According to Boris Johnson the Cop26 success is six out of ten. Success, here we talk about limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5C, among a few others things. But, can the world not tackle climate change – limiting the warming, if this particular event fails? The Hype Of course it would be optimal if…
The Guardian: Pope Francis has urged world leaders to take “radical decisions” at next week’s global environmental summit in a special message recorded for BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. Leaders attending the Cop26 conference in Glasgow must offer “concrete hope to future generations”, the pontiff said. Teaser image Filippo Monteforte/AFP
The Biden administration announced a vast spending bill, with hundreds of billions of dollars allocated to support clean energy, electric vehicles and new defenses against extreme weather events. The Guardian notes: This proposed framework includes $555bn in incentives, investments and tax credits aimed at bolstering the deployment of renewable energy such as solar and wind, as well…
In this brief presentation Professor Rahmstorf explains the most important facts and data on global warming, including from the 2021 IPCC report. Rahmstorf is a leading climate scientist and winner of the American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize.
Rainfall broke several records. Jiulongzhen broke the daily rainfall record for Guangzhou, while Xintangzhen broke the three-hour rainfall record for the province. Rivers in Huadu district saw the biggest flood in 20 years. Water overflew three dikes, damaging one of them http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=182565 Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/05/02/1618567114…
Films How level is sea level? A discussion of sea level, what it is, how it is determined and factors that influence sea level at various locations on the earth https://archive.org/details/howlevelissealevel From the 1973 movie Soylent Green. RELATED The Climate Warnings Films from the 1980s https://climatestate.com/2019/07/19/the-climate-warning-from-the-early-1980s/ The Climate Warnings in 1969 and 1977 (published in…
Tesla’s new giga factory in Berlin-Brandenburg, Giga-Berlin, is nearing to begin production later this year, while starting to sell solar panel systems, and the Tesla Powerwall in Germany via Octopus Energy – available in all of Germany come 2022. Clean Technica: By aggregating the solar generating capacity and the storage capacity of Tesla Energy Plan…
The study “Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate” found that the climate warmed 0.25C during the last decade, resulting in increased rainfall and heat extremes. Abstract Over the last decade, the world warmed by 0.25 °C, in-line with the roughly linear trend since the 1970s. Here we present updated analyses showing…
Despite the current chip shortages affecting many automakers around the world to the point where entire factories have been shut down, the EV market hasn’t been impacted that much so far, with TESLA even delivering record numbers, same holds for NIO, or XPENG. However, it also depends on how automakers order their chips, or how…