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I don’t like to mention that rich guy over at #Twitter, but he’s rambling on about #ClimateChange & agriculture, which is in my wheelhouse. And he is also unabashedly & absurdly wrong.
Misinformation on climate change is irresponsible & dangerous, so let’s be clear:
25% to 30% of global emissions come from our #food system.
As UT Austin’s Michael Webber describes, agriculture is a major cause, victim and - importantly - meaningful solution to #climate change.
More at ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-…
How much of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food?
Estimates of food emissions can range from one-quarter to one-third. Where do these differences come from?Our World in Data
I am literally finishing a dissertation on how scientific information has been valued & prioritized by Congressional staffers from the 20th century through the Biden administration.
So for now I’ll just say, if you’re interested in the relationships between #science policy, #ClimateChange, lobbyists, researchers, media & #scicomm, stay tuned… /2
As a scientist who studies #science policy & risk communication, as a science journalist who has been writing in popular outlets about #ClimateChange & #scicomm for 20 years, & as a former congressional staffer focused on #climate & #energy policy in the early 2000s… This article is frustrating.
“Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas”
Hi Sheril,
I believe you/others might be interested in a petition for radical reform of the UN 🇺🇳, which has been vocal, but sadly largely ineffective, when faced with 21st century challenges such as #ClimateChange.
If indeed you are interested, the petition is accessible via toot:
COP21: Richest 10 per cent ‘produce half the world’s CO2 emissions’
Oxfam report comes as 150 world leaders descend on Paris for the first day of a two-week UN climate change summitTom Bawden (The Independent)
Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this:
theguardian.com/sustainable-bu…
The climate crisis is a billionaires crisis, a trillion-dollar corporations crisis, a capitalism crisis, a systemic inequality crisis.
#climateChange #climateCrisis #climateCatastrophe #climate #corporatocracy #capitalism
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
A relatively small number of fossil fuel producers and their investors could hold the key to tackling climate changeTess Riley (The Guardian)
“The news coverage of the smoke palls swirling out of Canada across the East Coast has centered on the substantial threat to people suffering from asthma, heart disease & other ailments exacerbated by smoke inhalation.
This would be a great moment to remind North American audiences that much of the developing world lives, indoors & outside, with vastly worse smoke exposure.” revkin.substack.com/p/putting-…
Excellent perspective by @revkin on the US #wildfire smoke. #ClimateChange
Putting the Awful Eastern U.S. Wildfire Smoke in Perspective
The media capital of the world is freaking out over air pollution levels that are low compared to those in millions of developing-country homesAndy @Revkin (Sustain What)
A comic I drew five years ago while hunkered indoors next to an air purifier in Seattle as wildfires raged in the Northwest. Now the east coast has the ticks AND the smoke.
#climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #wildfires
“Data shows for the first time that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on-demand, dispatchable power, so we will be relying on #renewables to keep the lights on.”
But rather than fix the grid, #Republicans spent their time in the #Texas legislature trying to block renewable #energy:
texasobserver.org/88th-session…
#environment #infrastructure #ClimateChange #TXlege #politics #news #USpol #OilAndGas
The Awful 88th Session of the Texas Lege
Losers during the 88th session of the legislature included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.Texas Observer Staff (The Texas Observer)
World's governments subsidized fossil foolishness with over $1 trillion last year, double the subsidies of the year before (iea.org/reports/fossil-fuels-c…)
The billions spent "fighting" #ClimateChange which are completely fraudulent are stupid & evil & a fraction of the direct contributions we make to cutting our own throats as we destroy out species' ecological niche.
Homo sap sap is such a sap
“Rich nations say they're spending billions to fight #ClimateChange. But some money is going to strange places… like a coal plant, a hotel, chocolate stores, a movie & an airport expansion.” 🤔
It’s complicated, but worth a read from Reuters: reuters.com/investigates/speci… #climate
A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places
Rich countries promised $100 billion a year to reduce the effects of global warming. Reuters found large sums went to a coal plant, a hotel and chocolate shops.Reuters
“You can say gravity isn't true, but if you step off the cliff, you’re going down,” says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about restrictions on teaching. insideclimatenews.org/news/310… #climatechange
Students and Faculty at Ohio State Respond to a Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of Climate Policies - Inside Climate News
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Keely Fisher chose to pursue her Ph.D. at Ohio State University because she wanted to learn about climate change from a world-class faculty. Now one year into her program, she wonders if she belongs here.Katelyn Weisbrod (Inside Climate News)
Breaking news :/
Based on daily data, the atmospheric CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa averaged ~424.0 ppm over May 2023. That's ~3.0 ppm higher than last year, and that's a lot.
It is also the highest monthly average on record, and most probably of the last 15 million years.
#co2 #ClimateChange #globalwarming #maunaloa #greenhousegas #emissions
Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
Prepare for temperatures reaching ‘uncharted territory,’ the World Meteorological Organization warns.
by By Justine Calma, May 17, 2023
"The next five years are almost guaranteed to be sweltering, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today. Climate change has already raised baseline temperatures for the planet. Now, a weather pattern known as El Niño is going to make things even hotter when it develops later this year."
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ElNino #Heatwave
Read more:
theverge.com/2023/5/17/2372570…
Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
A one-two punch from climate change and a developing El Niño is expected to drive more extreme weather over the next five years, according to the World Meteorological Organization.Justine Calma (The Verge)
I’m not linking to any articles in the news today about how we’ve surpassed some so-called “climate threshold,” but its frustrating to see the associated misleading, doomsday headlines & imagery.
