July marks the start of the new Rotary year, historic because of the inauguration of Jennifer Jones as the first woman to serve as Rotary International President. Dr. Patricia Armstrong has taken the helm as Chair of ESRAG, joined by seven dynamic new members of the Board from Europe, Africa, Australia, and North America. Undaunted by terrible news - including the war in Ukraine, record-shattering heatwaves, and public policy setbacks in the US - ESRAG invites you to act on Jennifer Jones’ invitation to IMAGINE effective environmental solutions. This issue shares a wealth of tools to help you design and implement climate action in the spirit of the Four-Way Test. You’ll find: - Courage and a call to action from ESRAG Chair Pat Armstrong
- Singapore Rotarians demonstrate how clubs can Be the Solution for their region
- Project Drawdown’s new and updated solutions, and Climate-Poverty webinars
- The Climate and Peace Aug. 2 webinar on Becoming a Net Zero Community
- ESRAG’s 2023 Climate Summit in Costa Rica
- ESRAG’s impact and strategy, shared in recorded presentations at the June 23 Annual General Membership Meeting
- News on climate policy in Europe and the US, the first in a series on high-emitting nations. This includes links to the new Dartmouth study quantifying the economic losses caused by emissions in the US, China, Russia, India, and Brazil.
Photo: Ambaree Majumdar, Chair of ESRAG's Southeast Asia Chapter and Co-Chair of the Plant-Rich Diet Task Force, chaired a major Rotary climate conference in Singapore in June. She's shown here with Rotarian Anil Changaroth, who spoke about the connection between climate action and peace. July 2022 Volume 7 Issue 2 |
