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But the quick-fix climate solution-givers from capitalists present it as ‘novel’. What’d they think people used before plastics?🤔
#climatechange #climatesolutions #plasticpollution
More than 90% of emperor penguin colonies are predicted to be all but extinct by the end of the century, as the continent's seasonal sea-ice withers in an ever-warming world.
#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66492767
Climate change: Thousands of penguins die in Antarctic ice breakup
Vast numbers of emperor penguin chicks drown as sea-ice melts and collapses underneath them.By Jonathan Amos (BBC News)
If I had access to public transportation I could have carried on with my life while building up my finances for an EV or at least an hybrid.
But no.
Because states and cities refuse to invest into correct public transportation I had literally no choice but to get a cheap gas one in a hurry.
This really pisses me off.
I'll never say it loud enough: public transportation is fundamental to fight both social inequality and climate change.
#climatechange #publictransport #carculture #ev #hybrid #socialinequality
In what is already one of the most expensive states in the US, the #climate emergency is driving up the cost of living. Extreme #weather, #drought and drastic swings in temperature, all fueled by global heating, are affecting utility costs and #insurance premiums, exacerbating housing shortages and causing food prices to go up.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/21/climate-crisis-cost-of-living-energy-water-california #climatechange
‘We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west
Extreme weather, fueled by global heating, is affecting energy, water, insurance premiums and food and housing costsMaanvi Singh (The Guardian)
#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/07/is-the-climate-crisis-finally-catching-up-with-antarctica-finding-the-answer-has-never-been-more-pressing
“Thus far, 21 countries have expressed their support of a ban, moratorium or precautionary pause on deep-sea mining, including new supporters Finland, Brazil, Portugal and Canada.” #stopdeepseamining #climatechange #marineecology
https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-international-seabed-authority.html
‘An Important Step Forward’: Deep-Sea Mining Not Approved During International Talks
Meetings of the International Seabed Authority regarding deep-sea mining of minerals ended without approval of the controversial practice.Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (EcoWatch)
#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/04/oceans-hit-highest-ever-recorded-temperature
Ocean surface hits highest ever recorded temperature and set to rise further
Average daily surface temperature of 20.96C breaks 2016 record, with experts saying warmest month for oceans to comeHelena Horton (The Guardian)
So, we shouldn't expect climate change to happen gradually, but rather abruptly.
And this was known in 1975.#ClimateChange #Science
Wally Broecker divined how the climate could suddenly shift
Wally Broecker’s insight into the shutdown of the great ocean conveyor belt spurred the study of abrupt climate change.Alexandra Witze (Science News Magazine)
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When the seas are boiling and the sky is on fire, don't come crawling to science looking for help.
#Science has tried to help us for decades. Science saw this coming, crafted solutions, and shouted them from the rooftops. Those in power did not listen.
So, go pick a god and pray to it.
Appeal to the Kardashians.
Maybe Lebron James or Elon Musk will help.
Perhaps a podcast will intervene and save us,
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #HeatWave
Cats = 2.4 billion bird deaths
Collisions from building glass = 600 million bird deaths
Land wind turbines = <200,000 bird deaths
Some politicians claim wind turbines “kill all the birds.”
But… they’re not really worried about birds. Rather, they prefer we stick with oil & gas over renewable #energy.
https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/15195/wind-turbines-are-not-killing-fields-for-birds/ #climatechange
Wind Turbines Are Not Killing Fields for Birds
This chart shows the annual estimated bird mortality for selected anthropogenic causes in the U.S.Sarah Feldman (Statista)
James Hansen, who testified to #Congress on #globalwarmng in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new #climate frontier’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning #climatechange #climatecrisis
Things we talked about in 1999 as being detectable by 2100, are easily found now in 2023 and have been for years!
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’Oliver Milman (The Guardian)
Wrong idea - The tech heads talk of constructing Carbon Capture machines. That would require hundreds of thousands of machines, more mining, more power consumption #fail
Right approach #nature
But, the photo of another deforested landscape. This is not wetland, Tree's used to & would grow here. Sheep keep it looking like this.
Photo taken in #Sheep District National Park, #England (officially called the Lake District National park)
#ClimateAction #ClimatePolicy
Quoting because I don't think I can get to them and the rest of the conversation is important. Saying "WE are consuming the oil" is technically correct as no other species on Earth has figured out how to do it, but this observation and four quarters gives you a full dollar.
Ultimately people use what is affordable for them, including availability and cost. Using alternatives to fossil fuels is currently more expensive, whether in research, time or straight up money. There are several reasons for this, subsidies and marketing playing no small part, but boiling this question down to personal responsibility is either ignorant of the larger picture or incredibly privileged as in "if I could do it, anybody else can easily do it".
In pictures: South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of our electric future
Demand for lithium-ion batteries is unprecedented - but is mining the chemical harmful to the environment?Maeve Campbell (Euronews.com)
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
#Portugal #CapeVerde #environment #debt #ClimateAction
https://youtu.be/bTkMMbz_n8Y
Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde's debt for environmental investment • FRANCE 24 English
Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde's debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago ...YouTube
…of billionaires to wreck a planet.
They don’t need to have a majority, or anything even close to a plurality. All it takes is a few thousand sociopathic billionaires — the population of a village — to take full control of everything and then completely ruin our livable biosphere while further enriching themselves.
