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Slash-and-burn agriculture, mining, and deforestation endanger Amazonas. During the first four months of the year, the deforestation rate increased by 55 percent, compared with the same period last year, according to satellite images from Brazil's National Space Research Institute. The fact that such large quantities of forest have been harvested so early in the year is worrying experts. –The beginning of the year is usually not the time of year when the logging is done, because it is raining, and it is raining a lot, says Erika Berenguer, an environmental scientist at the universities of Oxford and Lancaster. Jair Bolsonaro takes no responsibility for the Amazonas, in fact, he wants to further exploit it, suggesting to open up protected areas for mining and agriculture. It is crucial to protect Amazonas, it needs to be done now!
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A while ago already posted a climate warning about the Government of Serbia's plans to invest heavily in coal and build a new coal power plant - Kostolac B3. 26 weeks later, we're in for a surprise - Serbian Government, teamed up with PowerChina plans to build yet ANOTHER coal-fired power plant - Kolubara B. The project that stems from the 80s was abandoned in 2014 because EBRD was limiting the financing of coal projects. But hey, no problem - here's China to solve the coal financing woes! They hope it will be up and running by 2024. What is most mind-boggling is that Serbia already has all its energy needs met when it comes to the quantity of electricity. Now, instead of focusing on solving the issue of quality - curbing pollution and transitioning to (truly) sustainable renewables - we are building, yes - another coal-fired plant... For what? For whom? Since air pollution knows no borders and will disperse itself over the entire region and beyond, this is the question that concerns the entire European Union, and not just Serbia and it's imminent neighbors. And not to mention the global emissions. I can't help the feeling that the coal industry, facing demise, is trying to keep itself relevant in by squeezing into the gullible, poor, and/or easily corruptible political environments. https://serbia-energy.eu/serbia-eps-signed-preliminary-agreement-on-tpp-kolubara-b-construction/ https://bankwatch.org/project/kolubara-b-lignite-fired-power-plant-serbia Pictured: Kolubara A power plant, which already satisfies around 50% of Serbia's energy needs (source: Bankwatch)
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This is not acceptable! Thanks for sharing Katarina! 🌍🔥
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Climate love to Pulitzer prize foundation for recognizing the importance of quality environmental journalism in our current times! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/washington-post-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-series-that-detailed-environmental-devastation-in-global-hot-spots/2020/05/04/89b8c7d8-8da8-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html "In late 2018, Washington Post environmental writer Chris Mooney began noticing a small but recurring theme in scientific studies about climate change: Most places on the planet had gotten warmer on average over the preceding century, but some had become hotter than others. Prolonged warming had changed these local ecosystems for the worse, indicating that climate change wasn’t just an abstract future threat but an ongoing one. Mooney began talking up the idea with his editor, Trish Wilson, and soon a series of articles, photos, videos and graphics was born. Eventually, the effort to document places on the planet that had experienced above-average warming involved 53 people in The Post’s newsroom. On Monday, a panel of judges awarded the series the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor. The project, dubbed “2C: Beyond the Limit” for the benchmark two-degree Celsius temperature rise, won for explanatory journalism." Here's the winning story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-america/?tid=lk_inline_manual_3&itid=lk_inline_manual_3
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Many talented engineers lose their jobs in the fossil industry. It would be a good idea to include them and give them a chance to join for a climate dialogues to see how we solve this crisis together. We need to involve all our expertise to give everyone a positive vision and a feeling of involvement in the climate transition. Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-sunset-architecture-platform-87236/
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Great idea! I think this is really important to include as many as possible.
