Asif Khan
365 posts
The impact of extreme heat in winter is very different to that in summer, bringing snow and water shortages and shrivelling glaciers, which impacts freshwater supply trib.al/NYul7GA
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#Europe is under siege from a 'Winter Heatwave' at the very beginning of January. Many temperature records have been obliterated in mainland Europe. In some countries, the summer May temperatures have been recorded in winter January!
#KeepHomeHabitable
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#Europe is under siege from a 'Winter Heatwave' at the very beginning of January. Many temperature records have been obliterated in mainland Europe. In some countries, the summer May temperatures have been recorded in winter January!
#KeepHomeHabitable
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Exceptional warmth is surging into Europe to end 2022. What a year of extremes it has been and it is going out with a bang.
Likely hitting +20°C in Southern Germany with overnight lows in the widely in the mid-teens. Bonkers for this time of the year.
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If we look after our planet, it will look after us. However, history has shown that we have looked after ourselves instead. Consequently, our planet is in the grip of #ClimateChange. We really need to shift our interest to looking after our planet, to break free from this grip.
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(2/2) This is also taking place due to the weakening of the #Arctic #JetStream, because the Arctic is warming 3-4X faster than the rest of the world due to #ClimateChange. Such extreme weather events may become more frequent due to the #ClimateCrisis. We must #KeepHomeHabitable.
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(1/2) The extreme weather phenomenon, called the ‘Bomb Cyclone’, (now in North American continent) is a once in a generation storm. It intensifies quickly and forms from cold air colliding with rising warm air creating a low pressure system. The cooler air sinks to fill the gap.
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@FrediOtto @wxrisk @MajaVahlberg @PaolaAArias2 @harrinluke @ZachariahMariam @RobertVautard @RoopSingh Conversely, winter is only starting today (21 Dec) in the northern hemisphere, and the UK has already experienced the coldest night of the year (-15.7 C) due to the recent Arctic Blast. #Weather extremes are becoming more untimely.
#KeepHomeHabitable
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Summer is only starting today, but large parts of South America, already suffered two record breaking heat waves. Our new @wxrisk study shows they would be not as hot if it wasn't for climate change. Early heat is particularly deadly. worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change…
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) alone cannot achieve #NetZero. The urgent actual #ClimateAction required is #Mitigation. NBS may prove risky because forests and soils are threatened by fire, disease, farming, and deforestation. They could lose their stored C back to the atmosphere.
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@HabibJanPak This is a good step and, if implemented, will reduce environmental pollution.
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KP Cabinet bans tyre pyrolysis (tyre pyrolysis; tyre breakdown into liquid oil and gases) under Section 7 (Powers of the Agency). Bravo!
Abid Majeed@AbidMajeed1969
KP Cabinet 2day approves ban on tyre pyrolysis under Sec-7 of EPA Act Scrapped tyres, burnt for pyrolysis oil without proper emission control emit poisonous gases, extreme Sulphur content Cause cardiovascular, oncological & respiratory diseases Proper disposal/use to b advocated
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The #AirQuality in Peshawar is deteriorating. This is very alarming during the winter season. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is 'Very Unhealthy'. This will result in multiple health problems in residents and communities of #Peshawar. The right to clean air is a fundamental right.
Peshawar Air Quality Monitor@Peshawar_Air
Peshawar - 2022-12-05 6PM - PM2.5 - 258 AQI - Very Unhealthy #DOSAir
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#ClimateAdaptation simply means to make changes so that we can cope with the impacts of #ClimateChange, such as improving flood defences, developing heat-resistant crops, building sea walls, preparing drought management plans, etc. This is crucial for the heat already locked in.
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@COP27P @OvaisSarmad @simonstiell Though the #LossAndDamage compensation funding is a historic outcome in #COP27, the 'main' thing that remains to be agreed on is "#Mitigation" - reducing emissions, and so from this perspective COP27 was not successful. The root cause of this global crisis needs to be addressed.
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After two weeks of extensive negotiations, #COP27 has concluded with a hallmark implementation plan #SHIP, and a historic deal for agenda item and outcome on #LossAndDamage funding.
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How we store #Energy in innovative batteries and novel storage systems from intermittent #Renewable power sources, for times when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing, is going to be one of the key factors to tackling the #ClimateCrisis under rapid decarbonisation.
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#Microplastics are an invisible danger. Due to abrasion, plastics are disintegrated into microscopic particles, which contaminate air, soil, and water (all essential for our survival). It is affecting the entire planet, even found in fresh snow in the #Arctic.
#KeepHomeHabitable
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@Dominiquetaegon Regarding your view of natural disasters, please see the following:
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Asif Khan@akhankhattak
@klimatbevakaren What is natural are 'hazards' (due to changing climates). There is a misconception that 'disasters' are natural. In UNDRR's definition of a 'disaster', the word 'natural' does not exist. In AR6, the #IPCC has confirmed that #ClimateChange is not natural. undrr.org/terminology/di…
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@Dominiquetaegon Pakistan's example has been misrepresented. In fact, the climate-change-exacerbated monster #Monsoon, with record breaking rainfall, left 1/3rd of the country (the size of UK) inundated. The natural landscape relief system simply could not cope with the 'unprecedented' rainfall.
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