The Climate Crisis

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8644234

Extreme heat and sea levels are typically monitored and studied individually but researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University found they were occurring simultaneously—a phenomenon that could multiply fivefold by mid-century.

The study's lead author, Mo Zhao, told AFP these events pose "very dangerous" risks, from deadly heat to floods, that may "exceed the coping capacity" of communities to respond.

"We don't have sufficient resources or sufficient human resources to handle these two extremes," she said.

https://mstdn.social/@winderful/112223218682855540

BREAKING NEWS: Mike Lynch-White, Scientist Rebellion co-founder and Palestine Action activist, has been sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and 262h community service for his involvement in the Heathrow Pause action of 2019.

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https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/

https://mastodon.social/@workingclasshistory/112194524723632253

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1864045

Things seem dire...

We must act now and do actual activism, imho.

Not just "educate" people on these issues.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11740609

Prof Mark Howden, the director of the Australian National University Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, said the sector’s net zero target is “effectively not possible”.

“It’s pretty well embedded in the public consciousness that red meat is high profile in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per serve,” Howden said.

“I suspect the industry saw this as a fundamental threat to their future … A few years ago everybody was kind of jumping on the net zero bandwagon without actually thinking through what it actually meant,” he said.

The CSIRO found the industry would fall short of meeting its net zero target, and instead recommended the adoption of a “climate-neutral” target that would require a reduction of methane emissions rather their complete elimination.