Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

[Raffy.Roma]

Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows

Estimates show small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030

www.theguardian.com

In Australia Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces American Climate Corps Listening Sessions, New Actions to Mobilize the Next Generation of Clean Energy, Conservation, and Resilience Workers | The White House

To register for virtual listening sessions and learn more about this groundbreaking initiative, visit: www.whitehouse.gov/climatecorps $2 billion program from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda includes option to create career pathways that advance environmental justice through...

www.whitehouse.gov

In September, President Biden announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, a groundbreaking, workforce training and service initiative that will prepare tens of thousands of young people for good-paying jobs in the clean economy. In the time since, nearly 50,000 Americans have expressed interest in joining the American Climate Corps. In launching this new initiative, President Biden fulfilled a key promise to mobilize a new, diverse generation of Americans – putting them to work conserving and restoring our lands and waters, bolstering community resilience, deploying clean energy, implementing energy efficient technologies, advancing environmental justice, and more.

This is the way to go. Hope that in Italy our Institutions will follow the efforts of the Biden Harris Administration to work out the Climate Change issue.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Heat Blankets Australia, Fuels Bushfires

An early summer heatwave contributed to the country’s already active fire season.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

An early summer heatwave swept over large parts of Australia on December 16-17, 2023, helping to fuel dozens of bushfires in New South Wales.

This is for sure one of the problems raised by the increase of the Temperature Deviation and heatwaves.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737631978583740439

Transportation absorbs 60% of the oil in the USA.
So let's electrify also ships like this!

 

[mspohr]

Root and branch reform: if carbon markets aren’t working, how do we save our forests?

The world has looked to offsetting schemes to protect forests, fund conservation and fight the climate crisis – but many fail to fulfil their promises. Here are five ways to keep our forests standing

www.theguardian.com

Keeping the world’s remaining forests standing is one of the most important environmental challenges of the 21st century. Humanity will not limit global heating to safe levels or stem the ongoing loss of wildlife without them. From the boreal forest that stretches around northern Europe, Siberia and Canada, to the Amazon, Earth’s forests are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet, home to species found nowhere else.

In the race to create incentives to preserve forests rather than cut them down, the carbon-offsetting market has taken centre stage. Forest-offsetting schemes often sell credits on the basis that they will fund conservation schemes, protecting sections of forest that would otherwise be cut down – thereby preventing carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Scientific research and journalistic investigations, however, indicate that many of these schemes are essentially “hot air” and failing to protect forests as promised. As some major firms reassess their use of forest credits, it raises questions about how we pay for and incentivise the protection of these crucial ecosystems.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737865631884611984

Climate change is already forcing millions of people around the world to leave their homes to seek refuge from the rising seas, devastating droughts and the other effects of global warming. But that migration is also happening within the U.S. as extreme weather makes parts of the country virtually inhospitable, according to a new analysis.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737865631884611984

Climate change is already forcing millions of people around the world to leave their homes to seek refuge from the rising seas, devastating droughts and the other effects of global warming. But that migration is also happening within the U.S. as extreme weather makes parts of the country virtually inhospitable, according to a new analysis.

Svein Tveitdal is Director of Klima2020 and Former Assistant Executive Director UN Environment Programme.

About -

Klima2020 Klima2020 was established by Svein Tveitdal in 2008 and work with climate consulting and communication and green business development. Core business is lecturing and advice…

www.klima2020.no

Key focus of Klima2020 is on bridging the gap between climate science, policy makers and the general public.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737825777750573278

That's why the US Department of Defense considers the Climate Change issue a serious threat to Global Security.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

As the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting Carbon - NASA

Runoff from one of North America’s largest rivers is driving intense carbon dioxide emissions in the Arctic Ocean.

www.nasa.gov

When it comes to influencing climate change, the world’s smallest ocean punches above its weight. It’s been estimated that the cold waters of the Arctic absorb as much as 180 million metric tons of carbon per year – more than three times what New York City emits annually – making it one of Earth’s critical carbon sinks. But recent findings show that thawing permafrost and carbon-rich runoff from Canada’s Mackenzie River trigger part of the Arctic Ocean to release more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it absorbs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737941020828975555

So Global Warming causes Carbon Dioxide Emissions in many ways.

