Climate crisis

I just watched that. Excellent. I shall watch some more of his stuff.

Grim opinion piece from Donnachadh McCarthy:

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-chatham-house-report-b1926247.html

Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions

Just read it, terrifying

Anyone listened to Mark Carney's Reith Lectures?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000py8t

Short summary of the Citizen's Assembly getting setup for COP26, found the breakdown interesting:

The members of the assembly will be chosen through a lottery and a selection process that will ensure the makeup of the body reflects global demographics: 60 of the 100 people will come from Asia, 17 from Africa, half will be women and 70 will be people who earn $10 a day or less. They will receive a stipend, technical and communications support and translation services to ensure they can take part.

Not much room for middle aged white men :)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/05/global-citizens-assembly-to-be-chosen-for-un-climate-talks

https://archive.ph/Vaits/again?url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-methane-impact-on-climate/

Muzzle the cows apparently

So the Mediterranean is 'tropicalising'. I hadn't heard that before.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/27/southern-italy-braced-for-rare-mediterranean-hurricane

It's a really frightening prospect. I hope Sicily isn't too badly hit and that maybe the 'Medicane' passes it by, but it doesn't look like it. :(

Actually, it's also expected to hit Calabria.

this just popped up on my news feed.

https://www.cityam.com/breaking-protesters-take-over-streets-in-the-city-as-banks-are-told-to-stop-financing-fossil-fuels/?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=City%20protests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/world-failing-make-changes-avoid-climate-breakdown-report

https://twitter.com/BorderKent/status/1455576663136342017

Leave it to the Dutch to give it to you with no sugarcoating. Heleen de Coninck of de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven: "als je optimistisch bent hierover dan ... dan, heb je de literatuur niet goed gelezen". Delivered with a bone-chilling smile. Fuck.

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/a-z/wat-houdt-ons-tegen-/1/wat-houdt-ons-tegen--s1a2/

https://twitter.com/AlexandriaV2005/status/1455706003798777861

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/03/johnson-takes-private-jet-from-cop26-to-london-to-attend-dinner

Over 400 world “leaders” took private jets up to Scotland… bellends.

1 Attachment

It's this as always:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2021/11/02/no-bicycling-at-cop26-means-quickest-way-to-decarbonise-road-transport-is-inexplicably-missing/?sh=3174e68d740a

They simply can't monetize active travel as effectively as they can electric cars.

We're fucked.

Oh we’re fucked alright. This conference isn’t about fixing the problem. It’s about making economic gains from it.

Yup

1 Attachment

See also

1 Attachment

Another scene from COP26 today

1 Attachment

.

2 Attachments

Self for-filling prophecy.

Poignant.

Suddenly the billionaire yacht arms race makes a lot of sense.