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"Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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A dinosaur walked into the UN and said: “At least we had an asteroid. What’s your excuse?”
"Don't choose extinction."
#climatechange #dinosaurs #undc
My sister just had a soundbite in a spot about ENSO (El Niño) on NPR All Things Considered.
She did some of the foundational research on ENSO & paleoclimate using coral which is what everyone is referencing now to say that this year is the worst in forever.
#ClimateChange #ENSO
People talking to an American audience about global warming:
For the love of Gaia, use °F, not °C!
Save the world first. Get the USA on SI later.
#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #USA
"El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange
"England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows"
#England #Climate #ClimateChange
"A severe El Niño could threaten something essential to half of humanity – rice"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange
"Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis - Sunil Acharya"
#Nepal #Climate #ClimateChange
"‘But we’re just 1% of emissions’: do smaller countries’ climate efforts matter? - Ajit Niranjan"
#Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange
Yet ANOTHER way going green helps communities. Using EV Bus batteries to meet/shift summer power demands
#Green #ClimateChange #EV
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/electric-school-buses-tapped-shore-up-fragile-us-power-grids-during-summer-heat-2026-07-03/
Hints that daily heating/cooling of rock faces may cause rockfalls - something new to pay attention to. Esp as #ClimateChange can lead to hotter days. (Not saying this is a primary cause, but clearly a factor that needs to be considered)
Falling rocks are killing national park visitors in the summer heat
Hints that daily heating/cooling of rock faces may cause rockfalls - something new to pay attention to. Esp as #ClimateChange can lead to hotter days. (Not saying this is a primary cause, but clearly a factor that needs to be considered)
Falling rocks are killing national park visitors in the summer heat
Earth's futures can be divided into two categories: futures which support human life and those that don't.
The IPCC reports have avoided framing things this way, but burn enough fossil fuels quickly enough and you tip over into the later.
Note that this logic applies to any sub-region of the Earth too: some unknown number of years ago, thanks to ExxonMobil's sales of oil and duplicity about the known risks, the tipping point into "unlivable future" was crossed with respect to a segment of the Trishuli river in Nepal, and just this year that future was realized quite suddenly. In individual apartments across North America and Europe this summer thousands of people found themselves in unlivable futures due to heat waves, and millions more avoided that fate narrowly through the use of air conditioning which could well fail in future heat waves...
What the IPCC reports have been detailing for literally more than three decades is what it would take to tip things the other way. They report this in various forms, but usually at the level of how much CO2 emissions can be permitted on what schedule in order to prevent (locally-)unlivable futures (abstracted as a number of degrees of warming relative to a baseline).
The IPCC reports of emissions and mitigations can be translated into actions: what kind of policy would have to be enacted when by which government in order to avoid an unlivable future. In general however, hierarchical nation-states have proven collectively incapable of meeting *any* of these targets, and so indeed, translating emissions targets into policy actions is increasingly impossible, and has always been an improbable path towards survival. The longer nation states fail to meet the necessary emissions goals (or even accelerate oil drilling), the more drastic action is necessary. We can continue to talk about what kind of national policies might avoid unlivable futures, even as those futures are realized for more and more people, but national policies are not the only kinds of actions that can change the future. Fire example, a national policy shutting down an oil pipeline might avert a certain amount of emissions, but the pipeline owner could also shut it down themselves, or an activist could sabotage it, and the effect would be the same. Lots of different actors have different kinds of actions they can take to create similar effects, and it's the effects that are necessary to avoid unlivable futures.
Effectively, assuming that we will not wind up in a totally unlivable future, this leads to a principle of action substitution. We know what effects are necessary, and if nation states refuse to enact those via policies and companies likewise refuse to make any voluntary changes, then the only actions that remain to be taken are drastic direct actions. Simply put: the longer nations and corporations refuse to do anything to create livable futures, the more people will simply take direct action to achieve the needed carbon emissions reductions, because the alternative for them is death and that alternative is becoming clearer with each climate casualty, so it will be increasingly impossible to threaten them into giving up their lives for corporate profits.
