Yes, There Is Hope For Us 3

This is an ongoing series of posts contrasting my "We're Toast" series of posts, with links to articles that suggest that we might somehow pull through the coming crisis.

Climate Change and Environment

• Africa’s Biggest Bank Releases Funding Policy on Coal Projects. The lender commits to assess projects, won’t stop coal lending.

Politics

• Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Must End. Despite claims to the contrary, eliminating them would have a significant effect in addressing the climate crisis
• Lessons for the Green New Deal from the Economic Mobilization for World War Two (PDF link). "A just transition important, but don’t underestimate redistributional effects of strong demand."

Technology

• Radical Hydrogen-Boron Reactor Leapfrogs Current Nuclear Fusion Tech. This would be revolutionary, but is it for real?
• Hemp Houses are Being 3D-Printed in Australia. This is probably better for the environment than using concrete but given that they polymerize the hemp, it's not perfect. 
• 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020. From Technology Review, a list of technologies that could make a real difference in how we live and work.
• Tesla “big battery” in Australia is becoming a bigger nightmare for fossil fuel power generators.