Comments on: Time to prepare for The One Degree War

By: EcoEquity » “The Great Disruption,” reviewed

EcoEquity » “The Great Disruption,” reviewed — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:37:01 +0000

[...] compendium! Which makes sense because Gilding, along with Randers, is the author of 2009′s The One-degree War Plan, which argues that in less than ten years we’ll be on a planetary war footing. A war, that is, [...]

By: FuturEconomy Blog » Beware the Carbon Bubble

FuturEconomy Blog » Beware the Carbon Bubble — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:39:32 +0000

[...] that the +2°C point is way too high. We want to aim for +1° beyond pre-industrial levels by Century’s end, fully conceding we’ll spend most of the [...]

By: Paul Gelding – The Great Disruption | Ocean Rights

Paul Gelding – The Great Disruption | Ocean Rights — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:30:05 +0000

[...] His One Degree War Plan should be required reading for every thoughtful person on the planet. Click here for more. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← Nuggets – Human [...]

By: Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:49:50 +0000

Humankind is pure greed until it hits the wall of fear…and once the wall is removed humans immediately revert to pure greed.

The one thing that can change that dynamic is also the one thing the overwhelming majority of humans are NOT greedy for – education.

So remember the sailor’s motto – “One hand for the ship and one hand for yourself.”

By: Mark Duffett

Mark Duffett — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:30:27 +0000

It staggers me how anyone can invoke a WWII/climate analogy and still contrive to avoid nuclear power, as the ‘One Degree War Plan’ does. Of all the disruptions to the prewar economic order that the ODWP document mentions, one is conspicuously omitted: the Manhattan Project. The Allies did not eschew nuclear technology in pulling out all stops to win WWII. If you do, you’re not fair dinkum.

By: How free market advocates have delivered us big government - Paul Gilding

How free market advocates have delivered us big government - Paul Gilding — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:15:54 +0000

[...] by necessity, require draconian measures – as I argued in the paper I co-authored on the One Degree War Plan. That too will require the heavy hand of big [...]

By: Don

Don — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:59:00 +0000

Paul, you have already made your choices. 5 kids eh? Didn’t think that population was a problem whilst you were making that lot maybe?

“Do as I say, not as I do.”

Never heard that before.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:55:23 +0000

Why not make it a few degrees? Even 5 degrees? One degree leaves me feeling I’m standing too close to the edge & could fall off anyway.

By: Time to prepare for the One Degree War | pod of c

Time to prepare for the One Degree War | pod of c — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:46:41 +0000

[...] This paper is the result. It has taken over a year of development and research, including considerable feedback from colleagues and modelling by C-Roads, the climate simulator developed by MIT, the Sustainability Institute and Ventana Systems. [...]

By: Why Copenhagen will fail and why it doesn’t matter - Paul Gilding

Why Copenhagen will fail and why it doesn’t matter - Paul Gilding — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:41:07 +0000

[...] because all the ingredients for change are emerging and can be clearly observed. As I argued in the One Degree War paper I wrote with Jorgen Randers, we will soon wake up to what is needed and get to work. Here’s my [...]