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As promised, I continue to report on illegal or corruptive environmental destruction occurring around the world amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Many states, private and shady "business" entities are using the situation to push for the completion of controversial, destructive projects. This time it is happening at my home region, the Balkans. Citizen environmentalist networks have been notifying the public about these incidents, which are rather the rule than an exception. However, since these are law-abiding citizens, they have been unable to organize and stop the problematic activities. Now EuroNatur and Riverwatch created a press release about it. Bosnia is in the spotlight, but the same and similar events have been occurring across the region. https://balkanrivers.net/en/news/increasing-destruction-nature-times-pandemic Here are a few quotes: "These environmental crimes are being committed in the shadow of the pandemic. Investors are taking advantage of this unique opportunity to create structural facts without inconvenient inspections or protests from residents and environmental organisations. We are not talking about just any streams and rivers, but about the most unique and so far largely untouched watercourses," says Ulrich Eichelmann of Riverwatch, coordinator of the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign. “We see a similar approach in many places in Europe: reports from Romania tell us that the already massive illegal logging continues to increase, from the Balkans that even more protected birds are shot from the sky. The loopholes this pandemic offers to those who want to enrich themselves at the expense of nature are used unscrupulously”, says Gabriel Schwaderer, Executive Director of EuroNatur. "We call for more rigorous prevention and tougher penalties to prevent unjust enrichment, criminal behaviour and usury opportunism, i.e. to ensure that the competent authorities comply with the law, constitutional and moral principles”, so Anes Podić from the NGO Eko Akcija. Many will now think that the states lack resources to persecute these crimes. But the justice system has been very agile when it comes to persecuting ordinary citizens. For example, yesterday a farmer in Serbia got fined 450e because he took his sheep to pasture during the curfew hours. Nature knows no boundaries, and criminality knows neither borders nor boundaries, even at a moment like this. A global misfortune becomes just another opportunity for extra profit. Common European heritage and some of the continent's wildest places are in danger. I can only hope there is a force that can stop this.
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Here's my little contribution to the glorious 50th Earth Day. Thanks to the Geography Realm for having it! A quick glimpse into the history of Earth Day, and what to expect online this year: https://www.geographyrealm.com/2020-earth-day-marks-the-50th-anniversary/ I was super glad to mention the biggest environmental online conference at the very end :)
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Unfortunately, the pandemic brought about an occurrence that many environmentalists have worried about. Global extractive industries seem to be using the situation to push the most controversial projects now, while activists are conveniently facing a lockdown. While we are all hoping for a world unified by this new challenge, some entities are moving at great speed to grab as much land and profit as possible, without facing the consequences. For starts - The keystone XL pipeline seems to have found its moment. The article by Bill McKibben is very passionate but factual. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/05/climate-crisis-villains-oil-industry-big-banks-pipelines He starts with a passage: "I'm going to tell you the single worst story I’ve heard in these past few horrid months, a story that combines naked greed, political influence peddling, a willingness to endanger innocent human beings, utter blindness to one of the greatest calamities in human history and a complete disregard for the next crisis aiming for our planet. I’m going to try to stay calm enough to tell it properly, but I confess it’s hard." Very worth reading. Here are some key take-aways: 1) The oil industry is flying in workers from across America to rural states with already strained health care systems, at a moment when all Americans have been asked to shelter in place, and pretending that they are “essential” employees in order to build a pipeline that would carry oil no one wants or needs, and which would go a long way toward wrecking the planet’s climate system. 2) The work is being done on the edges of many Indian reservations – endangering a group of people who, over the centuries, have endured 90% population losses from introduced epidemics, and who are suffering horrible losses already from this one(...). 3) It is difficult to escape the conclusion that the oil industry is acting decisively now because it knows this is the one moment when protesters can’t make themselves heard. Those 30,000 trained volunteers represent one of the great nonviolent armies in American history, willing to suffer to protect the planet – but they are moral human beings who will not risk taking microbes into prisons with them, and endanger prisoners crowded together in impossible conditions." I am going to keep posting about the industry's opportunistic moves in the coming days to keep the community informed.
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This is a dangerous behavior by TC Energy. Isn't the current covid-19 crisis enough warning ⚠ for mankind to respect Nature and look for more eco-friendly energies? Must we always learn the hard way?
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Thanks for sharing Katarina! This is very revealing what the fossil fuel industry really care about - definitely not public health, and definitely not long term prosperity. But short term greed 🌍🔥
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A new study from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has some promising points. "Our study documents the recovery of marine populations, habitats and ecosystems following past conservation interventions. It provides specific, evidence-based recommendations to scale proven solutions globally," said lead author Carlos Duarte, who is a professor of marine science at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. "We know what we ought to do to rebuild marine life, and we have evidence that this goal can be achieved within three decades. Indeed, this requires that we accelerate our efforts, and spread them to areas where efforts are currently modest." The researchers identified nine components that are key to rebuilding the oceans: salt marshes, mangroves, seagrasses, coral reefs, kelp, oyster reefs, fisheries, megafauna and the deep ocean. The scientists recommend a range of actions that are required including protecting species, harvesting wisely and restoring habitats." I hope that after this crisis, the world will step on track to protect our oceans once and for all. The encouraging news is there to remind us every single thing we do can make a difference. Our choices will be able to truly save our world one day.
