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Greta Thunberg Calls COP28 Outcome a 'Betrayal'
"This COP has once again proven that the COP processes are not working in our favor," the climate activist said.oliviarosane (Common Dreams)
"An #EV is a good way to cut carbon #emissions, but so, it turns out, is a four-day workweek. Do them both, and a thousand other things—and fast—and we might have a shot. "
The first thing a good solar installer does is to make you beef up the insulation in your home: that way you need less solar on the roof.
S: build public transit and bike lanes first, then electrify the remaining cars.
#EnergyTransition #MineralMining #degrowth #JustTransition
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower
To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?
Bill McKibben assesses the validity of the arguments that both degrowthists and those who are pro-green-tech make for how we should address climate change.Bill McKibben (The New Yorker)
Rising temperatures could transform plankton and other tiny aquatic organisms into a huge source of #carbon #emissions, a little-known—and potentially catastrophic—climate tipping point that could accelerate #globalwarming.
A study, published Thursday in Functional Ecology, found that rising temperatures cause a sudden shift in these microbes’ eating habits, flipping them from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters.
https://grist.org/science/plankton-climate-tipping-point-carbon-emissions/
Another climate tipping point to worry about: Plankton
Rising temperatures could turn one of the world's most common organisms into a major source of carbon emissions.Kate Yoder (Grist)
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
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)