A guy literally burnt himself alive in front of a government building as an emblematic casualty of climate crisis, and it generated nothing compared against the simulated destruction of a thing of the past. Something incredibly to the point here that everyone should dwell with.
— Alex Colston (@re_colston) October 27, 2022
The belief that the climate can be stabilised below 1.5C or 2C is a *religious* belief.
— Uncovering the Truth About Climate | Risk Assessor (@MarkCranfield_) November 5, 2022
It's impossible in the real world, where 400ppm of CO2 produces a 3C+ planet.
No other outcome is possible within the laws of physics governing this universe.
Cop27 climate summit: window for avoiding catastrophe is now closed say tropical corals ๐งต
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 30, 2022
Kudos to @dwallacewells, who argues that an increasing likely 2C to 3C of warming demands that we think harder about how to adapt.
— Christopher Flavelle (@cflav) October 30, 2022
One point worth amplifying: I cover climate adaptation, and I truly don't think people realize how hard it will be. (1/x) https://t.co/v40nZ58AI2
Yesterday, I attended a conference at which an influential financier shared this unpublished map. Look at it. The estimated death toll is 2-3 *billion*; the timeframe is 20-30 years (previously: 50). Segments of the elite have simply 'written off' large parts of the Global South. pic.twitter.com/P7JTfepn9k
— Benjamin Ramm (@BenjaminRamm) October 16, 2022
I made a video, it's called Earth Support. I tried to convey appropriate urgency while still being somewhat entertaining so people actually watch, which is a tight-rope walk. I even dressed up in my best t-shirt. https://t.co/AErUAeHGrV
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) October 25, 2022
People want to know what they can do about climate breakdown. A good starting point is the free app I co-founded and work on, @EarthHeroOrg. It's the #1 climate app, it has lots of great stuff, and we're working on making it a powerful tool to link new activists to climate groups
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) November 4, 2022
Here is the link to the report: https://t.co/44VxUjD0R7
— Sommer Ackerman (@lifewithsommer) October 28, 2022
Dangerous assumptions:
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 28, 2022
1. economic growth won't end in collapse
2. rapid warming of 1.5/2°C won't break us
3. CO₂ sucking machines will soon work
4. Arctic sea ice loss isn't key
5. near-term mass extinction is unlikely
How many journalists will challenge these ideas? ๐งต
Canada’s logging industry:
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 26, 2022
'Far from being a bit player in driving climate change, its impact is roughly on par with the emissions footprint of tar sands operations.' https://t.co/oSVpOCi8KY
Does the IPCC's AR6 report suggest scientists have been systematically underestimating the rate & magnitude of climate change extremes and that even if temperature rise is limited to 2°C, the extremes species suffer might be what was previously expected at (apocalyptic) 4 or 5°C?
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 27, 2022
BREAKING: catastrophic insect declines will drastically reduce the ability of humankind to build a sustainable future warn scientists ๐งต
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 25, 2022
Far from being able to stabilise the climate below 2C, this event is the most extreme warming event in Earth's 4.5 billion year history.
— Uncovering the Truth About Climate | Risk Assessor (@MarkCranfield_) November 6, 2022
Very exciting to see my forthcoming book ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บ: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป is now featured in @ManchesterUP's Spring/ Summer catalogue
— Laurie Parsons (@lauriefdparsons) November 3, 2022
More info here: https://t.co/9l7vpWQzau
Out May 2023! pic.twitter.com/ta3tdYWl56
Recently I learned about a man who has trained 1,000+ people to block wind and solar projects.
— Michael Thomas (@curious_founder) November 1, 2022
I read through all his training materials, presentations, and seminars.
Here's what I learned about him and how his students plan to "win the war on clean energy."