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Oh, btw, I forgot to include the link (and the reason my climate <3 went to BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52122447
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Actions affecting oceans very much are missing, like fossil extraction, sea mining, shipping apparently and pollution, which needs to be stopped or altered to fit the needs of the sea.
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This is very good news. We have to do this.
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I've just discovered this "fine resource" on climate and science. Here are some highlights for your enjoyment "The key debate between alarmists and skeptics is the issue of impacts, not whether we are causing some warming" (oh my, that's new!) "The only consensus that matters is whether scientists are very worried about climate change, and most scientists are not very worried." "Coral thrive in warm water, not cold water." Therefore, "The primary causes of coral bleaching include (...) cold temperatures like those recorded in 2010 off the Florida coast." "If climate scientists don’t understand the Earth’s atmosphere well enough to nail down a true climate sensitivity estimate for increased carbon dioxide, how can we trust climate model projections of future warming that rely on such an uncertain value?" (Well, that's why climate models are regularly updated and tested, and there are different projections, duh! To return the question - if skeptics can't understand how climate modeling works (not well enough, but at all), how can they declare it faulty?). EVERY piece of information has been either taken out of context, twisted or manipulated (or all of that). I may sound harsh, but things like this are a disgrace of this civilization.
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yes it has moved closer by an average of 2 million kms in a looped orbit
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A wonderful article by Amy Fleming at the Guardian, featuring naturalist Stephen Moss. It is here to remind us how biological communities can thrive in unexpected places - and even side by side with humans. "The reservoir was built in 1833, but was developed as wetlands with thriving reed beds and opened to the public in 2016. This is the result of investing in what the natural history writer and television producer Stephen Moss calls our accidental countryside. “My definition of it is quite simple,” he says. “Excluding farmland and gardens, it’s any place that was created originally for human use that wildlife either stayed in, or found and moved into later.” From ancient ruins, to disused railways, these unintended havens dot the British landscape. Tate Modern, on the Thames, with its nesting peregrine falcons, counts as accidental countryside. So do motorway service stations, which birders keen to spy pied wagtails know offer birds more food than neighbouring sprayed fields. Stonework in cemeteries attracts more than 600 species of lichen – a composite organism of algae and fungi living in symbiosis – some of which are hundreds of years old. “None of these places were designed for wildlife,” says Moss. n a country in which farms take up almost 57% of the land, the tiny, unmeasured fraction of accidental countryside we have needs protecting, says Moss, who made programmes with Bill Oddie for many years and has been a birder since boyhood. “Our society is geared to paying farmers very little money to produce huge amounts of food so supermarkets can make big profits and we have cheap food. Everyone’s happy except the farmers and the wildlife,” he says." In our hopefully soon-to-be-climate-friendly, resilient future world, places like this require unreserved attention and protection. Very worth reading: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/13/accidental-countryside-why-nature-thrives-in-unlikely-places
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Sir Attenborough, looking out for our Blue Marble, as always :) Now he has raised his well-known voice against Seafloor Mining I posted about previously Fauna & Flora International (FFI), an organization in which he serves as a vice-president, has published a detailed study on risks and impacts of deep-sea mining on this strange and largely unknown ecosystem. Here is his foreword: "The depths of our oceans remain largely unexplored, but humankind’s first tentative ventures into the blue abyss have revealed a hidden world full of wonders, where life thrives under great barometric pressure and far from the light of the sun. The fact that life exists at all in such unforgiving conditions, drawing energy from the chemicals expelled from the earth’s core and locking away carbon from our atmosphere, is one of the world’s uncelebrated marvels. What is more, we are now beginning to appreciate the extent to which life in the deep sea also affects the health of the planetary systems on which we all depend. The fate of the deep sea and the fate of our planet are intimately intertwined. That we should be considering the destruction of these places and the multitude of species they support – before we have even understood them and the role they play in the health of our planet – is beyond reason. This report by Fauna & Flora International highlights crucial evidence about the importance of the deep sea for the global climate and the proper functioning of ocean habitats. The rush to mine this pristine and unexplored environment risks creating terrible impacts that cannot be reversed. We need to be guided by science when faced with decisions of such great environmental consequence." You can find the entire study here (pdf) https://cms.fauna-flora.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FFI_2020_The-risks-impacts-deep-seabed-mining_Report.pdf
