SHANE HYDE - LANDSCAPE ARTIST

Climate Change

My interest in the environment goes back as far as 1990 and Design College but Climate Change became a big issue for me in 2011 when I began reading the IPCC reports.

A Wicked Problem

A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize. It refers to an idea or problem that cannot be fixed, where there is no single solution to the problem; and "wicked" denotes resistance to resolution, rather than evil. Another definition is "a problem whose social complexity means that it has no determinable stopping point".

The Scientific Basis for Climate Change

Our wildlife, the environment, animals are dying, civilisation is precarious, there is a hopelessness. It's our climate destiny. Destruction. Destroying its own lifelines. Capitalism the giver and taker.

Part One - The Scientific Basis

History of climate, Greenhouse Effect, Carbon Cycle, Consensus.

Who is Responsible?
Is it natural, Burning fossil fuels, Consumerism, Growth

Environmental Impacts
Pollution, Waste, Planetary Boundaries

Climate Change Impacts
Sea levels, Ice,

Part Two - Solutions

Getting Serious
What needs to be done
The extend of the problem, the bottom line

Residential Housing

Transportation

Energy Production
Renewables, Nuclear, Biomass, Smart-grid

Agriculture

Industry

Products
Consumerism, Waste

Biosequestration
Trees

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Climate Engineering

Political Solutions
Tax, Regulation

Economic Solutions
Cap and Trade, Fee and Dividend, Degrowth, Contraction and Convergence

A Just Transition

Part Three - Reality

Obstacles
The Market, Every Little Helps, Science Fiction, Denialism.

The Climate Chances,
Likely Future, My Predictions

References