Any discussion of climate change must always be mindful that it is a problem primarily created by the behaviour of wealthy nations, and wealthy people.
“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F).” – #IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair Jim Skea on the release of IPCC’s latest #ClimateReport on the mitigation of #climatechange.
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An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, scientists said.
The collapse, captured by satellite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had an ice shelf collapse. https://t.co/xwFRjmY61J
The top map shows which nations are most responsible for excess emissions. The bottom map shows which nations are most impacted by it. If we are not attentive to the colonial dimensions of climate breakdown, we are missing the point.
The final sentence of new IPCC report:
"The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet.
Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future."
Remember peak oil? It was all the rage a decade ago. Now almost no one is talking about it. Funny thing is, it's happening just as predicted. Here's the global production of conventional crude oil, along with predictions from Hallock et al.
Two-thirds of aviation’s global warming impact comes from “non-CO2” emissions. The effects of these emissions, which include the fluffy white vapor trails jets leave behind, have been tough to pin down, but a new study reaffirms their impact.
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