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Dear Katarina Samurovic Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to David Attenborough and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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First I've seen it in The Guardian, then The Oxygen Project brought the issue to my attention, this time in more detail. And now I believe everyone should know. What is seafloor mining? It is the novel form of mining that could have a devastating impact on the health of our oceans. Let alone all the unforeseen consequences of this "exotic" technology. Here's a brief from The Oxygen Project, who are planning to create a campaign to try to halt the potentially devastating new development. "For decades, large corporations have poisoned rivers, devastated forests and displaced communities, and now they’re rushing to mine minerals from the last untouched frontier on the planet – the deep sea. The deep-sea may be vast and unexplored, but it is incredibly important. Spanning 65% of Earth’s surface, it’s the largest habitat on the planet. New species are still being found there, and sometimes, entirely new ecosystems are discovered. Scientists believe there may be more species in deep-sea habitats than in all other environments on Earth combined. The seafloor is also the world’s biggest carbon sink, having absorbed ¼ - ½ of the carbon dioxide we’ve put into the atmosphere. A UN-sponsored intergovernmental group known as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is responsible for governing the deep-sea and protecting it from exploitation. However, the ISA routinely turns a blind eye to prioritize the interests of mining companies over the protection of our fragile ecosystems. In the past decade alone, it has granted 29 exploration licenses for contractors to explore mineral wealth at a number of deep-sea locations. These licenses could result in irreversible ecosystem loss. As citizens concerned about the future of our planet, we ask you to support a moratorium on seabed mining so we can learn more about its potential impact on deep-sea ecosystems." https://www.theoxygenproject.com/seabed-mining One of the leading companies in the field, that made these horrendous machines (pictured), is called Nautilus Minerals. Their title is "New Vision. New World. New Resources.". Gee, I wouldn't want to live in that (Brave) New World for sure. They have gone bankrupt a few years ago, but they are coming back through other business entities. The mining industry seems to be determined to push it through. Let's not let them.
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This is so sad! Every week I learn about some new devastating environmentally disasterous activity or fact. Why destroy our only home, why not build good things?
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The US oil firm ExxonMobil met key European commission officials in an attempt to water down the European Green Deal in the weeks before it was agreed, according to a climate lobbying watchdog. Documents unearthed by InfluenceMap revealed that Exxon lobbyists met Brussels officials in November to urge the EU to extend its carbon-pricing scheme to “stationary” sources, such as power plants, to include tailpipe emissions from vehicles using petrol or diesel. Green groups believe this would be the least effective way to disincentive fossil fuel vehicles, and would rather allow countries to set their own emissions standards and targets for road emissions. The move appears to be an attempt to stall the rollout of electric vehicles by keeping a lid on the cost of driving a traditional combustion engine vehicle running on fossil fuels. The European commission stopped short of proposals to phase out combustion engine vehicles and has plans to consult on whether to include vehicles in its carbon-pricing scheme. Edward Collins, a director at InfluenceMap, said the document “represents yet another evidence piece” of ExxonMobil’s long-term strategy of delaying climate action by focusing on “long-term technical solutions” to try to avert “decisive regulatory action” that is urgently required to tackle the climate crisis. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/06/exxonmobil-tried-to-get-european-green-deal-watered-down-claims-climate-lobbying-watchdog
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Unfortunately, this comes as no surprise. Big oil leaves its greasy black footprints everywhere :/
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I would like to give a big Climate Love to Bloomberg Climate Scoreboard. You will find global data on the Climate updated in real-time. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/climate-change-data-green/index.html This webpage should be on all our leaders start page when they open their browsers. It is on mine!
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Interesting numbers Ingmar, thank you...
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This is great. These stats should be on the news everyday, like the market data is.
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Thank you for posting this Ingmar. And I completely agree with Sharryn - what could be more vital than this data!
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The military knows about the existential threats by global warming. A new report* shows how a 2-4+°C/3.6-7.2 warmer world at around the year 2100 spells catastrophe for humanity. They figured it out decades ago. Actually so did scientists, many leader and institutions in charge of limiting greenhouse gas emission and safeguarding their people from other serious threats, death and large scale catastrophic events. But very few news corporations, media outlet or social networks sounded the alarm and even fewer have acted on the potentially catastrophes ahead. Facebook is a social network combined media platform major powerhouses forming the narrative of the late 20th and early 21st century, by controlling what we see in their various ways of actually controlling our lives. Coming back to the threats in the near future that you, me and the world faces, at current pace of decarbonizing, should we be worried? Yes. Can we do stuff about it? Sure we can! * Read: 'A SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, HOW LIKELY WARMING SCENARIOS INDICATE A CATASTROPHIC SECURITY FUTURE', shows among many other disturbing facts how a 2-4+°C/3.6-7.2 warmer world at around the year 2100 spells catastrophe for humanity as this report shows. Get it here 👉 https://climateandsecurity.org/a-security-threat-assessment-of-global-climate-change. Do you agree that climate crisis is existential and that it's NOT what covering the media outlets and feeds on Facebook? When the threats to life end lim and actually humanity as such, is so grate by the climate crisis, unravelling before our very eyes, simultaneously our news feed in social media is cluttered with time (and dollar/Yen etc) consuming click-baits to keep us spending time with imaginary threats. While this goes on, we get dumber and more out of touch with reality by the minute. What's happening is we're being lied to. We're lured to live in an illusion, a diversion. When scared for the wrong reasons of less dangerous things or simply distracted, by the likes of Facebook (and its siblings Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Snapchat etc), to worry about the wrong things while not noticing the most serious threats of our time. I'm not stupid, we are all responsible to this situation, with what and how we post and share things on Facebook 🤔 and on their various outlets. Let's start by stop feeding our imaginary demons and procrastinating for the future. Let's wake up and smell the crisis coffee. Let's act as if we are in a climate crisis. Because we are. Agree to this if you agree Facebook can't hide anymore saying they're not a media. Agree to this if you think we deserved to know of things that is really troublesome. Agree to this to demand you are treated as something more than dollars in Facebook banks and algorithms. I don't expect Facebook will adhere to this climate idea since it conflicts with the organization and business model. But not all climate ideas are made to be fulfilled. But the right to speak our minds freely is last thing media oligarchs will take away from me. Agree if you agree on that, hit agree and share this, heck, why not also on Facebook, testning what I write in this post. I bet you it won’t be a viral success!😂😭😎🏆💪
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Most of the time I feel like Facebook wants us to just sleep (or feed-browse) through the apocalypse while buying stuff from their annoying ads... -_- So yes, I completely agree.
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Glad to have found you via WeDontHaveTime Katarina and kudos for all your work and engagement for a better climate.
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You are not alone in this. WDHT, XR, FFF and many more orgs work hard for treating this issue as similar to war.
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Thanks Viktor. And you are right. And actually many many others too. My grate sense of hope is from bottom- up actions undertaken every single moment, everyday, everywhere. Fingers crossed it will continue and mount up to be fast enough to become a transition.Keeping faith through the lotto: 'In climate action lies faith for Climate and Humanity.'
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/04/tropical-forests-losing-their-ability-to-absorb-carbon-study-finds Climate love to Guardian for keeping this in their top news the entire Wednesday, despite the many other important topics such as the Coronavirus, or the US election. Many leading climate scientists, such as M. Mann or S. Rahmstorf have been warning the world for years that IPCC assessments are too conservative. The evidence is now mounting that their warnings have been correct. "Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air, reducing their ability to act as “carbon sinks” and bringing closer the prospect of accelerating climate breakdown. The Amazon could turn into a source of carbon in the atmosphere, instead of one of the biggest absorbers of the gas, as soon as the next decade, owing to the damage caused by loggers and farming interests and the impacts of the climate crisis, new research has found. If that happens, climate breakdown is likely to become much more severe in its impacts, and the world will have to cut down much faster on carbon-producing activities to counteract the loss of the carbon sinks. “We’ve found that one of the most worrying impacts of climate change has already begun,” said Simon Lewis, professor in the school of geography at Leeds University, one of the senior authors of the research. “This is decades ahead of even the most pessimistic climate models.” " So, what is the world waiting for? I know it is easy to fall into the pit of desperation upon reading news like this. Many will ask "What's the point in trying if we have already passed the point of no return?" Well, right now, we shouldn't be thinking about if we will "win" this or not. We should be thinking about doing the right thing. Every day counts.
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Sad news but thank you Guardian
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I have a confession to make. In the midst of all of the Coronavirus panic and while bracing for the first cases in my own country which will certainly appear in the coming days, I have felt a strange relief - knowing that the emissions are falling right now. But according to the experts, the end result could be a complete opposite: "For one thing, it’s likely that China’s emissions will quickly rebound when the outbreak is finally contained. Li Shuo, a senior policy adviser for Greenpeace Asia, said that in the past, China’s factories have tended to ramp up production to make up for lost output or temporary shutdowns, a practice he calls “retaliatory pollution.” Mr. Li warned that the outbreak could even hinder China’s continuing efforts to green its economy and try to tackle climate change. The Chinese government has set ambitious targets for economic growth this year and will now have to race to make up for lost time. That may mean new policies to stimulate polluting industries like steel and cement, or a relaxation of efforts to shift away from coal." I still look at this graph and daydream about how it could be if there weren't for the growth rat-race. Are the potentially deadly diseases the only way to curb our civilization's neediness? It's a shame if it is so... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-coronavirus.html
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Many other climate active people share these thoughts about the drop of emissions now and that this might be the only way to lower human impact on Earth. It's so sad. True perhaps, hopefully not, but sad!
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Yes. Thinking otherwise - that our system can do better out of the sheer enthusiasm - seem to be in the realm of wishful thinking. I agree it's profoundly sad. Thanks for commenting and making me not feel alone in this rumination :
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It’s Friday again and in two days it’s Valentines day again. What are you doing this weekend to support the younger generation and their future?
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This will video was shot in Stockholm Feb., 14. Please share the love for kids, planet and our common future.
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Australian indie star Julia Stone has covered the Midnight Oil's 80s hit "Beds Are Burning" in response to the 2019/2020 bushfire crisis. The song is so beautiful and profoundly sad at the same time. Julia's voice is soft, gentle, and soothing as always, but becomes specifically haunting when combined with the bushfire footage and the messages you can hear throughout the video. Please take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WnisEbdpN0 It doesn't stop there, since this is only the first single of an entire collaborative album of Australian covers, with all the profits directed towards bushfire relief and environmental action. “I received the most heartwarming replies from the biggest, busiest artists in the world,” Stone said in a statement. “Most of these artists have toured here, have family here, friends here, have lived here or spent time here. Everyone has such great memories of this country and to see it in flames was breaking everyone’s hearts.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-national-kurt-vile-songs-for-australia-benefit-album-953831/ Preorders are available. https://songsforaustralia.com/ "The time has come, To pay the rent."
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Extremely strong . Extremely sad. If this doesn't change Australia, nothing else will - only the ravaging fires Will droughts until nothing remains.
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I encourage the Swedish Minister for rural affairs, Ms Jennie Nilsson to simplify for Swedish farmers to receive existing subsidies for growing cover crops. By enabling more seeds then today’s handful, and making the program more time flexible a better crop rotation and biodiversity is achieved and more CO2 can be captured. https://www.ja.se/artikel/55435/stelbenta-regler-kan-motverka-miljml.html https://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Topic-Rooms/Cover-Crops/Ecosystem-Services-from-Cover-Crops/Cover-Crops-and-Carbon-Sequestration
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Dear Johannes Luiga Thank you for getting your climate idea to level 2! We have reached out to the Swedish department for rural affairs and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Alayne, thanks for your answer. So you get net input into the soil.I learnt something 👍
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You're welcome. There's a lot of work going on on soil/plant carbon fluxes and storages - so much that I don't try to keep up with it! What I can tell you is that the organic matter in the deeper parts of natural soil profiles is often thousands of years old (from 14C dating). One way to increase the amount of refractory carbon stored in soils is to add biochar (which I used to work on). Otherwise, it's an uphill task increasing soil carbon storage, because rates of microbial breakdown of organic matter will increase with temperature.
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Please pour your love into the last farewell to this brave young man - Iggy Fox of Extinction Rebellion and Wilderlost Media. "James ‘Iggy’ Fox died on 6 February. He was 25, had given up a career in science to join XR and fought hard for the cause, especially for Indigenous rights. Iggy was a burning bright soul and he will be deeply missed by us all" One of his recent articles: https://rebellion.earth/2020/02/07/this-is-why-i-rebel/ Although it is profoundly sad to lose a human like Jamie at a moment so crucial for our planet, we can use the devastating occasion to spread his message. His physical heart might have failed him, but let's try to keep the flame of his spiritual heart alive. https://www.wilderlost.com/
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Dear Katarina Samurovic Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Extinction Rebellion and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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An excellent free course on the science of climate change is starting today! AND it is led by Michael Mann, one of the world's best-known climate scientist. https://www.edx.org/course/climate-change-the-science-and-global-impact "Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact We need to understand the science behind global warming to avoid the most damaging and irreversible climate change impacts on people and planet" "By the end of this course, you will: Develop a deep scientific understanding of HOW the climate system has been changing; Articulate WHY the climate system is changing; Understand the nature of these changes; Develop a systems thinking approach to analyzing the impacts of climate change on both natural and human systems" This should be a mandatory curriculum for all humans living on this planet today. I highly recommend that you enroll. And of course, love to the EdX platform
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Thanks for sharing!
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While I was researching what conservative influencers think about climate change, @valerii has found that all deniers primarily are using the same arguments and their corpus is fully represented by some media owned by one person. Due to simple conspiracy logic and dumbed-down style, this propaganda is easy to believe and repeat. Media support, spreading and propagation of these arguments provided by companies owned by Rupert Murdoch. We know he is not unique in this, but his contribution is huge. For example, News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has said “there are no climate change deniers around I can assure you” after he was asked at the corporation’s AGM why his company gives them “so much airtime” in Australia. More on Guardian site: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/21/news-corps-rupert-murdoch-says-there-are-no-climate-change-deniers-around-here P.S. Thanks to @valerii for research and link! Also, if someone has time, we can classify existing argumentation together. I have found a lot of inconsistency there, including appealing to personal, etc.
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Luckily, he will (probably) end his life still in the age of optimism. What a hypocrite. What would you like to classify exactly?
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Since I have participated in several online debates about the causes of the grave extent of Australian fires, and also it's my job to be informed, I have accumulated a lot of useful links to serve as a response to climate-denier spins. I will leave it here as a "toolkit" for you all (and as a reference in case you yourself had any questions about the fires vs. climate change). How climate change makes natural bushfires worse: https://time.com/5759964/australian-bushfires-climate-change/?fbclid=IwAR10wE54BF61LznWTxIHrVg5s4KZ6W3TB8T8peZ4R6ihgAGdjV7COTqnYAk How climate scientists predicted these fires 12 years ago (but no one in charge was interested to listen): https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-a-climate-change-study-from-12-years-ago-warned-of-this-horror-bushfire-season How PM Scott Morisson declined to meet a worried group of ex fire chiefs last April: https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/former-fire-chief-slams-scott-morrisons-response-to-bushfire-crisis-c-635717 How NSW fire dept and national parks budgets were cut in spite of extreme risks: https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/11/11/nsw-bushfires-budget-cut/ https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/inquiry-must-probe-savage-cuts-to-national-parks-budget-20200106-p53p4p.html Trying to cover up all their mistakes up now with fake news spinning: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/08/fake-news-spreads-australian-wildfires-inaccurate-report-184/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/is-there-really-a-green-conspiracy-to-stop-bushfire-hazard-reduction And in the end, a broader picture of climate denialism: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/climate-denial-machine-how-fossil-fuel-industry-blocks-climate-action https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/vested-interests-public-against-climate-science-fossil-fuel-lobby https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coal-industry-climate-change_n_5dd6bbebe4b0e29d7280984f Wishing you a great turning-point-year 2020!
