The russian occupiers staged a man-made natural disaster in the Kharkiv region.
While retreating, they blew up the floodgates of the dam of the Oskil reservoir. The reservoir, which before the invasion was 85 km long and up to 4 km wide, is now completely shallow.
1. The IPCC and IPBES both point to systemic change away from GDP growth to limit the damage of collapsing ecosystems and to end biodiversity annihilation.
So we know what to do.
Organise for political and economic systems change. https://t.co/XZi821wAPx
Policies currently in place with no additional action are projected to result in global warming of 2.8C over the twenty-first century. Implementation of unconditional and conditional NDC scenarios reduce this to 2.6C and 2.4C respectively. /6
What is the relationship between fossil CO₂ emissions & GDP (per person)?
It is pretty one-to-one: economic activity is very good at predicting CO₂ emissions...
Each point in this figure is a country, same applies within countries though. Note the log scale.
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@takdzwiedz @agata_loskot To akurat jest trudne do obrony, ns2 nie wystartował a i przez ns1 w ostatnich tygodniach nie było importu. Ciekawostka: zamiast tego dramatycznie wzrósł przesył przez PL w ostatnim czasie. Źródło: https://t.co/d8HjUrxKYF
#Ekologia, jako sposób modernizacji sił zbrojnych. Ważny, również w kontekście #zmianyklimatu, lecz rzadko poruszany temat od @Defence24#wojsko https://t.co/oTCNonyYYO
A new NATO report recognizes the role that the transatlantic alliance can play in slowing ecological breakdown and offers a series of proposals to help address the crisis. https://t.co/qUrPMmftUR
"The next administration should continue and enhance President Trump's strategy of increased military support for our NATO allies along the alliance's eastern flank," John Rossomando writes. https://t.co/ouYFxwyKMV
Demand for gas to rise as #Germany exits nuclear & coal, says @RystadEnergy
Govt will have to decide whether low price or diversified supply is more important when deciding on #nordstream2 vs LNG
https://t.co/RVWnyTA3vf
Conflict invariably damages the natural environment. As Ryan McNamara explains, even militarization short of war threatens biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. For #EnvConflictDay, learn about environmental damage in the South China Sea. https://t.co/jvczCvdS8A
The United States has formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. https://t.co/8YYkV9yT0A
Crop yields in tropical regions look set to drop by up to 25% from the 2020s (~1.5°C of global warming) and a staggering 40% from the 2030s (~2°C of global warming).
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