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
Dutch government (council of ministers) is back from summer holiday, and parliament returns in ten days from now.
Would it be too much to expect the announcement of a strong climate offensive (accelerated emission reduction and adaptation) one of these days, in response to this Summer of Reckoning?
#ClimateChange
Apparently today is #ShowYourStripes day.
If there are still people unaware that #ClimateChange is happening... maybe we can get them up to speed by sharing our stripes.
If some who are aware it's happening think it's already "too late"... maybe we can tell them that ac…
"Proposed mechanisms for delivering action like citizens’ assemblies are a response to the sluggishness of existing institutions, but do not address its cause — the power of the capitalist class.
"Agreeing what we ought to do doesn’t guarantee that it will happen: the climate movement needs to ... recognise that this is fundamentally a class struggle and a battle against capitalism itself.
Hey, Europeans! How are the temperatures shaping up at the end of June?
Climate change is going to really screw us all over. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not.
#climatechange
"Climate change causes the ocean’s waters to expand"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Oceans
I hate the smell of decades of Conservative/Republican stonewalling and science denial in the morning.
#ClimateChange #canpol #uspol
"Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year"
#Climate #ClimateChange
Burn down all fossil fuel infrastructure. #ClimateChange #WildfireSmoke #AQI
A longish article on aquatic deoxygenation driven by #GlobalWarming , but the abstract is brief and worth reading.
Our understanding of the problems and risks of #ClimateChange continues to develop as researchers build on earlier discoveries. And the more we understand the complex web of …
A longish article on aquatic deoxygenation driven by #GlobalWarming , but the abstract is brief and worth reading.
Our understanding of the problems and risks of #ClimateChange continues to develop as researchers build on earlier discoveries. And the more we understand the complex web of …
The only 100% accurate statement on the #ClimateEmergency that you're going to see this week.
#ThereIsNoEconomyOnADeadPlanet
#ClimateChange
"Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn"
#Nepal #Climate #ClimateChange
With the crisis along the Strait of Hormuz choking off global oil supplies, #Biofuels are making a comeback.
But are they a climate-friendly solution?
My new deep dive unpacks why betting on bioenergy might just accelerate #climatechange.
"Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands"
#Carribbean #Climate #ClimateChange
"El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal"
#ElNono #Climate #ClimateChange
Drought in the Netherlands: precipitation deficit for the season reached above 300 mm, a rare value, 150% above peak in a mediaan year.
Now forecasted to stabilise thanks to a bit of rain.
Worst in the west of the country.
#drought #ClimateChange
"Ocean warming above 1.5°C triggered year-round marine disruption across globe, study shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Oceans
#ElNino is not a new phenomenon, but the amplification by #ClimateChange and #GlobalWarming seems to be appearing.
And the impact on the Panama Canal, reducing the number of ships it can handle, wi…
#ElNino is not a new phenomenon, but the amplification by #ClimateChange and #GlobalWarming seems to be appearing.
And the impact on the Panama Canal, reducing the number of ships it can handle, wi…
12,500 people in Germany alone died due to the heat so far this summer.
#heatwave #heat #climatechange
"The Loss of Glaciers Is Inflicting a Spiritual Toll on Indigenous People"
#Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange
"Europe warned of ‘warmer-than-normal’ August: What’s driving blistering temperatures?"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says"
#Switzerland #Climate #ClimateChange
The water flow in the Rhine keeps plummeting. It had never been below 780 m³/s in summer. When we were at 650, an expert told us it couldn't go much lower. Now we're at 572 m³/s, the lowest on record, even below the ice blocked flow in the winter of 1929.
#drought #ClimateChange…
"Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange #NorthSea
"European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
'Drought will cost Money'
Dutch right-wing paper Telegraaf - not known for its support for serious climate action - has Einstein moment.
