Major tech companies are producing far more carbon emissions than they suggest in their sustainability reports.
They’re lobbying hard to rewrite the rules on how emissions are calculated to show net zero on paper, but not in practice.
https://www.ft.com/content/2d6fc319-2165-42fb-8de1-0edf1d765be3
#tech #climate #emissions #climatechange
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New Instance, new #Introduction, I guess.
So, I'm David, and I'm on my own instance now!
I'm #French, and I live in #Japan where I teach #English at the local uni. Here, expect to find posts about my corner of Japan that is full of #islands that are full of #art. I also have some #corvid friends in the neighborhood, so pictures of #crows are common in my timeline. I also care about #education, the #climate and a few more things.
#Climate
Another stat that just boggles the mind.
The US has ~94 GigaWatts of nuclear power installed.
China, last year alone, installed 216 GW of solar.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-26/china-added-more-solar-panels-in-2023-than-us-did-in-its-entire-history
Oh and the US has 175 GW of solar installed in total. So once again China has installed more solar in one year than the US has already installed in total.
Oh and the US has 175 GW of solar installed in total. So once again China has installed more solar in one year than the US has already installed in total.
I have long been of the opinion that economists’ estimations of ‘acceptable’ global warming were dangerously naive. This article by Ann Pettifor provides damning evidence of just how naive these calculations have been, and still are, sadly…
Essential reading for anyone still complacent about the climate emergency!
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/08/22/neoclassical-economists-are-the-last-people-to-listen-to-on-climate-change/
(Edited to fix the link)
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
Bring back Siesta!
An afternoon nap can help your body acclimatise, protects you from the hottest part of the day, costs nothing and has no carbon footprint.
https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/8300502/how-an-arvo-nap-could-help-us-adapt-to-extreme-heat/
#Climate #Heat #Siesta #Sleep #AfternoonNap #AdaptingToHeat #NoCarbonFootprint #ClimateResilience
Here's some good news.
You often hear that so-and-so much #GlobalWarming is "baked in", that is, the world keeps on warming on the #GreenhouseGases already emitted.
"The best available evidence shows that, on the contrary, warming is likely to more or less stop once #CarbonDioxide (CO2) #emissions reach zero, meaning humans have the power to choose their #climate future."
A very good explainer:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-will-global-warming-stop-as-soon-as-net-zero-emissions-are-reached/
#ClimateChange
#Introduction EN
Once a #lawyer, now I dye #yarn and design/make #knitwear inspired by the #Alps where I grew up. Happy to discuss any custom order with you.
Based in #UK after a stint in #Italy but grew up in #France
I love #nature #walks #mountains #baking #books #cycling
Passionate about #SocialJustice #FairJustice and interested in #institutions #climate
Volunteer #AppropriateAdult making sure #VulnerablePeople and #minors are treated fairly in #PoliceCustody
#neurodivergent
#European
My toot schedule (so that I don't drive myself crazy)
Monday #Climate
Tuesday #RightToRepair
Wednesday #Transit or #Bikes
Thursday #Aerospace
Friday #Ohio
Saturday #Cleveland
Sunday #Gardening
Debt ceiling deal includes surprise approval of natural gas pipeline championed by Manchin
The controversial natural gas project has been a priority for West Virginia, but its approval will bring new criticism for the Biden administration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/28/debt-ceiling-deal-mountain-valley-pipeline-00099135
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Climate #USA #US
Businesses that have deprioritised climate action due to economic concerns, are missing the win-win, according to business leaders already on their journey
https://nzbusiness.co.nz/article/secret-climate-action-just-start
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Climate
The answer to: "how hot can it possibly get on #earth?" is debated. we do know ppl can't naturally adapt v quickly, & a lot of our food sources wont either
Now a new Nature study says it may top 50ºC
A 2020 SciAdvnc study theorized that humans cannot survive more than a few hours in shade even w unlimited water in wet-bulb temp of 35C (95F) (= a heat index of 70C or 160F)
#WetBulb temp is measured w a thermometer covered in a H2O-soaked cloth
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00377-4
Whilst we all focus on the catastrophe that is ever-increasing atmospheric CO2, methane levels are shooting up - and methane has a much higher warming potential than CO2.
Source: ourworldindata.org
#climate #methane #climatechange
"Michael Mann, a climate scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, said that #DeSantis’s stance towards #climate science is “classic #projection”.
“It is Ron DeSantis who is engaged in the ‘politicization of the weather’ by #denying basic, established science – the #intensification of tropical storms with human-caused warming of the oceans.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/28/ron-desantis-climate-crisis-campaign
Of course DeSantis is a #climate denier: Right now, climate denial comes in the same package as covid denial, #CivilRights denial (in its entire rainbow spectrum), #evolution denial, etc.
DeSantis, whatever he is, is not stupid. Do not underestimate this man, and do not underestimate the number of people who might vote for him.
Soon enough, it could be "Don't Say Climate" for Florida and, if voters aren't careful, for the nation.
https://www.aol.com/news/desantis-dismisses-climate-change-calling-171851711.html?
Sustainable till death do us part, and 45 days beyond; mushroom coffin a last best wish for some
And while traditional wooden coffins come from trees that can take decades to grow and years to break down in the soil, the mushroom versions biodegrades and delivers the remains to nature in barely a month and a half
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/weather/2023/05/25/sustainable-till-death-do-us-part--and-45-days-beyond--mushroom-coffin-a-last-best-wish-for-some
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Climate #Holland


