Herb Simmens

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Forum 2026: Where the Climate Emergency Stands Now

Red alert, not “record”: every new climate “record” is another alarm bell that our house is on fire. Climate Emergency Forum is about using the exits we already have—cut fossil fuels, protect nature, and share Earth forward. @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social @herbsimmens.bsky.social youtu.be/XJIDvwwPb1Q

Don’t miss this conversation coming in part from a research ship of the coast of Antarctica discussing the feasibility of erecting a giant curtain on the sea bed near the Doomsday glacier - Thwaites - to slow its melting to help prevent a sea level rise of as much as 11 feet in the coming centuries

Most American states do the opposite they charge electric vehicles more for annual registration to make up for the loss of gasoline taxes from using an EV.

Washington DC recently started charging an annual registration for vehicles based upon weight ranging from 72 to $500 with EV only $36 a year.

Irreversible catastrophic climate tipping points are on the verge of being activated throughout the planet. Please don’t miss this conversation discussing what they are and what we might be able to do about it

Don’t miss a conversation with one of the world’s leading climate scientists and diplomats Sir David King as he talks about his role advising British Prime Ministers and his childhood in South Africa

Coral Reefs are more than aesthetically wondrous creations. They are amongst the most productive areas on the planet.

Their loss would be devastating for the oceans.

Join the Climate Emergency Forum as we discuss what’s happening to them and what we can do about it.

I was a volunteer at Kfar Aza in 1971 one of the happiest stretches of my life working with warm wonderful people to build a model community. May peace and healing come to all

Restoring a Healthy Climate: Nature Inspired Interventions to cool the planet and rekindle hope · Luma Global temperature increases and their impacts are accelerating faster than scientists projected. Irreversible climate tipping points in the Amazon, Arctic,…

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Please join the Healthy Climate Initiative for an exciting event spotlighting promising ways to restore a safe climate. This program will be held in NY as part of the NY Climate Week on Sept 22 at 4 PM. A wine and cheese reception will follow. Registration link below

Peter Wadhams is truly a legendary climate polar scientist and explorer who sat down to talk about his extraordinary life and his over 50 expeditions 300 papers and best selling books. A true pioneer who has contributed so much.

Don’t miss it!

I had the great pleasure to host a conversation with one of Canada‘s leading architects and urbanists Lloyd Alter.

Don’t miss this engaging conversation that also featured our two regular Canadian climate experts Paul Beckwith and Dr. Peter Carter.

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Forum Cities and the Climate Emergency

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I had the great pleasure to host a conversation with one of Canada‘s leading architects and urbanists Lloyd Alter.

We talked about some of the many ways that cities and the people within them can address the climate emergency while also making for smarter cities

When the world’s leading climate scientist Dr Jim Hansen publishes a paper that shows that temps will increase faster than projected it’s time to pay attention.

Watch as two of the best climate scientists Paul Beckwith and Dr. Peter Carter discuss the paper and what it means for all of us.

You will never think of Climate economics the same way after watching Steve Keen eviscerate the mainstream climate economics profession for their systematic unwillingness or inability to accept the brutal reality of the climate crisis.

And the enormous price we’ve all paid for that failure.

Few can match Dr Ye Tao ‘s knowledge about materials, energy, heat and climate.

Watch as he gives a master class on sustainable cooling approaches that may be able to help many millions survive in the hotter deadlier world we are beginning to experience

The Executive Summary is a mishmash of unrelated and often dubious observations seemingly designed to avoid acknowledging the reality and danger of the climate crisis.

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Forum Forest Power: Cooling the Planet Naturally

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Don’t miss this exciting conversation on a little known yet entirely feasible approach to cool the climate and help reverse climate change!

Thank you. It was a well run Conf with lots of provocative breakout sessions and some really dynamic panel discussions. And it’s hard of course to imagine a more important or in most cases more contentious topic.

And most importantly John’s mic is on its way back home…

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Forum Planetary Boundaries: Navigating Our Limits

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I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Johan Rockstrom on behalf of the Climate Emergency Forum at the Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter, UK earlier this month.

Johan was chosen as one of the 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in 2023.

Actually that was London Climate week. So much for Auto complete

YouTube video by MEER SRM Herb Simmens at London Climate Week: "The Climate Triad: Restoring a Safe and Healthy Climate"

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I had the honor and privilege of moderating a panel at the London Employment Week sponsored by an amazing organization Meer.org

I also presented an approach that could restore a safe and healthy climate through the Climate Triad.

Thank you Phoebe!

Climate extremes will get vastly worse soon whether or not emissions are rapidly reduced. Any reduction in emissions will not become evident for decades according to the best science

Dr Peter Carter the CEF regular panelist has called this paper the most important Climate paper he’s ever read.

Don’t miss this program that discusses what a realistic climate strategy should look like.

Watch as the creator of the exciting concept of movable islands discusses what they are and how they could help address various dimensions of the poly crisis including climate change.

60% of the population lives in the continent that has experienced perhaps the most varied and challenging climate extremes on the planet.

Watch as we discuss the climate challenges facing Asia as it addresses the scorched parched and drenched climate extremes facing it.

If you need some inspiration on the food we eat and how to grow it you’ll find no better way to get it then this conversation with a agricultural leader in Ecuador and his successful efforts at developing regenerative farming

Did you know that microbes can break down methane, release oxygen into the atmosphere and affect and be affected by climate change in dozens of other ways.

Watch as we begin to explore the wondrous and mysterious world of microbes and their connection to the climate crisis.

Did you know that plastics are not only a severe threat to life on the planet but that they also exacerbate the climate crisis in many ways and in turn their dangers are magnified by the climate crisis.

Listen as we begin to unravel the connections between Plastic and Climate

As the climate crisis intensifies the impacts of the crisis on food supply and food quality grow sharper every year.

Join us as the Climate Emergency forum discusses food for a Changing World.