Diana Urge-Vorsatz

Professor @CEU
Vice Chair @IPCC_ch
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[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

It is an incredible honor that over 90 countries gave me the trust and voted for me as one of the three new Vice Chairs of the @IPCC_CH

I promise to do my best and work hard to earn their and everyone's trust

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

#IPCC is in Nairobi electing new IPCC & Task Force Bureaus to oversee its seventh cycle. Today, the Panel elected its new Chair, @JimSkeaIPCC & three Vice-Chairs: @DianaUrge, Ladislaus Chang’a & Ramón Pichs-Madruga.

The meeting runs till 28 July.

➡️ https://t.co/JgWufINeg3

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

‼️We are starting in 2.5 hours!

🌍 Can Economic #Growth Continue Indefinitely on a Finite Planet?

📅 Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:50 am – 12:30 pm
📍 Location: Room D-001,
💻 Online access& event details: https://t.co/cR2l6BqWrR

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

Nice to see our review paper on #postGrowth is trending so popularly.

With full credit to my co-authors, it is a really excellent paper ;-)

@ceu will host a debate related to it on Tuesday morning CET, details to be posted

https://t.co/Pt38IZ4ymI

[OOIR @ObserveIR]

Trending in #PublicHealth:
https://t.co/zYakiVqnSj

1) Portable air filters reduce infections (@JIPH_Journal)

2) Emotional Health of Transgender Youth

3) Post-growth: wellbeing within planetary boundaries (@TheLancetPlanet)

4) Electronic gambling machines, Australia (@anzjph)

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

Dear my followers,

If you want to read about climate without the army of obstructive bots and obstruction campaigns, u may also want to join #bluesky

I was persuaded by colleagues, but seeing what's going on here it was not a hard decision

Fund me:

https://t.co/6KRPvhGmP1

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

could anyone recommend good resources (books, websites) on
#climatechange for 11-year-old school #children, preferably in
#German but English is also OK?

Thanks! #klimawandel für #Kinder

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

To cheer up, I laid out all @IPCC_CH #AR6 products

It is an incredible honor to have contributed to the birth of this immense amount of #climatechange wisdom with the leading scientists of the world

The ultimate science consensus on everything climate

Looking forward to #AR7

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

A bit more food for thought on the "over"population vs "over"consumption debate in the environment field.

When shall we reach the consumption peak? ;-) (with continued improved well-being)
#population #overpopulation

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

The world has passed “peak child”—

The number of children in the world has stopped growing. This moment in time was given the term “peak child” by the late Hans Rosling.

The chart shows the estimated number of children under five years old globally up to 2023, with projections from the United Nations out to 2100. The UN thinks the number of under-5s peaked in 2017.

The chart also shows the number of young people under 15, which peaked in 2021. And the number of under-25s, which may have peaked last year.

“Peak child” is a sign that the world is on course for “peak population”. The UN expects the world population to start falling before the end of the century.

(This Daily Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie.)

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

#professor #job at @ceu in #environment al department!

APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW!

Please repost in academic cirlces.

https://t.co/yYFNCYYeYM

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

Klimaforscherin: "Wir würden auch in kein Flugzeug mit zehnprozentigem Absturzrisiko steigen" https://t.co/NhIqxwdjcb

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

Another soft limit to adaptation to a changing climate.

Beyond a certain level of risk insurance may not be an option any more to hedge climate risks.

"Uninsurable California?" @TheEconomist
https://t.co/SfPg0txFQA
From The Economist

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

Shockcing figure from @BBC

2024's coldest day was hotter than almost any day in the last millenium.

Thr fig illustrates furthermore that #GenZ & #GenAlpha have no lobger experience of the #climate #civilisation has evolved in and flourished for 10k years.

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

#congestionCharging in NY works so far

@TheEconomist

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

"Hitzerekord mit plus 1,6 Grad: Beschleunigt sich die globale Erwärmung?
Fachleuten zufolge haben wir die geologische Uhr um 125.000 Jahre zurückgedreht und 2024 ein neues Temperaturmaximum erreicht."
Danke, @derStandardat , für Interview @webstandardat
https://t.co/LY7vKD9Jtq

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

Some more food for thought on whether warming is accelerating, and if we can explain the record records of the past 2 years, on today's @nature.

Bottom line: the jury is out there.

Heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up? https://t.co/zFFSipgcyv

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

@CarbonBrief Including such precise numbers and such precise rankings on such a diverse range of impacts, so much depending on local circumstances, climate, culture, and production methods is problematic - it is almost arbitrary to rank, depending on which values we choose

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

@hausfath Thanks - this is really important to know!

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

2025: what a turning point in the #energytransition:

"The @IEA predicts that in 2025 the combination of #PV generation and #batteryStorage will be cheaper than coal-fired power in China, and new gas-fired plants in the US."

https://t.co/RQazyz4Das
From The Economist

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

https://t.co/ISc9EiHqQd

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

The Elizabeth Line this year moved more people than the 18 lanes of the 401 freeway, the widest in North America.

Traffic is simply a geometry problem, and adding one more lane won't fix it.

[Diana Urge-Vorsatz @DianaUrge]

@MikeHudema Lets hope it does perform as projected.

Lets see if it does eliminate pesticides also in 5 years, and lets see its nutritional value without diverse, natural soil (or is it being taken from a fertile piece of land?).

What is the energy input cost/benefit?

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

It took 30 years for Poland’s share of electricity from coal to go from 96% in 1990 to 68% in 2020. But Poland will get to 0 coal by 2032 -and its 2nd largest utility just announced it’s exiting coal by 2030

Dumping fossil fuels slowly, then all at once https://t.co/pftvvB2HfY