Oh, yes. And putting up Matt Kean as the new chair of the Climate Change Authority is a stroke of genius. Want to get up Dutton's nose? They will be having a meltdown over this.
Former Liberal NSW treasurer Matt Kean named new chair of Climate Change Authority
Cantabrian sea water temperature is also warm this year, which makes it 2 years in a row for a sea that used to have quite cold waters. Now it feels like the Mediterranean.
What's your first hand #ClimateChange experience?
Shocking moment. This is one of the only 4 beetles, which have dwelled in my forest between 15. April and 21. June! Cold or hunger killed this one. Météofrance is telling us, this has been the 4th rainiest Spring on record. But this one came after too many bad breeding seasons and only 2 after the heat dome. Beetles could not breed this year. There will be no ground fauna in 2025. This is it. Soil insects are passing away here.
This plot was created in 2019 for recording insects change with climate change. I never figured out, I would record the very moment of insects disappearing. 1/3
Could those of you posting news about climate change please include hashtags or words that describe the topic for example #ClimateChange?
That makes it possible for people who aren't able to manage that topic, to filter out those posts instead of blocking or unfollowing you and not seeing anything you post.
Some of us are already convinced that we should do everything we can to slow down climate change, but we're struggling with despair and depression, and the relentless stream of doom news is difficult to manage.
Not asking you not to post about climate change.
Not even asking you to use content warnings.
Just asking you to include words that describe the topic of your post, that people are likely to filter for.
Only one pres. candidate has done anything about #climatechange. Pres Biden has called CC an existential threat to humanity -signed the IRA -largest investment in clean energy ever by adding tax credits & investments in wind turbines, solar panels, EVs...
"Dozens of bodies were discovered in Delhi during a two-day stretch this week when even sundown brought no relief from sweltering heat and humidity. Tourists died or went missing as the mercury surged in Greece. Hundreds of pilgrims perished before they could reach Islam’s holiest site, struck down by temperatures as high as 125 degrees."
"Any significant #heatwave "has been made substantially more likely and warmer than it otherwise would have been as a result of human-caused #ClimateChange," UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain told reporters earlier this month.
"Even if all carbon emissions were halted today, the world has already emitted enough to ensure that climate change will continue to push temperatures upward for decades."
I have conscious memory of this change in Dublin’s weather since 1981 (when I started noticing things like weather).
It is, in case we ever lose focus on it, the main story of our lives- the backdrop against all the things we’ve seen and done and will see and do in the future.
As tools for measuring the links between #weather patterns & economic output evolve — & the interactions between weather & the #economy magnify the costs in unpredictable ways — the damage estimates have only risen.
It’s the kind of data that one might expect to set off alarm bells across the #financial industry, which closely tracks economic developments that might affect portfolios of #stocks & #loans. But it was hard to detect even a ripple.
In fact, the news from #WallStreet lately has mostly been about retreat from #climate goals, rather than recommitment. #Banks & asset managers are withdrawing from #international climate alliances & chafing at their rules. Regional banks are stepping up #lending to #FossilFuel producers. #Sustainable#investment funds have sustained crippling outflows, & many have collapsed.
Experts said #WatchDuty is their go-to resource for info, including maps of #wildfires, the activities of firefighting crews, #AirQuality alerts & ofcl #evacuation orders.
Even if you’re not at risk from wildfires, we’ll all deal w/ #NaturalDisasters like floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards or extreme heat. Watch Duty’s #tech combines the expertise of govt ofcls, experts & laypeople to keep us informed & safe amidst the ongoing #ClimateCrisis.
Fossil fuel consumption, emissions hit all-time highs: Research.
Overall energy emissions increased by 2 percent last year, exceeding 40 gigatonnes of CO2 for the first time, the report said. #ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis#GlobalWarming
"We’re no longer in a world where climate change affects the economy, or where voters prioritizing economic or inflationary concerns are responding to something distinct from climate change—we’re in a world where climate change is the economy."
#ClimateChange is already making your bills more expensive
"Soaring temperatures will create unbearable conditions for crops and workers. Severe storms and prolonged droughts will batter supply chains and disrupt the flow of trade. Escalating risk and uncertainty will make it more difficult to insure everything from a home to a new business venture.
Researchers warn the hazards will only get worse, for the planet and the economy."
"Searing heat and fire danger will quickly ramp up in #California and the West this week as a summerlike #HeatDome parks over the region. Thermometers will top triple digits for the first time this year in some locations as the early season heat wave sends daily records tumbling."
#HeatIndex of 100 – 105 F over a widespread area, with 110 F possible in the southern mid-Atlantic. "Record overnight low temperatures will increase health risks by reducing the ability for people to cool down at night. "