The scale on the image below is NOT exaggerated. In less than two centuries, and especially just within the last 30 years, capitalist oligarchs have burned so much coal, oil, and gas that our climate system simply can’t handle it.
It’s almost out of control now. But the people who are to blame have names and addresses.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #CO2 #Emissions #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
Image source — http://climateemergencydeclaration.org/climatemessaging/
Making the case for emergency climate action - Climate Emergency Declaration
By Jane Morton As climate catastrophe looms ever closer, some opinion leaders still hold fast to the view that we must not mention the seriousness of our plight for fear of demoralising people.Mik Aidt (Climate Emergency Declaration)
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/catastrophic-climate-doom-loops-could-start-in-just-15-years-new-study-warns
#TippingPoint #ClimateChange #nature #ecosystems #FossilFuels
Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns
A new study of climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.Ben Turner (Live Science)
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/07/antarctica-tourism-overcrowding-environmental-threat/674600/
End Tourism to Antarctica Now
Take Antarctica off your travel bucket list.Sara Clemence (The Atlantic)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/03/a-perfect-storm-scientists-ponder-if-climate-has-entered-a-new-erratic-era
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
Rising temperatures in north Atlantic and drop in Antarctic sea ice prompt fears of widespread damage from extreme weatherJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
Global warming surged in past decade, research says
Human-induced warming was rising at an "unprecedented" rate, new research has again shown. Meanwhile, a look at various countries' commitment to their net-zero plans showed most polluters were lagging behind.Deutsche Welle
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-are-effects-climate-change
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
What Are the Effects of Climate Change?
A rapidly warming planet poses an existential threat to all life on earth. Just how bad it gets depends on how quickly we act.www.nrdc.org
Please boost to increase sample size.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis
#climate
- 47 to 50C (23%, 293 votes)
- 45 to 46C (17%, 215 votes)
- 40 to 44C (45%, 570 votes)
- 35 to 39C (14%, 179 votes)
Fossil fuels are impoverishing us
IPCC released another climate report. How dire a warning must there be for us to do something about global climate change?cayala (The Hill)
TITLE -- "Biodiversity: State of Emergency"
Key points:
◘ By 2050, 38-46% of animal and plant species could be wiped out from the planet.
◘ Of particular concern are Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, which are more vulnerable to soil impoverishment.
◘ Within 30 years, the number of people living in arid regions could rise from 2.7 to 4 billion, increasing the risk of migration crises.
◘ Land degradation and climate change, leading to declining crop yields and social and economic instability, are likely to force 50-700 million people to migrate by the middle of the century.
FULL ARTICLE -- https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/biodiversity-state-of-emergency
#Nature #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Extinction
Biodiversity: State of Emergency
The IPBES, which is to biodiversity what the IPCC is to climate change, recently published five reports at its sixth plenary session held in March in Medellín, Colombia.CNRS News
World needs to offer trillions, not billions in overseas support
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/18/countries-are-drowning-climate-expert-calls-for-urgent-rethink-on-scale-of-aid-for-developing-world
#ClimateChange #deforestation #FossilFuels #ActNow #environment #EndFossilCrimes #ClimateCrisis #Science #warming #Nature #climate #development #gasemissions #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #wildlife #ClimateAction #photo #photography #GlobalWarming #pollution #mangrove #news #biodiversity #earth
‘Countries are drowning’: climate expert calls for urgent rethink on scale of aid for developing world
World needs to offer trillions, not billions in overseas support, says leading climate economist Avinash PersaudFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
Why only Degrowth Will Save The World - The New Climate. - Medium
Scientists reckon that the earth can handle a total material footprint of around 50 billion tonnes per year, and today we have exceeded this twice over. At a 1-degree rise in global temperatures, we…Notes from the Understory (The New Climate.)
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‘It’s like a death pit’
How Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground
https://archive.is/lC6Na#selection-913.0-913.71
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Pollution
Blindly accelerating into the oncoming climate train
Most of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions cuts have been focused on just one sector: electricity generation. That's left the rest of our economy hyper-emitting and exposed.Barry Saxifrage (Canada's National Observer)
I was planning to suggest that you reserve your space early for this event, but it's already sold out, almost instantly. Well, maybe they could arrange to stream the proceedings so that others can virtually attend?
Sunday, 13 August
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Greta Thunberg -- Special Event
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GretaThunberg
https://www.eif.co.uk/events/edinburgh-international-book-festival-greta-thunberg
Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival. Discover the best artists from opera, music, theatre & dance on the world’s greatest stage. 4-27 August 2023.Edinburgh International Festival
"Most people today are living well within the planetary boundaries. It is only a minority of us who have caused this crisis and who keep driving it forward. The widely popular argument that ‘there are too many people’ is a very misleading one. Population does matter, but it is not people who are causing emissions and depleting the Earth, it is what *some* people do. It is some people’s habits and behavior, in combination with our economic structures, that are causing the catastrophe."
GET THE BOOK -- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837/the-climate-book-by-greta-thunberg/
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #ClimateJustice
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg: 9780593492307 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure...PenguinRandomhouse.com
#Canada #US
#FossilFuelsKill
#DontLookUp #fire #smoke
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction