Pigs might fly: Australian aviation’s delusional emissions future
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by Mark Carter, first published at Pearls and Irritations Australian aviation is in the news again. Having ripped off passengers…
by Mark Carter, first published at Pearls and Irritations Australian aviation is in the news again. Having ripped off passengers…
The "production gap". Government plans and projections would lead to an increase in global coal production until 2030, and in…
Rich countries are gradually cutting carbon emissions — but that won’t be nearly enough to stop climate disasters, like the…
Courtesy Climate Crisis Advisory GroupIn September 2022, Stockholm University’s David Armstrong McKay and his colleagues…
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First in a 3-part seriesby David SprattBeyond all the hype and all the anxiety about climate policymaking, the upbeat…
By David Spratt The eminent Australian climate scientist, and former Labor government advisor and head of climate at ANU, Will…
In 2009, scientists from the Stockholm Resilience Center identified nine planetary boundaries: including climate change - whose…
With the warmer El Niño climate pattern about to replace the colder La Niña in the Pacific Ocean at the end of the year, we are…
Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon…
O debate sobre população e desenvolvimento é um produto da modernidade. Antes da Revolução Industrial e Energética, a população…
While more extreme threats are unlikely to be realised, sticking to the precautionary principle is just plain common senseBill…
The most significant changes can be sudden, not gradual, if the circumstances are right. Horizon Magazine listened in on a…
by Mark CarterAviation is gearing up to be once more the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. And…
Will the new IPCC report on mitigation detail and recommend supply-side pathways and policies to mitigate climate change? Will…
by Andrew GliksonAs terrestrial adversaries keep pushing the Earth and its inhabitants to within seconds of a nuclear…
by David SprattSeventh in a series. Read 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7Image: MaxPixelReflecting on the evidence…
Tipping points and potential cascade effectsby David SprattFirst in a series.As global heating reduces the extent of floating…
Superar o Antropoceno e o Piroceno para criar o Ecoceno, artigo de José Eustáquio Diniz Alves O fogo está moldando o planeta…
by Doreen Stabinsky, College of the Atlantic and Kate Dooley, The University of Melbourne Net-zero emissions pledges to protect…
Net-zero emissions pledges to protect the climate are coming fast and furious from companies, cities and countries. But…
A klímatudományban használt kifejezések többsége nem teljesítette legfőbb feladatát, nevezetesen azt, hogy tiszta képet nyújtson…
by David SprattSo far most of the media coverage and advocacy at COP26 has been poor and severely misinformed. One after another …
A humanidade é responsável pela crise climática e pela 6ª extinção em massa das espécies, artigo de José Eustáquio Diniz…
O clima da Terra é baseado em um equilíbrio sensível de muitos fatores. Will Steffen, da Universidade de Estocolmo, Suécia, e…
Die nun beginnende Legislaturperiode wird historisch. Sie entscheidet darüber, ob uns der Wandel by design noch gelingt – oder…
Concern is skin deep: all of the parties climate platform policies are grossly insufficient, the climate villains are still in…
Le rôle de puits de carbone de la plus grande forêt tropicale de la planète est menacé par la déforestation et le réchauffement…
John Carey"We already have the basic technologies we need to slay the monster of climate change."
The Green New Deal, formerly seen as radical, is now in mainstream debate. And renewable energy becomes more efficient every…
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Points of No Return on Apr 26, 2021.
L'autore del post è Enrico Mariutti, ricercatore e analista in ambito economico ed energetico. Founder della piattaforma di…
Climate change is no longer deniable: it's happening, is human caused, and is potentially catastrophic. But denial is still a…
Now, maybe we'll listen.
Members of Congress recently introduced legislation mandating the declaration of a national climate emergency, while Senator…
Recientemente, un grupo de investigadores liderado por William J. Ripple (Universidad de Oregon) escribían para la revista…
Guest post by Nina von Uexkull and Halvard…
Duas notícias ocuparam as manchetes dos jornais na primeira semana de janeiro: o Brasil registrou mais de 200 mil mortes pela…
Jessica Corbett, staff writer"Aggressive, transformative change, framed against the backdrop of social justice, can ignite an…
From The New York Times Dec. 26…
Nafeez Ahmed lays out incoming President Biden's increasingly urgent options to tackle interacting global crises. Unless Biden…
In der Auseinandersetzung um eine nachhaltige und lebenswerte Zukunft ist die Arbeitskritik eine unerlässliche Perspektive.
