Finally out! 1st diagnosis of the entire Planet. All the 9 Planetary Boundaries quantified defining Our Safe Operating Space on Earth. Bad news: 6 of 9 PBs breached. Good news: Window still open, we know what to measure, we can return and we win if we do! science.org/doi/full/10.11…
Angående det här med att vara rädd. Jag är rädd. Och här kommer några rader (läs lång tråd) till er som tror att vi som säger att vi är rädda fejkar, gör oss löjliga eller som tror att vi bara vill göra politiska poänger.
110 years ago today, a New Zealand newspaper warned that burning coal could eventually change the climate.
This was based on the work of Svante Arrhenius, who 16 years earlier had measured the warming effect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Don't say we didn't warn you.
Den torka som nu breder ut sig på flera platser runt om i världen är bara början, vilket jag skriver lite om i min bok ”Åtta steg mot avgrunden”. Det har nämligen visat sig att vattnet håller på att ta slut i 20 av världens 37 största grundvattenreserver.🧵
"We seem trapped in a world where fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat. They exploited the same scandalous tactics as Big Tobacco decades before [and] must not escape responsibility"
UN Secretary-General, speaking truth to power, 17-6-22
#climate
In 2014, this French weather presenter announced the forecast for August 18, 2050 as part of a campaign to alert to the reality of climate change. Now her forecast that day is the actual forecast for the coming 4 or 5 days, in mid-June 2022.
When we destroy forests, overfish or burn coal, we are increasing gross domestic product.
It’s time to change an accounting system that counts the destruction of the planet as if it was the production of richness.
🔥Heat wave in Antarctica, +38 °C (+68 °F) above normal.
That's not an error, or a typo.
The remote research station at Dome C recorded a temperature nearly 40 °C above normal for this time of year, beating the previous March record by a startling 20 °C.
30°C above normal in the Arctic today.
40°C above normal in the Antarctic today.
It would be unbelievable if it were not true.
And it is terrifying beyond words.
The war we have waged against the natural world has, in climatic terms, just gone nuclear.
At 1.2°C of global warming, with current pace, we will hit 1.5°C in 2033 and 2°C by 2060. With last 7 years being warmest on record, 2021 among them, we have strong confirmation of the global climate crisis as shown in excellent analysis by @BerkeleyEarthberkeleyearth.org/global-tempera…
Critical minerals do not undermine the case for clean energy.
Though mineral extraction is relatively emissions-intensive, the lifecycle emissions of EVs today are about 1/2 those of a traditional car & only 1/4 with clean electricity ➡️ iea.li/3DCwHev