“If we don’t change course,” he warned, “we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3 degrees this century.”
Tag: climate crisis
Humans May Have Passed the ‘Point of No Return’ in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn’t Mean All Hope Is Lost
Humanity may have passed the “point of no return” in the climate crisis—even if everyone on the planet stopped emitting all greenhouse gases at this very moment, according to a study published
Methane crisis
"Scientists have found evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean – known as the “sleeping giants of the carbon cycle” – have started to be released over a large area of the continental slope off the East Siberian coast."https://t.co/MLLY8PtQ4x
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) October 27, 2020
First-Ever Analysis Reveals How America’s Top 100 Law Firms Are ‘Accelerating the Climate Crisis’
“Law firms write the contracts for fossil fuel projects, lobby to weaken environmental regulations, and help fossil fuel companies evade accountability in court.”
Climate Crisis Will Force a New American Migration as Much of US Becomes Uninhabitable
August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations. A surge in air conditioning broke the state’s electrical grid, leaving a population already ravaged by the coronavirus to work remotely by the dim light of their cellphones. By midmonth, the state had recorded possibly the hottest temperature ever measured on earth — 130 degrees in Death Valley — and an otherworldly storm of lightning had cracked open the sky.
Source: Climate Crisis Will Force a New American Migration as Much of US Becomes Uninhabitable | Portside
“Colonizing the Atmosphere”: How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis
New analysis finds the Global North is responsible for 92% of all excess global carbon dioxide emissions, while the Global South bears the brunt of the devastation.
Source: “Colonizing the Atmosphere”: How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis – In These Times
#ClimateEmergency
Governments around the world have declared a #ClimateEmergency.
But we're still not seeing the #ClimateAction to match.
This needs to change NOW.https://t.co/E5aomnILnB @GretaThunberg
— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) August 19, 2020
After Two Years of School Strikes, The World is Still in a State of Climate Crisis Denial
On Thursday 20 August, it will be exactly two years since the first school strike for the climate took place. Looking back, a lot has happened. Many millions have taken to the streets to join the decades-long fight for climate and environmental justice. And on 28 November 2019, the European parliament declared a “climate and environmental emergency”.
Source: After Two Years of School Strikes, The World is Still in a State of Climate Crisis Denial | Portside
Climate Crisis: Historic Arizona Wildfires May Worsen COVID-19
Over 400,000 acres of wildfires burn in Arizona in a devastating opening to Southwest’s wildfire season. And neighboring California has approved more fracking in a 97% Latino town as oil tankers spew pollution.
Source: Climate Crisis: Historic Arizona Wildfires May Worsen COVID-19
Pandemic 2.0: Amazon Deforestation Could Unleash A Wave Of Pandemics Sooner Than We Think
Brazil’s government simultaneously risks triggering the next pandemic, endangers its indigenous people, and accelerates the climate crisis by scaling up deforestation of the Amazon.
Source: Pandemic 2.0: Amazon Deforestation Could Unleash A Wave Of Pandemics Sooner Than We Think