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This is a very good idea. Thanks for your input and work.
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Thank you! I posted your links and added my own intro to my facebook feed. I think we must work together to get the word out and share each other’s posts. I appreciate your work and believe we have a psychological battle to win. Since we don’t have time I feel if we are willing to share our posts and let others take the parts of the posts and add their heart words to make a connection with their audience they may have more impact. We don’t have time — we must work together and fast! #Strongertogether!
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Is it possible to share this text, at least the links and descriptions, on other forums such as reddit? I could try to find a nice subreddit for it.
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You could share the post on other social media. Just press share
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Yes, that would be great. Please feel free to just copy-paste, no credit needed :)
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It is a really particular phenomenon. Most people that I met that are annoyed by Greta Tunberg are men. Some of them are covertly misogynic and irritated by the fact that a girl can be so free and unbound in her expression. The fact that she does it very elegantly angers them even more. Some of them are what Richard Seymor called "Climate Sadists" (think D. Trump) - basically self-indulgent malignant narcissists. However, the majority of them are just really anxious about the future. They belong to the generation that wasn't informed about climate disruption while they were growing up. No one prepared them for this. They have built their lives, had kids they love, and now all of a sudden the world seems to be ending. And they feel the burden of responsibility. Denial is the first stage of grief. But, if they would choose to actually listen to what Greta has to say instead of trying to hate it all away (thnx for the line J. Hatfield:)), they would see the light at the end of the tunnel. This article is one of the better ones I read on the subject: https://medium.com/enrique-dans/an-open-letter-to-men-of-a-certain-age-do-you-find-greta-thunberg-annoying-good-e4fec7d3f1a8 It makes some really good points and serves them without a pardon. Example: "First, take the time to read up on the subject. Understand that your “position”, the one you’ve been boring your family with every year at the Christmas dinner table, contradicts the findings of 99% of the scientific community, which can’t be bothered to argue with you, because it doesn’t need to: they have data, mathematical models you would never understand, along with exhaustively checked research papers. Dude, do you really think you’re seeing something they’ve missed? Second, Greta is a 16-year-old Swedish girl who long ago grew tired of the nonsense being peddled by her government — and the rest of the world’s governments — about the climate emergency, and instead decided to act. Her parents are supporting her, because children’s rights are taken very seriously in Sweden (which may seem like an aberration to you, but the Swedish education system is way ahead of those of most other nations), and they decided their daughter was mature enough to think for herself, and decided to support her. And while you’re at it, you can park your moral superiority about Greta: Asperger’s is not a disease, it’s a syndrome suffered by many people, in many cases undiagnosed, possibly including some of your friends and family. Asperger’s often means an ability to focus more fully and efficiently on a given topic, so in a sense, Greta is superior to you." Love to Greta, and love to Enrique Dans (whom I couldn't tag).
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Because we Don’t have time, its urgent that real measures are discussed and decided, to really reduce CO2 emission. It time to take IPCC report serieus, and promotie the obvious measures, such as mandatory CCS, in steam of closing coal power plants. All large CO2 emitters have to start applying CCS, mandatory
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Super correct. Our generation made the mess. We should feel guilty and do something about it. Values need to change. Consciousness needs to change. The age of consumerism is gone.
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Exactly what I often hear from deniers. Looks like they have prepared by somebody answers for climate questions. Oh, stop, it is a conspiracy lol! On the other side, Slavoj Žižek told that it is Greta's power and I believe him.
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Why does this lead to no consequences? It is unbearable to watch one record after another and still do NOTHING
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With Brazil being now gravely stricken with the virus, it is a proof that regimes like Bolsonaro's thrive in conditions where people are diseased and dying, because these regimes require chaos to bring their greedy agenda to life. And ironically, people choose populist governments because of their promise of a better life for many, not realizing that the promise was empty from the very beginning. Chaos and destruction are simply built-in components of the populist right.
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This need so much more attention