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The system could in theory decouple GDP from fossil fuel use & emissions? Too damn late. Climate chaos is inevitable! And.. growth means habitat bulldozing and poisoning that's wiping out butterflies, primates, bees, trees, & people. So we're going to have to change the system.๐งต
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 31, 2022
The total power from all the world's solar & wind is only equivalent to the increase in global energy demand for the past 2 yrs. - they are built using rare earth metals, concrete, steel, plastic, & oh yes.....fossil fuels. They are "replaceables" at best...not renewables.
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) October 30, 2022
Scientists have been systematically underestimating the rate and magnitude of extremes. Even if temperature rise is limited to 2 degrees, the extremes might be what would previously have been projected for 4 to 5 degrees. https://t.co/BSpEhJfamp
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) October 31, 2022
You are broadly correct. The problem is much too large to use trees alone to solve climate change.
— Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde) October 29, 2022
Trees can be a part of the climate solution (and have other benefits as well), but there isn't enough space on Earth to plant enough trees to compensate for all our emissions.
Its also more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human activities than all the world's living biomass combined (which is also now exceeded by human-made mass): https://t.co/vN3M2Kp8Bi
— Zeke Hausfather (@hausfath) October 28, 2022
you ever take the time to think about how strange it is that we have quantified evidence that slowing down the economy for just a couple months caused much larger rebounds in ecological health than expected, and ever since we've been ordered to grow the economy as fast as we can?
— emsenn says end food apartheid (@emsenn) October 27, 2022
The “clean” tech transition is not going to save civilization. If you’re putting your hopes in that you haven’t understood the magnitude of the problem. Building out such a transition instantly gets us over 2C warming. At 2C all bets are off for societal and ecological collapse.
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) October 28, 2022
Today I’m visiting the ground zero of global warming: the old furnace in Coalbrookdale. This was the first place to successfully use coal instead of charcoal in iron smelting and thereby begin the fossil fuel age. pic.twitter.com/j8DpEuL1Yy
— Gavin Jackson (@GavinHJackson) October 22, 2022
I’ve said this before, but ecological politics today isn’t about ‘saving the planet’ or ‘solving the climate crisis’ as we used to be told. It isn’t even about staying within 1.5C of planetary heating. That’s over. It's gone. 1/4
— Kai Heron (@KaiHeron) September 14, 2022
We can change the story. It’s not about utopias or dystopias - but the adventure of getting there!
— Solitaire Townsend (@GreenSolitaire) October 5, 2022
Solving climate change is a thriller - villains, unlikely heroes, unexpected allies, a terrifying monster & plot twists galore.
Will you be cast or an extra in the background?
How to tell that story?
— Solitaire Townsend (@GreenSolitaire) October 5, 2022
Watch this Storytelling the Solutions panel from #climateweek - we went deep into the message and method! https://t.co/JjSqIkIllm
We could have changed the world. Normalizing remote work would have reduced carbon emissions, curbed mass infection, freed up space for downtown housing, and put full-time employment within reach for so many more. 1/10
— Indehisce (@indehisce) August 29, 2022
This is unreal. A new study was just released today in Nature Climate Change, finding that it's now inevitable that 110,000,000,000,000 tons of ice will melt in Greenland.
— West Virginia Rising (@WV_Rising) August 29, 2022
This would cause a whole foot of sea-level rise. (1/8)
Scientists warn future temperatures will test humans' ability to survive | CBC News https://t.co/SOi4F9wFe2
— Moses Ingram (@MosesIngram) May 29, 2022
"The U.S. has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2022). The total cost of these 338 events exceeds $2.295 trillion.
2022 in Progress...
In 2022 (as of October 11), there have been 15 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect the United States. These events included 1 drought event, 1 flooding event, 10 severe storm events, 2 tropical cyclone events, and 1 wildfire event. Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 342 people and had significant economic effects on the areas impacted. The 1980–2021 annual average is 7.7 events (CPI-adjusted); the annual average for the most recent 5 years (2017–2021) is 17.8 events (CPI-adjusted)."
— NOAA
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