![]() This clock is not an alarm clock saying, in 7 years it will ring and we need to wake up! It’s more like a stopwatch already running that we have to keep pace with.” said “We need to take action today, tomorrow, and the day after that. Gan Golan, the project originator says, “Climate Change is already here. The Climate Clock in Union Square is a deliberate action during a pandemic year and in an election year to raise awareness about climate change. Simply put, we need to get our lifeline to 100% before our deadline reaches 0.” There is no time to waste.”Ī second number, not seen in the Union Square Climate Clock, shows the “growing % of the world’s energy currently supplied from renewable sources. The clocks are responsive to human action. If we speed up how fast we’re deploying renewable energy, the Lifeline that tracks what % of the world’s energy comes from renewables will count up faster, and get to 100% sooner. Boyd tells us “if we can significantly reduce our carbon emission rates, the Clock’s deadline/timeline will stretch out. The data model is not static however, and the clock is updated as the data and projections are adjusted since it’s connected to the internet. “This is our deadline, the time we have left to take decisive action to keep warming under the 1.5☌ threshold” the founders of Climate Clock state. The report states that starting from 2018, a carbon dioxide budget of 420 Gt of CO2 gives us a 67% chance to stay under 1.5☌ of warming.” The countdown shows, at current rates of emission, how long it will take to burn through the earth’s “carbon budget” or the amount of carbon dioxide that can be released into the atmosphere while keeping global warming to 1.5☌ above pre-industrial levels. As per the Climate Clock website, the Climate Clock “follows the methodology of the carbon clock made by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) which uses data from the recent IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5☌. You might be wondering how the Climate Clock works and how the calculations are made. We will soon have a ‘how to install your own monumental Climate Clock in your city’ how-to guide up on our website.” The short answer: if you reach out to us, yes, we can help you. So we hope that the process of bringing this to one’s city helps strengthen their own climate efforts locally, as well their city’s commitment to taking action on climate change. This is not just about building a monument but helping to build movements. If a city wants a Climate Clock, the organization is happy to”advise and support them in that process” but they are not doing the installation. ![]() $70 total) for a team of high-school kids to build their own.” We don’t even have t-shirts yet! -)” But he says perhaps down the road it might be possible to buy a hand-held clock, but more in a ‘buy one, help another one get made’ kind of way: so the person purchasing one for themselves is also paying the materials cost (approx. Big Wong.We asked if it was possible to purchase a Climate Clock, but Boyd says the idea behind it is to be a “participatory advocacy project, not a commercial one. Big Wong at 5040 Spring Mountain Road will close in early May. She says that a restaurant from California is expected to move into the space. They raised prices in recent years, but standouts like the fried pork chop in light gravy and Hainanese chicken with seasoned rice are still $10, each.Ī spokesperson at the restaurant shared that the Lees opened the restaurant in 2011 and would be closing “in two weeks or less” so they can retire. For years, most of their entrees were under $5, with deep-fried pork chop with udon noodle soup, curry chicken over rice, and thin ribeye over pasta going for $4.95 each. Wai Lee, and his wife Connie, opened the restaurant in 2011 as a means of re-creating the food they grew up eating in New York’s Chinatown, reported Food & Wine. Located in the same shopping center as other Chinatown staples, including Kabuto, Raku, and Trattoria Nakamura-Ya, the small, casual restaurant has offered affordable and home-style Chinese cooking, noodle soups, and fried chicken for 12 years. ![]() This huge clock, believed to be the largest in Europe, is the sign of prosperity of the Siemens Electrical Works in Berlin, Germany, where it. The square clock face, which can be spotted from. The Chinatown restaurant known for affordable entrees and Chinese comfort food is closing permanently in a couple of weeks so its owners can retire. Everyone in New York knows the large new digital clock in the financial district of Manhattan.
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