagonia is worth about US$3 billion and its profits that will be donated in perpetuity could total $100 million every year. The Conversation U.S. asked Indiana University’s Ash Enrici – a scholar who studies how philanthropy affects the environment – to explain why this arrangement is so significant. 1. Is this move part of a trend? The biggest donors, those giving away billions of dollars, are increasingly making climate change a priority. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for example, announ...