The Climate crisis

[Bada-Bing!]

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

www.theguardian.com

Deserves its own thread. What are your thoughts? Are we burying our heads in the sand, are we not pushing voting for Governments to take action/impose policies now. Are we willing to give up/adapt our ways of life for the benefit of humanity and the planet? IMO this is something where democracy will show its limitations.

Or is it just inevitable and let's just get on with it. And only throw our hands up when food prices rocket and flooding destroys homes etc.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals

Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe

www.theguardian.com

 

[Reiser99]

Oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat - BBC News

Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.

www.bbc.co.uk

This image in particular should scare you.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

New Dutch coalition aims to reintroduce 80mph limit in cull of climate goals

Government, including far-right leader Geert Wilders, announces it will abandon key green policies in strategy

www.theguardian.com

And Australia pushing back use of Gas until 2050 and beyond. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5gky4e5no.amp

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Is the move to electric cars running out of power?

There has been an unexpected slowdown in sales of electric cars. Could this be more than a blip?

www.bbc.co.uk

Need more choice, lower up front cost and charging infrastructure for sure. I think only Norway and they are heavily subsidised by their own Govt. Is replacing their ICE vehicles fast enough.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Why parents in Bristol are ditching their cars

Dozens of parents have decided to sell their cars and finding alternative ways to travel.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Saintjay]

What happens when councils take control of buses?

More people are using buses in Reading where they are publicly-owned - will others towns follow?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Climate change: UK breakthrough could slash cement CO2 emissions

Scientists from Cambridge University find an ingenious way to decarbonise one of the world's most polluting materials.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Wind provides largest source of UK electricity over winter months

New study ranks UK top in global league table for decarbonisation

www.businessgreen.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Sunak backtracked on climate policies – and voters may punish him

Many hoped he would show global leadership – instead he pitched himself as ‘pragmatic’ and slowed the journey to net zero

www.theguardian.com

 

[Which Tyler]

Sunak backtracked on climate policies – and voters may punish him

Many hoped he would show global leadership – instead he pitched himself as ‘pragmatic’ and slowed the journey to net zero

www.theguardian.com

It can join the queue of things we need to punish him and his predecessors for.

 

[Reiser99]

Warm Seawater Is Flowing Under The “Doomsday Glacier” And It’s As Bad As It Sounds

Estimates of how fast the vital Thwaites Glacier will melt have failed to take into account the tides.

www.iflscience.com