#drought #extremeheat #ClimateChange
"Oceans have gotten about 34% more acidic since before the Industrial Revolution"
#Oceans #Environment #Climate
RE: #ClimateChange - we have…
RE: #ClimateChange - we have…
"Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Poetry
"Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Technology
1,700 people were killed by the June heatwave in Belgium. Massive overload in hospital emergency rooms, 19,000 calls to the emergency number 112 in a day. Many brought to hospitals with heat stroke, body temperatures of 42°C.
#climate #climatechange
"State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange
"In numbers: How Europe’s record heatwave took its toll"
#Europe #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange
"A champion soccer team is taking on climate change, too"
#Footballs #Soccer #Climate #ClimateChange
"Cities shouldn’t wait for an extreme weather wake-up call, researcher says"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires"
#Scotland #Wildfires #Climate
"World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Oceans
"Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal - Zoe Williams"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Jersey 'not currently on track' to meet 2030 emissions target, Environment Minister states"
#Jersey #Climate #ClimateChange
"Populist and rightwing figures take aim at Ed Miliband and UK net zero policies at ‘anti-woke Davos’"
#Climate #ClimateChange #UK
"Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"‘National scandal’: extreme heat linked to 40,000 deaths in England between 1988 and 2025"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"'It will get worse': World’s second-coldest capital faces record heat"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Mapped: Inside Carbon Brief's Cosmos database of 1.8 million climate studies"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"Remembering summer 1976: how the historic heatwave has become our new normal"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Heatwave
"Does climate change lead to more migration? Here's why researchers can't agree on the evidence"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"‘Second decade of Paris Agreement will focus on implementation, not negotiation,’ say climate leaders"
#ParisAgreement #Climate #ClimateChange
"Thawing Permafrost Not Only Emits CO2, It Absorbs it Too, Shows Landmark Study"
#Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange
"World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion"
#Food #Climate #ClimateChange
"Climate doom may discourage climate action, but there’s a way to counter it"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"June heatwave: Europe braces for more extreme heat as temperatures set to hit 40°C"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Europe
"Report: 70% of UK businesses hit by climate-related revenue loss in past year"
#Business #Climate #ClimateChange
"Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange
"Oil and gas giants to grow production despite climate goals, study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
"Drought declared in parts of Wales as July on course to be driest in nearly 200 years"
#Wales #Drought #Climate #ClimateChange
"‘The Government is not moving fast enough’: Industry leaders back the CCC’s call for rapid electrification"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"How reflective roof paint is cooling homes across Africa"
#Africa #Climate #ClimateChange
"Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says"
#Unicef #Climate #ClimateChange
"UK launches climate security taskforce"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
"El Niño arrives and could rank among strongest events since 1950"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange
"Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"‘A huge anomaly’: Antarctica records winter temperatures 20C warmer than normal"
#Antarctica #Climate #ClimateChange
"Earth to hit 1.5C of warming by 2030, IGCC report finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"'London isn't just calling, it's cooking', UN chief tells climate conference"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate
"Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst‑case scenarios"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"Extreme weather is making work difficult for many people – this is what needs to change"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Heat claimed more than 200,000 lives in Europe since 2022: WHO"
#Health #Climate #ClimateChange
"Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Antarctic
"Sweeping victory for Europe as 15 nations top climate scoreboard – see the full list"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"May 2026 was the world’s second-warmest May on record"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"Last Month Was the Hottest July on Record for the World’s Oceans"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Oceans
"Arctic warming alters weather patterns across the globe"
#Arctic #Climate #ClimateChange
"Why healthier cities are key to climate resilience"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"Hotter summers may force RHS to move hydrangeas to north of England"
#England #Plants #Climate #ClimateChange
"Dangerous temperatures forecast for parts of Europe as heatwave moves east"
#Europe #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange
"Europe heatwave shows need to reject climate denial ‘lies’, says EU green chief"
#Europe #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange
"Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"Climate change doubled likelihood of Canada’s extreme fire weather, study finds"
#Canada #Climate #ClimateChange
"Study shows why comfort at home is more than a temperature issue"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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