Climate Emergency
A visually stunning documentation.
“The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate.”
“China and the US, also among the largest emitters in the world, perform poorly on a per-capita basis. The United States also loses points for its renewable energy use, while China disappoints on climate change policy.”
“Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020… even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s fossil fuel car fleet.”
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
“The loss of the amphibian from Costa Rica’s cloud forest was one of the first linked to global heating, say scientists”
‘The ghost that haunts Monteverde’: how the climate crisis killed the golden toad | The Guardian
As many have said, 8 billion humans live there. But let’s not forget, we’ve identified less than 2 million other species of the estimated many millions to billions of species we share the planet with. We are only 1 species of the life on this tiny blue dot. #Earth #Orion
A goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires rapid, deep and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. At the peak of Covid lockdown CO₂ emissions were at same level as 2015, when the Paris Agreement was born. We need to get back to that and keep dropping.
We are still nowhere near climate goals. According to the most recent IPCC report,  to limit warming to 1.5C we can only emit 420bn more tons of CO2 – equal to around 10 years of current emissions.
We need to reverse climate change, not just stop it | The Guardian
A powerful example is Pakistan, where extreme rainfall on the heels of a glacier-melting heat wave flooded nearly one-third of the country in the summer of 2022.
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world’s poorest countries?
Basically, LSVs are small electric vehicles that meet a specific set of abbreviated safety regulations and operate at maximum speeds of 25 mph. They’re permitted on US roads with speed limits posted up to 35 mph.
Tiny low-cost electric cars to save US cities from SUV hell.
The number of delegates with links to fossil fuels at the UN climate summit has jumped 25% from the last meeting.
Global Witness: More than 600 people at the talks are linked to fossil fuels.
COP27: Sharp rise in fossil fuel industry delegates at climate summit - BBC News
A Kulkalgal activist from the Torres Strait Islands has said the way the world often treats Indigenous people is an insult.
Sitdown protests are part of a day of demonstrations in and around Schiphol airport
Climate activists storm Amsterdam airport and block private jets | The Guardian
They are the images that made us sit up and take notice. As world leaders gather for Cop27, these pictures prove that global heating isn’t a distant possibility – it’s already here
20 climate photographs that changed the world | The Guardian
Now, the capital is 1200 kilometers away and Karachi, home to 20 million people, has found itself in the midst of a raging climate catastrophe.
Karachi: Fighting an unfolding climate apocalypse - Unbias The News
“The bad news is that we have been ‘systematically underestimating the rate and magnitude of extremes.” - Katharine Hayhoe
Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View - The New York Times
Just to note in the recent actions by climate activists, the art has not been destroyed.
Destroying art in service of justice is a time-honored tradition. Does it ever work?
Climate change paintings protests: The long history of art destruction for social justice.
A significant portion of the US appears to have lost the capacity for rational thought. They seem to want the world to burn.
‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm | The Guardian
“You wouldn’t believe this is the Mississippi River.”
Mississippi River water levels plummet to historic lows due to drought - The Washington Post
“The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said: “Emissions remain at dangerous and record highs and are still rising. We must close the emissions gap before climate catastrophe closes in on us all.”
Prof David King, the former UK chief scientific adviser, said: “The report is a dire warning to all countries – none of whom are doing anywhere near enough to manage the climate emergency.”
The report found that existing carbon-cutting policies will cause 2.8C of warming, while pledged policies cut this to 2.6C. Further pledges, dependent on funding flowing from richer to poorer nations, cut this again to 2.4C.”
Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ | The Guardian
Without drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the report said, the planet is on track to warm by an average of 2.1 to 2.9 degrees Celsius
Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality - The New York Times