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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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A Big Climate Goal Is Getting Farther Out of Reach | A new report forecasts global temperature increases well above the level that world leaders have pledged to avoid. (www.nytimes.com)
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Valencia: the hydrological revolution (*) (aplaneta.org)
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Can you solve the world’s trillion-dollar climate finance puzzle? (grist.org)
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As countries deadlock at COP29, take Grist’s quiz to find out whose side you’re on.

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How Climate Change Misinformation and Apathy Helped Trump Win (sentientmedia.org)
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The Bottom Line

Despite widespread consensus on the reality of climate change, misinformation about both the causes and solutions for climate change took hold during the 2024 presidential election. As this type of misinformation continues to impact public discourse, the need for greater media literacy becomes crucial, particularly to counteract the influence of political leaders and foreign-backed campaigns on voter behavior.

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UK Banks still lending to oil and gas giant BP – despite climate pledges – Channel 4 News (www.channel4.com)
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‘Minimal progress’ made this year on curbing global heating, report finds | Analysis by Climate Action Tracker puts median temperature rise by 2100 at 2.7C if current policies continue (www.theguardian.com)
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Huge Increase In Agribusiness Lobbyists At UN Biodiversity Summit (plantbasednews.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.vg/post/954495

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Australia urged to increase climate goal after UK announces ambitious 81% reduction target (www.theguardian.com)
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Fossil Fuel Giants Paying Thousands to Sponsor COP29 Events | Oil and gas majors are splashing the cash in order to have a presence at the flagship climate talks in Azerbaijan. (www.desmog.com)
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COP29 and a climate of uncertainty (360info.org)
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2024 Predicted to Be First Full Year Above 1.5°C of Global Warming (www.sciencealert.com)
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Fossil fuel CO₂ emissions increase again in 2024 (phys.org)
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How to save money with the Inflation Reduction Act before Trump is in charge | The Trump administration could repeal tax credits for electric vehicles, heat pumps and more. (wapo.st)
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Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
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Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and may struggle with what’s coming | A pair of papers in the journal Nature shows how plankton are struggling to survive in warming seas. (wapo.st)
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The papers are here and here

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Fossil fuel rise drives planet closer to critical climate safety limit (www.rfi.fr)
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Climate Summit, in Early Days, Is Already on a ‘Knife Edge’ | Negotiators agree that trillions are needed to help lower-income countries adapt and cope, but not on who should pay. (www.nytimes.com)
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North Dakota Wants Your Carbon, But Not Your Climate Science | A $9 billion plan to entomb CO2 emissions could allow the region to keep pumping oil and burning coal. (www.bloomberg.com)
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Can We Escape Overshoot? (thehonestsorcerer.substack.com)
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Good little article, worth a read.

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Despite Biden’s Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down (www.propublica.org)
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Climate change threatening more than 40% of the world's corals with extinction, conservation group says (abcnews.go.com)
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Coral reefs are probably the first major ecosystem that we're going to lose as temperatures rise.

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The U.S. is getting less snowy. If this winter’s forecast proves accurate, most of the country can expect less snow this season than usual, continuing a decades-long trend of less snowfall (wapo.st)
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We Study Climate Change. We Can’t Explain What We’re Seeing. (www.nytimes.com)
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‘Fossil Fuels Are Still Winning’: Global Emissions Head for a Record | Countries promised to move away from coal, oil and natural gas at last year’s climate summit. They’re burning more than ever (www.nytimes.com)
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A fossil fuel group is working with US tribes to boost LNG exports (floodlightnews.org)
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Liquefied natural gas exports are among the worst fossil fuels for the planet, according to a new peer-reviewed study

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