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'techno-optimistic “quick fixes”' to #ClimateCrisis
Move fast and break things at the planetary level...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks
Do we really want to play dice with our planet?

Spooky to read this while seeing extremely low level of #Danube while on holidays in #Budapest
#ClimateCrisis

Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water

In #ClimateCrisis news, #flooding continues, with record breaking rain events (a predicted impact of unrestricted #FossilFuel use):
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Torrential rain and flood kill nine in Japan amid wettest month in decades
Downpours in Japan’s east have snarled roads, caused power outages and destroyed homes in Chiba prefecture

In #ClimateCrisis news, #flooding continues, with record breaking rain events (a predicted impact of unrestricted #FossilFuel use):
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Torrential rain and flood kill nine in Japan amid wettest month in decades
Downpours in Japan’s east have snarled roads, caused power outages and destroyed homes in Chiba prefecture

RE: #climatecrisis

I hate the smell of decades of Conservative/Republican stonewalling and science denial in the morning.
#ClimateChange #canpol #uspol

As the #ClimateCrisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fight https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/18/the-impossible-choices-of-a-deadly-wildfire-season?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The #ClimateCrisis, brought to you by #greed.
World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds

World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters

The #ClimateCrisis, brought to you by #greed.
World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds

World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters

Numbers don't lie with regard to current #climatecrisis

'It's the economy, stupid'
#ClimateCrisis
#Europe
#economy https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/16/tourism-power-generation-productivity-europe-economic-cost-heatwaves?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return | UNEP - UN Environment Programme https://www.unep.org/resources/limiting-overshoot-navigating-exceedance

Ich lass das hier mal so stehen
#nosvp #climatecrisis #globalwarming #klimakrise

42°C in Slovakia, over 41°C in Austria, power plants stopped because water lever in Danube and Vistula is critically low. But don't look up...
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.

Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe
Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants

@… Not really sure about "rain", because we haven't seen much of it here for the last nine months. And we're getting the heat here in a few days. #ClimateCrisis

I know many others have already posted this - but, if you haven't read this yet - please read it. And ask yourself, how can you inspire your government - at the local level and the national level - to actually take meaninful action to address the #ClimateCrisis.
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching

‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis

I know many others have already posted this - but, if you haven't read this yet - please read it. And ask yourself, how can you inspire your government - at the local level and the national level - to actually take meaninful action to address the #ClimateCrisis.
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching

‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis

About time to tap into profits of carbon polluters and pay "dividends" to nations/regions affected by #ClimateCrisis
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

Differences in political leadership ( or Leadership vs abdication of responsibility?) on the #ClimateCrisis
Spain:
https://www.

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved

Differences in political leadership ( or Leadership vs abdication of responsibility?) on the #ClimateCrisis
Spain:
https://www.

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved

One of the sneaky ways the #ClimateCrisis is aggravating a problem:
‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer

‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer
Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the ‘smart’ rodents all his life – and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing infestation in the world’s cities

One of the sneaky ways the #ClimateCrisis is aggravating a problem:
‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer

‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer
Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the ‘smart’ rodents all his life – and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing infestation in the world’s cities

300k people evacuated in France and Spain due to raging wildfires
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/202

Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation as fires rage
Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France

The #cost of the #ClimateCrisis is starting to appear to the public - not the purchase price of an EV, but the cost of food. That hits every day.
Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops

Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops
Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018

The #cost of the #ClimateCrisis is starting to appear to the public - not the purchase price of an EV, but the cost of food. That hits every day.
Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops

Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops
Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018

The intersection of many man-made actions - #ClimateCrisis, excessive #ResourceExtraction, #Wetlands "reclamation" - all in the interest of profit, now starting to show the actual costs.…

The mystery eating Ocean Beach alive
San Francisco is building a $175 million seawall meant to protect a threatened sewage plant. Scientists say it might destroy the beach.

The intersection of many man-made actions - #ClimateCrisis, excessive #ResourceExtraction, #Wetlands "reclamation" - all in the interest of profit, now starting to show the actual costs.…

The mystery eating Ocean Beach alive
San Francisco is building a $175 million seawall meant to protect a threatened sewage plant. Scientists say it might destroy the beach.

​W​hy are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/why-are-european-leaders-staying-silent-after-our-summer-of-climate-shock?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

A tragedy - and at the end of the article, this: "The Himalayan region, which spans Nepal, India, China and Bhutan, is particularly vulnerable to floods and landslides because it is warming faster than the rest of the world as a result of the climate crisis. Research shows that extreme weather events such as heatwaves and torrential rains have become more frequent."
Yes, there is a #ClimateCrisis

Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missing
More than 380 tourists among those unaccounted for after homes, roads, bridges and power plants swept away

A tragedy - and at the end of the article, this: "The Himalayan region, which spans Nepal, India, China and Bhutan, is particularly vulnerable to floods and landslides because it is warming faster than the rest of the world as a result of the climate crisis. Research shows that extreme weather events such as heatwaves and torrential rains have become more frequent."
Yes, there is a #ClimateCrisis

Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missing
More than 380 tourists among those unaccounted for after homes, roads, bridges and power plants swept away

Show your stripes! #DC #washingtonDC #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/tipping-points-heatwaves-wildfires-permafrost-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other