Climate Change | UN Report: Code Red for humanity

[RedTiger]

 

[RedTiger]

The temperature was -11°c, that's 40°c higher than normal for this time of year

 

[Buster15]

https://news.sky.com/story/climate-...house-gas-emissions-rose-4-7-in-2021-12578682

Great to hear that the UK is a world leader in reducing greenhouse gases. That according to Boris Johnson.

 

[Smores]

Nothing says we're doomed like the fact BBC News thought Dot Cotton dying deserves the headline and not the IPCC saying we have just 18 months to reduce emissions

 

[WPMUFC]

Global emissions of CO2 would need to peak within three years to stave off the worst impacts.
Even then, the world would also need technology to suck CO2 from the skies by mid-century.

It should also be noted that what we "need to do" and "what we are doing" is so laughably out of scale that i just don't see a hope for us. They are saying we have to peak emissions by 2025 and then almost go in a sheer drop to be net zero by 2050.

Projected real world emissions are actually set to rise.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60984663

 

[Buster15]

It should also be noted that what we "need to do" and "what we are doing" is so laughably out of scale that i just don't see a hope for us. They are saying we have to peak emissions by 2025 and then almost go in a sheer drop to be net zero by 2050.

Projected real world emissions are actually set to rise.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60984663

I think that most of us know what is needed and be when.
But the reality is that not enough care. And the governments will pretend that they are doing their best.

 

[nimic]

Slightly less existentially depressing than many Kurzgesagt videos.

 

[WPMUFC]

Slightly less existentially depressing than many Kurzgesagt videos.

Looks like the latest report has some weirdness in it.

No idea why the IPCC went so positive on CCS

 

[calodo2003]

 

[WPMUFC]

IPCC report puts us on a path to 3 degrees?? Yeah that's sad and all, but we can't make money from the sponsor ads

 

[Cheimoon]

IPCC report puts us on a path to 3 degrees?? Yeah that's sad and all, but we can't make money from the sponsor ads

You can't upset the public you know. Those poor people - what will they think!

 

[calodo2003]

Did this get any press at all?

 

[WPMUFC]

Did this get any press at all?

I think a few mentions about someone on fire, but i don't think the mainstream articles on the day even went as far as to say he died. Had no clue it was climate related.

 

[calodo2003]

I think a few mentions about someone on fire, but i don't think the mainstream articles on the day even went as far as to say he died. Had no clue it was climate related.

Felt a kinship with him immediately.

 

[Organic Potatoes]

Did this get any press at all?

It did, but no mention of the reason why. I only found out on reddit it was related to Earth Day, or that he had hinted at it in advance.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Did this get any press at all?

I heard someone self-immolated but did not hear why.

 

[calodo2003]

Fifth largest economy in the world…

 

[Organic Potatoes]

Unfortunately ancillary to that is one major reservoir is so low it is at danger of cutting off flow to the primary turbines. Lakes Powell and Meade aren’t doing much better out west either.

 

[Buster15]

Fifth largest economy in the world…

Great news. Well done California. Showing us all that it is possible.

 

[Cheimoon]

From Nature Briefing today, based on a new article published in Nature:

Meat-free Monday could halve deforestation

Replacing just one-fifth of global beef consumption with a meat substitute within the next 30 years could halve deforestation and the carbon emissions associated with it. Researchers modelled the effects of swapping beef with a fungus-based meat substitute called mycoprotein — familiar to many as Quorn. Replacing 80% of beef with mycoprotein would eliminate about 90% of forest loss. “It should not be seen as a silver bullet,” says sustainability scientist and co-author Florian Humpenöder — but it could be a part of the solution.

Full news article: Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestation (nature.com)
Full scientific article: Projected environmental benefits of replacing beef with microbial protein | Nature

And here is the graph that summarizes the key points:

 

[Buster15]

From Nature Briefing today, based on a new article published in Nature:

Full news article: Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestation (nature.com)
Full scientific article: Projected environmental benefits of replacing beef with microbial protein | Nature

And here is the graph that summarizes the key points:

Very interesting isn't it.
I would love to see this being developed.
We hardly ever eat meat now and I have to say don't really miss it.

 

[calodo2003]

 

[George Owen]

And all that crap goes straight into the ocean We are doomed.

 

[djembatheking]

And all that crap goes straight into the ocean We are doomed.

That is depressing.

 

[Cheimoon]

And all that crap goes straight into the ocean We are doomed.

And while that ocean clean-up project is nice, it removes a ton of water surface life, which severely impacts marine biodiversity with consequences down the foodchain. (Sorry, I can't find the article I read now.) There's no win-win.

 

[Red_toad]

So what’s occurring in 3 years?

 

[nimic]

Probably something similar to this, though not sure what her precise date is about.

https://climateclock.world/

 

[calodo2003]

Now that’s a protestor I could get behind.

 

[CraftySoAndSo]

Now that’s a protestor I could get behind.

You're talking about her cause right?

 

[calodo2003]

You're talking about her cause right?

She has a cause?

 

[nimic]

Locker room talk is so cool

 

[WPMUFC]

 

[calodo2003]

 

[calodo2003]

 

[RedSky]

Shit.

 

[neverdie]

thought it said Kenya and those kinds of things used to happen, and probably still do, across the African continent. along with malnutrition and drought. bit mad to see it in Kansas. must evoke memories of the depression era dust storms.

 

[Cheimoon]

Food gets more expensive > underlines the need for drastic measures around climate change > 'that's costly, so not now when food is already more expensive!' > nothing happens > effects of climate change continue to cause problems and raise costs > etc.

 

[calodo2003]

thought it said Kenya and those kinds of things used to happen, and probably still do, across the African continent. along with malnutrition and drought. bit mad to see it in Kansas. must evoke memories of the depression era dust storms.

Very much so.

 

[WPMUFC]

Food gets more expensive > underlines the need for drastic measures around climate change > 'it's costly so not new when food is already more expensive!' > nothing happens > effects of climate change continue to cause problems and raise costs > etc.

But hey, according to vox, if you show this reality to kids, it's a doomer mindset

 

[RedTiger]

Food gets more expensive > underlines the need for drastic measures around climate change > 'that's costly, so not now when food is already more expensive!' > nothing happens > effects of climate change continue to cause problems and raise costs > etc.

Sadly you're spot on.