by Andrew GliksonThe linear nature of global warming projections by the IPCC (2014) Assessment Report (AR5) (Figure 1) appears…
COP26 has been postponed due to COVID-19. It's crucial we make progress towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, writes a…
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your…
by David Spratt, first published at Pearls and IrritationsLast week, Prince Charles was the climate radical. Speaking by video…
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is not a surprising or original solution. But it is our best chance to stop the warning signs…
Many parts of the Earth’s climate system have been destabilised by warming, from ice sheets and ocean currents to the Amazon…
Professor Ian Manners discusses the EU as a global gender actor, European integration, and he explains planetary politics in…
Coastal NSW rivers stopped flowing during 2019 record-breaking drought: The Barnard River, a tributary of the Manning River, at…
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your…
From the eventual fossilization of discarded PPE to lower carbon emissions, the pandemic has had small but noticeable impacts…
There's a lot of delusional talk about how much "carbon budget" (or new emissions) are allowable that would still keep global…
By David Spratt Covid-19 should teach us the value of being fully prepared for catastrophic risks, but on climate disruption…
Von Frank Bosse Erleben wir gerade das Ende des Zyklus 24 unseres Zentralgestirns? Diese Frage ist durchaus berechtigt. Einige…
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction, The Conversation, An…
Such is the extent of our dominion on Earth, that the answer to questions around whether we are still part of nature, and…
2000 people attended an inspiring two-day National Climate Emergency Summit in Melbourne on 14-15 October. Here is my…
https://ift.tt/1eoeJtk Guest essay by Eric…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t NoTricksZone, William Astley; A Solar Energy publication in Germany has demanded that…
I had the privilege last month of hearing Jo Chandler …
Az ipari forradalom előtti időkben 280 ppm volt a szén-dioxid (CO2) koncentrációja a légkörben, ez jelenleg 410 ppm. Az emberiség…
Jovens manifestantes pedem a salvação do planeta perto da Porto do Sol, em Madri. Foto Cristina Quicler/AFP O mundo vive uma…
Climate negotiators in Madrid are trying to avoid 2 meters of sea level rise, but research suggests 10 times that — 65 feet …
What climate scientists have called a Hothouse Earth emergency, has been called "optimal" by a leading economist. That optimal…
Im Diskurs über Wachstum, Klimapolitik und Nachhaltigkeit stehen sich die Positionen „Green Growth“ und „Degrowth“ diametral…
New research warns that the earth may be approaching key tipping points, including the runaway loss of ice sheets, that could…
Von Frank Bosse und Fritz Vahrenholt Unser nächster Stern ist weiterhin im Tiefschlaf. Die festgestellte SunSpotNumber (SSN) im…
by David Spratt. Second in a seriesPart 1 |Our climate is already too hot, with dangerous heatwaves and bushfires, droughts and…
The Amazon, Alaska, and of course California — more of the world is going up in flames, and with climate change, that…
In all the sound and fury over climate change, too little public and media attention has been devoted to the ‘methane gun’ (1) …
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Frida BerriganAfter all, the future doesn’t belong to him or to me. It belongs to my kids and your kids and all the generations…
Okay, I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can’t take the bad news. It’s too much. It’s so extra, as the kids like to say. When I hit…
The U.S. detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, destroying the city. Image courtesy of the National…
Les exemples de la façon dont les sociétés humaines changent la planète abondent, construire des routes et des maisons, défricher…
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What Is Global Warming? Global warming is an alarming phenomenon which is characterized by a drastic increase in the…
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[We’re pleased to welcome authors Sandra Waddock of Boston College and Petra Kuenkel of the Collective Leadership Institute.
Secondo un nuovo rapporto scientifico la civiltà umana rischia di sparire in soli 30 anni a causa dei cambiamenti climatici.
A century ago, the Winnipeg General Strike shut down what was then Canada's third-largest city. Today, the strike is usually…
Extinction Rebellion’s climate protests signal a moment of hope, writes IIED director Andrew Norton. Big shifts rarely happen…
Environmental problems are accelerating far more quickly than sustainable solutions but to design sustainable future ways of…
Mark MatthewsExtinction Rebellion York members march through York demanding the council declare a climate emergency. (Photo…
The Sinop Dam has become a critical test case — not only on the question of clearing reservoirs before filling, but also on the…
Concern over plastic pollution has hit the headlines over the past couple of years, but according to some researchers it is one…
...placing the feeling of exhaustion as the central organizing principle hails a subject as experienced and expressed through…
The 20th century was dominated by an analog, linear and fossil economy, but we are about to shift to an economy that is digital…
By Robert McSweeney8 January 2019(Carbon Brief) – In a year dominated by events such as Brexit, royal weddings, the Salisbury…
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This story was originally published by Grist It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every December…
Every December, dictionary editors hunt through all the words in our growing lexicon to pluck out the ones that best capture…
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In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking.
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