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Climate Crisis
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The key aspect of the IPCC report is that the 42-page summary is agreed, line by line, by every government on the planet, with the scientists vetoing any politically convenient but unscientific proposal.
As a result, governments that continue to fail to take action have nowhere left to hide – the crystal-clear report has bust all of their alibis. “Too many ‘net-zero’ climate plans have been used to greenwash pollution and business as usual,” says Teresa Anderson at ActionAid International.
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Commenting on the IPCC report, Johnson said: “Today’s report makes for sobering reading, and it is clear that the next decade is going to be pivotal to securing the future of our planet.
“We know what must be done to limit global warming – consign coal to history and shift to clean energy sources, protect nature and provide climate finance for countries on the frontline.”
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Rich people in every country are overwhelmingly more responsible for global heating than the poor, with SUVs and meat-eating singled out for blame, and the high-carbon basis for future economic growth is also questioned.
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The report underlines the lifestyle changes that will be necessary, particularly in rich countries and among the wealthy globally. Refraining from over-heating or over-cooling homes, walking and cycling, cutting air travel and using energy-consuming appliances less can all contribute significantly to the reductions in emissions needed, the report finds.
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Science journalist Ehsan Masood, author of GDP: the World's Most Powerful Formula and Why It Must Now Change. explains what he thinks is wrong with Gross Domestic Product as a measure of a country's economic success.
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But it’s heartening to find that 60% of respondents are prepared to pay higher taxes to reach the net zero target for carbon emissions – and that includes 52% of Tory voters.
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July was the world’s hottest month ever recorded, US government scientists have confirmed, a further indication of the unfolding climate crisis that is now affecting almost every part of the planet.
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That will change, he believes, as fossil fuels become environmentally and politically untenable and taxes, subsidy and demand alter. He thinks hydrogen will become a part of aviation “somewhere between 2040 and 2050, depending on the subsidies and political pressure”.
“It’s pressure from green lobbyists, people like Extinction Rebellion, which has made hydrogen come to the front again,” he adds.
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Time of reckoning for the planet
Does anyone know what the percentage contribution to CO2 emissions transport is? For both Scotland & the UK?
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Mr McLennan said: “I'm not part of the Scottish Government. I'm a member of the SNP and obviously an MSP there. I wouldn't support it. Full stop. It's not needed.
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Why have we got people taking daily helicopter joyrides out of S. Queensferry and over Edinburgh, in the middle of a climate emergency?
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If true, it demonstrates how out of touch governments are, and/or favouring rich vested interests.
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Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the planet towards a dangerous tipping point and support a shift of priorities away from economic profit, according to a global survey.
The Ipsos Mori survey for the Global Commons Alliance (GCA) also found a majority (58%) were very concerned or extremely concerned about the state of the planet.
Four in five respondents said they were willing to step up and do more to regenerate the global commons.
The lead author of the report, Owen Gaffney of the GCA, said the results showed strong global support for urgent, decisive action on the climate and nature crises.
“The world is not sleepwalking towards catastrophe. People know we are taking colossal risks, they want to do more and they want their governments to do more,” he said.
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@neddie, oh aye bloody annoying that copter tourism. Flies overhead every day!
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@chdot, aye but don't worry, electric cars powered by renewable energy will solve everything, and the economy will just trundle on with business as usual. Or so you'd think looking at the utter inaction, and continuation of new road building.
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Emily Bit remembers a time when she didn’t feel the constant threat of climate change. Her family lives in American Canyon, in southern Napa county, California, a state now being hit by record high temperatures and devastating wildfires. “It didn’t used to be this bad,” she said.
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Changing how we fuel our vehicles offers a chance to redefine transportation, said Brant Arthur, program manager at Sonoma Clean Power, the region’s eco-conscious utility. He foresees a time when people will charge their vehicles in the office car park using solar or while shopping or – better yet – drop the car altogether for electric bikes or mass transit. “The general function of the gas station is not the problem,” he said. “But we need to turn the page.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/17/end-american-gas-station-ban
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Wildfires rage across Europe
From Portugal to France to Montenegro, a look at some of the fires spreading across Europe - and the rest of the globe.
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... but it will be 'greenest oilfield' ever, with all extraction systems powered by renewables - or some such guff (?!)
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Yeah, that's wasting valuable and much needed renewable energy, that could be used for something beneficial, to instead extract something unburnable.
Doubly bad!
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