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.

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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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

 

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Wind provides largest source of UK electricity over winter months

New study ranks UK top in global league table for decarbonisation

www.businessgreen.com

 

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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

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Reality check: the Reform UK party’s claims on the climate crisis examined

Richard Tice made some eye-opening statements on the climate, and the manifesto is packed with even more falsehoods

www.theguardian.com

 

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Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows

Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate

www.theguardian.com

 

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China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects

Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 – six years ahead of Beijing’s target

www.theguardian.com

 

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duplicate.

 

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Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes

Ed Miliband sets new rules on solar panels and approves three giant solar farms as Labour seeks to end years of Tory inaction

www.theguardian.com

 

[Reiser99]

Kind of belongs here. Definitely didn't expect this headline, thought is said covid at first.

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

Sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro have tested for high levels of cocaine.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Reiser99]

World breaks hottest day record twice in a week

The global average temperature broke a record set in 2023, partly driven by heat in Antarctica.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Which Tyler]

Always remember, this may well be the hottest year of your life.
But it's also likely the coldest year of the rest of your life.