Tag: Tipping points in the climate system

Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, says the EU’s climate change monitor⚠️

http://aje.io/j60p35

https://www.unep.org/facts-about-climate-emergency

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries

‘If the climate were a bank it would have already been saved’ 🇻🇪

Human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet⚠️

A climate emergency declaration or declaring a climate emergency is an action taken by governments and scientists to acknowledge humanity is in a climate crisis.

‘If the climate were a bank it would have already been saved’ 🇻🇪

‘If the climate were a bank it would have already been saved’

-Hugo Chavez Leader of Venezuela’s🇻🇪 Bolivarian Revolution, born on this day in 1954

Hugo Chavez

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries

Beginning with the Kyoto climate agreement, military action was excluded from greenhouse gas reporting in its entirety under pressure from the United States. However, military activities generate more emissions relative to spending than peaceful economic activities.

The U.S. military is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Most of the emissions come from fighter flights. These emissions and their inevitable increase should not be underestimated.

The US uses China and Russia as an excuse to expand its presence in the Arctic.

This article is more than 9 years old Republicans’ new climate strategy: just ban the words ‘climate change’

learn more:

https://www.climateemergencyinstitute.com

https://skepticalscience.com/nsh/

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/4/pgae106/7638480

Here’s what Exxon scientist J. Black presented to company executives back in 1977. #ExxonKnew

https://insideclimatenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/James-Black-1977-Presentation.pdf

https://www.climatefiles.com/collection-index/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding

1962 Humble/Esso (ExxonMobil now) advert.

The more CO2 in the atmosphere, the warmer the planet…

The Republican🐷War on Science, Political censorship

https://arctic-news.blogspot.com

#ShellKnew 

https://www.desmog.com/2018/05/17/shell-knew-charting-thirty-years-corporate-climate-denialism/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/28/shell-knew-oil-giants-1991-film-warned-climate-change-danger

https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/

https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, says the EU’s climate change monitor⚠️