Giving Compass' Take:

• Writing for TriplePundit, Climate Resilience Consulting president Joyce Coffee compares our current environmental issues to how humanity dealt with climate crises of the past and concludes that we must act now.

• What are today's leaders in this sector doing to foster more collaboration and innovation? The scope of the problem requires not just one or two solutions, but many.

• Here's how climate change affects those living in poverty.

A compelling ad for The Great Course on investing shows a man’s hands grasping a giant golden egg. It reminds me of the ever-present effort to learn from the past. Yet, with climate change, have we learned valuable ancient lessons or are we doomed to repeat past mistakes?

We humans survived an abrupt shift in the climate to bitter cold conditions 11,000 years ago and, in brilliant pictographs, Egyptian pharaohs related how they survived epic drought. Paleontologists and anthropologists find in the historic record of bones, household implements and living quarters that abrupt and harsh changes in climate over decades forced populations to move to survive. These climate disruptions also triggered population crashes and cultural changes.

To avoid becoming the culture that fails, even in comparison with than prehistorical and ancient civilizations that survived climatic changes, we must accelerate mitigation and adaptation efforts significantly while building social cohesion and equity. This will close the yawning chasm through which we could fall. Today, the planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 2.0 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, and models predict it may rise by tens of degrees — indeed, 30 degrees Fahrenheit in some places — by century’s end.

Read the full article about why we must act swiftly in order to survive climate change by Joyce Coffee at TriplePundit.