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Tuesday, 11 May 2021 08:11 AM MYT Illustrations by Annika Brandow for ‘Survive the Century’, a climate fiction game about the political, environmental and social choices humans will face between 2021 and 2100. — Handout via Survive the Century/Reuters Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 — It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. As the editor of an influential newspaper, how would you try to shape public opinion? This is on...

3 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. As the editor of an influential newspaper, how would you try to shape public opinion? This is one of the scenarios encountered by players of an online game launched on Monday, which uses humour and interactive decision-making to encourage people to think about the future of climate change, and what they can do about it. Survive the Century is the work of scientists, economists and writers around the world brought toge...

3 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. As the editor of an influential newspaper, how would you try to shape public opinion? This is one of the scenarios encountered by players of an online game launched on Monday, which uses humour and interactive decision-making to encourage people to think about the future of climate change, and what they can do about it. Survive the Century is the work of scientists, economists and writers around the world brought toge...

Posted on April 24, 2021 | Views: 147 cwebb2021-04-23T19:10:36-07:00 by Evan Halper: California says it’s time for giant carbon vacuums… Solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars will go far in helping California and the Biden administration meet their aggressive climate goals — but not far enough. As time runs short, scientists and government officials say the moment to break out the giant vacuums has arrived. The art of industrial-scale carbon removal — sucking emissions from the atmosphere and storing them underground — has long been an afterthought in climate-ac...

WASHINGTON —  Solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars will go far in helping California and the Biden administration meet their aggressive climate goals — but not far enough. As time runs short, scientists and government officials say the moment to break out the giant vacuums has arrived. The art of industrial-scale carbon removal — sucking emissions from the atmosphere and storing them underground — has long been an afterthought in climate-action circles: too expensive, too controversial, too unproven. But as the deadline to avert climate catastrophe barrels nearer, the Biden...