Climate Change

[6souls]

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/1...record-in-2020

Due to deforestation, the Amazon is now a major source of CO2 pollution.

In its annual report on heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the U.N. weather agency also pointed to signs of a worrying new development: Parts of the Amazon rainforest have gone from being a carbon "sink" that sucks carbon dioxide from the air to a source of CO2 due to deforestation and reduced humidity in the region, it said.

The findings come as WMO, in its annual report on heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, said concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide were all above levels in the pre-industrial era before 1750, when human activities "started disrupting Earth's natural equilibrium."

"The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin contains a stark, scientific message for climate change negotiators at COP26," World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said of his agency's report. "At the current rate of increase in greenhouse gas concentrations, we will see a temperature increase by the end of this century far in excess of the Paris agreement targets of 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels."

The global average of carbon dioxide concentrations hit a new high of 413.2 parts per million last year, according to the WMO report. The 2020 increase was higher than the annual average over the last decade despite a 5.6 percent drop in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels due to COVID-19 restrictions, WMO said.

[Day]

Bezos at it again

[Roranora]

SOUND THE DREAD ALARM

THROUGH THE PRIMAL BODY

[AoE]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/19/degr...ic-growth.html

The argument for economic Degrowth.

Degrowth would require societies to abandon the idea that the percentage change in gross domestic product is an accurate indicator of progress, and instead learn to live better while producing less.

Giorgos Kallis, an ecological economist and a leading proponent of degrowth, told CNBC via telephone that the movement “is a critique to the idea that economic growth is considered something good and necessary. Instead, we think it is part of our current crisis and problems.”

Kallis was careful to stress that the degrowth movement does not call for a reduction in personal income, adding that high-income countries already have more than enough resources to secure good lives for everyone.

The objective of degrowth is to reframe humanity’s goals to address the climate emergency by dramatically scaling down aggregate energy and resource use back into balance with the living world.

At the same time, the idea is seeking to reduce inequality and improve wellbeing, through measures such as job guarantees, a shorter working week and potentially a universal basic income.

In practice, it is likely to result in a slower rate of GDP growth or perhaps even a reduction in GDP, but scholars say this should not be a cause for concern because GDP is not a proxy for progress.

[Jaybar]

Should also pair that with desprawl. I'm ok with suburbs that are an outgrowth of a nearby city, but to really peel back on overconsumption that would be a great start. Less Costco/Walmart lifestyle.

[Day]

https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/stat...IRa1jULhQ&s=19

[kuronosan]

That'll do it!

I'm actually on board the overproducing train. I think we're making far too much and using it as an indicator for both growth and success, and while admittedly economics isn't my field I can't imagine we're producing less than an a surplus of anything right now and wasting a considerable amount of resources in the process.

There are some realms where production is a smart move that furthers progress, like electronics, e-cars, etc, but for the most part I think the metrics driving production and productivity are heavily reliant on bad equations.

[Day]

https://twitter.com/kpvqn/status/145...pa5ZzGiFA&s=19

[archibaldcrane]

god damn lol

and "I wasn't sleeping I was resting my eyes" but unironically

[Yabby]

I'm amazed at his ability to stay upright being that close to passing out. Also, that aid needs to be paid more. You know his ass came over to keep him awake, he didn't really have anything to show him.

[Day]

when i first hit play i thought beastie boys intergalactic was playing

this mf sleeping through an alien speech smh!

[Zealot]

How are you gonna sleep completely upright without even a hypnic jerk? Old people are sleeping experts.

[Roranora]

can i get one of those chairs when y'all done with the conference

[Day]

no we are throwing them in the ocean

[Yabby]

no we are throwing them in the ocean

From their private jet.

[Day]

for good luck naturally

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/AlexCKaufman/sta...23410793127957

[kuronosan]

OMGNOWAI

[Roranora]

hey sometimes you gotta fly private charter to Mesquite and fit 90 holes of golf in the weekend

[archibaldcrane]

Not sure if it's crazier that the average American emits like a rich Frenchman or that a rich American emits triple either of them.