 

[mspohr]

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/indonesia-says-200000-hectares-palm-plantations-be-made-forests-2023-11-01/

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738191218926825656

Please forgive me for calling Former Vice President Al Gore friendly Al.
Well Al is really ANGRY because people in authority don't do their job for what is concerning the Climate Change issue.
As Al says "We are failing the job!"
Al is really PISSED OFF because we cannot allow to get decisions at COP approved by unanimity but we need a SUPER MAJORITY process not including Oil Companies and Petrostates.

And I agree 100% with Al. I invite all TMC Members to watch the above reported video where Al says these things.

 

[mspohr]

Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28

Indigenous campaigners, human rights defenders and climate activists say they are being silenced by fear of reprisals

www.theguardian.com

Incidents of harassment, surveillance, threats and intimidation are creating a climate of fear at UN events including the recent Cop28 climate conference in Dubai, experts have said.

Indigenous campaigners, human rights defenders and environmental activists say they are increasingly afraid to speak out on urgent issues because of concerns about reprisals from governments or fossil fuel industries.

“In the last few years, we’ve seen Indigenous representatives being filmed by people related to government institutions while giving statements about human rights at UN events, or photographed just for being present at a UN event,” said Lola García-Alix, the global governance senior adviser for the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.

“We’ve witnessed people working closely with governments physically corner and encircle Indigenous representatives in UN meetings. Such acts of intimidation have drastic effects back home, where Indigenous people sometimes face reprisals, including being questioned, harassed or detained.

 

[ggr]

Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows

Estimates show small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030

www.theguardian.com

In Australia Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive.

There is no nuclear power generated in Australia. The only reactor in the country is at ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization), a research reactor that also makes short-lived isotopes for nuclear medicine. I did an internship there in, oh, 1977?

 

[Raffy.Roma]

There is no nuclear power generated in Australia. The only reactor in the country is at ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization), a research reactor that also makes short-lived isotopes for nuclear medicine. I did an internship there in, oh, 1977?

Agree in fact the article says that nuclear reactors will not be ready until 2030. That is only an analyses.

Estimates show small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change

Latest IPCC report highlights key measures countries must take to avoid climate catastrophe

www.theguardian.com

In this article eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange
1. Stop methane emissions
2. Stop deforestation
3. Restore degraded land
4. Change what we eat
5. Go #RenewableEnergy
6. Use energy more efficiently
7. Stop burning #FossilFuels
8. #ActNow

While reading I have been impressed by the fact that Cutting methane emissions could lower the Temperature Deviation of half a degree.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

As it's very well known the general equation for a complete combustion reaction is:
Fuel + O2 → CO2 + H2O

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738023521866137681

Don't want to say that sooner or later we will not have Oxigen to breathe of course, but only that the Oxigen in the atmosphere is decreasing at an accelerating rate.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1738532155129491562

The joint venture, between Ford and Korean company SK Innovation, promises 6,000 good-paying jobs for residents of the small, rural communities around Stanton, Tennessee.

 

[mspohr]

As it's very well known the general equation for a complete combustion reaction is:
Fuel + O2 → CO2 + H2O

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738023521866137681

Don't want to say that sooner or later we will not have Oxigen to breathe of course, but only that the Oxigen in the atmosphere is decreasing at an accelerating rate.

We also are destroying forests and grasslands which is how O2 gets replenished.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738312055487373745

Report for reference this tweet saying that in 2023 there is a high percentage that we could already overtake the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius set by the Agreement of Paris.
Actually I read that this fact could happen in 2024 because of El Niño. First time that I read that the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius could be overtaken already this year.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738312055487373745

Report for reference this tweet saying that in 2023 there is a high percentage that we could already overtake the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius set by the Agreement of Paris.
Actually I read that this fact could happen in 2024 because of El Niño. First time that I read that the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius could be overtaken already this year.

Actually the reason why we could overtake the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius set by the Agreement of Paris already this year is due to the abnormal Temperature Deviation that we had last September of 1.82 degrees Celsius.
In case the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius would be overtaken already this year 2023 we would have an exceptional event for Global Security and IMO the UN Security Council should be summoned immediately.