Notices by Extinction Rebellion Global (extinctionr@social.rebellion.global), page 2

BBC News: Can flights really reach net zero by 2050?

Spoiler: No.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c245e726r79o

"‘Nothing grows anymore’: In Malawi, eating becomes a daily struggle due to climate change"
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20241111-nothing-grows-anymore-in-malawi-eating-becomes-daily-struggle-due-to-climate-change

Regardless of who wins, we’ll keep working, because the system causing climate chaos, ecological destruction, and genocide will still be in place.

We need you. You have far more power than simply putting a ballot in a box. And when we link arms and stand in our power together, we can—and we will—force the system to change. 🌍🌏🌎

Only we can save us.

#ClimateEmergency #Election2024 #ClimateCrisis

"Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by automobility."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267

"Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food source.
Nearly all of this catch is used to make two products: fish meal for aquaculture, and omega-3 dietary supplements. Most of the fish meal feeds farmed salmon, which develop their familiar pink color from consuming the food."

https://theconversation.com/whales-are-recovering-from-near-extinction-but-industrial-fishing-around-antarctica-competes-for-their-sole-food-source-237927

"Since satellites began observing sea surface heights in 1993 until the end of 2023, global mean sea level has risen by 111 mm."
"If this trajectory of sea level rise continues over the next three decades, sea levels will increase by an additional 169 mm globally."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01761-5

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#global

"Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years.The loss of wild spaces was "putting many ecosystems on the brink.""

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3j0vzpl3o

Man made disasters #ClimateAction

New research suggests that war is emitting 5.5% of global emissions. Over a twentieth of emissions just to create damage and enormous humanitarian suffering is intolerable.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Climate-Cost-of-War.html

They'd know.

This. All of this. Every damn word.

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/30/our-leaders-are-collaborators-with-fossil-fuel-colonialists-this-is-the-source-of-our-communal-dread?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Uber calls on EU to ban combustion engines on ridesharing cars by 2030.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/25/uber-calls-on-eu-to-ban-combustion-engines-on-ridesharing-cars-by-2030

Seven out of the nine planetary boundaries may now have been crossed, with ocean acidification approaching a critical threshold.

https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/worlds-oceans-near-critical-acidification-level-report/news-story/4ea4ea8ec697ec00185a0121dc1ecf48

"In the last two weeks of August, more than 1.5 million people were displaced across 12 countries in West and Central Africa due to floods, and about 465 have been killed, according to the United Nations humanitarian affairs office."

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/nigeria-flooding-response-1.7324651

India's state owned railway is nearing 100% electrification, while the US with its private model is at 1%.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91178844/indias-rail-network-is-nearly-100-electrified-the-u-s-is-at-1

By Dan Piraro/ bizarro.com

"If nothing is eating your plants then your garden is not part of the ecosystem."

https://www.samwallman.com/
#agroecology
#art #illustration #posters #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

"Fifteen years ago, scientists proposed an environmental threshold at which no person would be able to survive for six hours."... "there’s mounting evidence to show the limit may be lower than first thought."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-02/deadly-heat-limits-tested-in-world-first-human-experiment/104242788