As @globalecoguy explains, #climate targets & deadlines can be “very useful as guides, but not as precise ‘all or nothing’ specifications for our future survival.” More at: globalecoguy.org/drawing-lines…
#ClimateChange is real. It’s now. But there’s still time to act. Not much.
Drawing Lines in the Climate Sand - GlobalEcoGuy.org
People like to talk about deadlines, budgets, and other targets when it comes to climate change. Like the Paris Accords, or the remaining carbon budget. But what do they mean?Dr. Jonathan Foley (GlobalEcoGuy.org)
“When a new technology becomes cheaper than the old one & can do all the same stuff, people switch…
1. The EV revolution will help save the planet’s environment bc it’ll allow us to electrify most of transportation, which accounts for ~1/4 of global CO2 emissions. 2. It’ll give us cheaper transportation than before, which will boost economic growth & make life easier for lots of people.”
Excellent explainer of why “EVs will win” by @noahpinion noahpinion.blog/p/all-the-argu… #climatechange #economics
A cartoon from 2018 that I republished over the holidays: Understanding the world through careful observation of reality isn't "partisan."
#comic #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #cartoon #science
#Dog and #cow are best #friends
Why #love one and #eat the other
If you #loveanimals #donteatanimals
#plantbased for the #animals #planet #climatechange #health
howdoigovegan.com 🌱
Sabotaging Oil and Gas Infrastructure Is an Act of Climate Heroism - System Change Not Climate Change
As corporations build fossil fuel infrastructure despite protests, we must take the tactic of sabotage seriously.Ted (System Change Not Climate Change)
"Gone for good? California's beetle-killed, carbon-storing pine forests may not come back
Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won't recover to pre-drought densities, reducing an important storehouse for atmospheric carbon."
🔗: sciencedaily.com/releases/2023…
#California #SierraNevada #forests #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
Latest comic: How do oil execs sleep at night?
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #environment #cartoon
Science Debate - the ngo I cofounded with an incredible team - lives on as Science on the Ballot!
It’s now part of the National Science Policy Network - a network of advocates for science, built by & for young scientists. They will carry the mission forward, pressing U.S. candidates to address #science #policy issues like #ClimateChange, #energy & public health before the 2024 election.
I’m so excited to watch them shine!
For more on how to volunteer or get involved: scipolnetwork.org/science-on-t…
A striking visualisation of #climatechange: the date of Kyoto cherry blossoms' reaching full bloom, plotted over the past 1000 years.
Thanks to the cultural significance of cherry blossoms in Japan, we have data on the specific day of the year when a very particular species of cherry blossom (P. jamasakura) reached "full-flowering" (満開) in a specific area on the outskirts of Kyoto (Arashiyama), all the way back to 800 AD.
The trend of the past 50 years is hard to miss…
Meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet
“A leak of a draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on #ClimateChange (#IPCC) report..has been particularly enlightening when it comes to just how much how delegations negotiate, watered down & delete scientists’ findings.”
qz.com/ipcc-report-on-climate-… #science #food
The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet
A leaked draft revealed how the meat industry is obstructing efforts to curb climate changeAurora Almendral (Quartz)
newatlas.com/environment/under…
Underwater turbulence revealed as a key factor in climate change
Much of the heat and carbon produced by humans is absorbed by the ocean. New research has shed light on the role that underwater waves play in moving that heat and carbon around our oceans, an important factor in predicting climate change.Paul McClure (New Atlas)
You may have heard that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the #IPCC - released a new #climate report.
Here’s the most important take home:
There are *still* so many feasible & effective opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & adapt to #climatechange available right now.
Climate solutions will improve #food, energy & water security, benefit global health, promote equity, conserve biodiversity & boost the economy.
Read more: ipcc.ch/
We're super excited for the #ClimateOfChange #Mastodon PREMIERE, Tues Feb 28 at 7pm, featuring #yyc author of #ThePatch, #ClimateOptimist and more #ChrisTurner!
Fave this post or better yet BOOST it and we'll update it during show time so YOU GET THE NOTIFICATION.
We'll also be keeping an eye on comments/questions of this post to ask Turner on the show! See you tomorrow night!
#abpoli #ableg #yeg #Alberta #abpoli #EnergyTransition #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
Food waste is responsible for at least *6%* of global greenhouse gas emissions.
We can change that. Right now.
ourworldindata.org/food-waste-… #ClimateChange #food
Food waste is responsible for 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions
Food losses and waste – in supply chains and by consumers – account for around one-quarter of greenhouse gas emissions from food. That’s 6% of total global emissions.Our World in Data
Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.
But female scientist Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its #climate.
Tyndall was widely read. And Foote, being a woman, wasn't even permitted to present her own work.
climate.gov/news-features/feat… #history #science #ClimateChange #HistoryRemix
Climate change, according to my classes, instigates extreme weather swings, such as freezing winters and scalding summers.
Climate change is real, and "winter is still cold" is NOT AN EXCUSE FOR *YOUR* GODDAMN IGNORANCE
CLIMATE. CHANGE. IS. REAL.
GET THAT IN PEOPLES' HEADS!
#climatechange #climateemergency #climate #change #greenhouse #ozonelayer #climatecrisis
Bring on Climate Change Chuck!
If prophets for planetary change must come in the form of rodents, then that is what me must do.
