Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[Ben]

Republican hopefuls shrug when asked about climate crisis during debate:
Republican hopefuls shrug when asked about climate crisis during debate | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

[Ben]

[Stavros]

Rishi Sunak has decided, or has been advised that the public don't want to fund Net Zero policies in their current form. So the PM is to tinker with the details while claiming the Govt is still committed to Net Zero as a policy. The details indicate that it is the belief that winning the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election was a public rejection of ULEZ in the Constituency, the irony being that the Ultra Low Emission Zone policy in Boris Johnson's seat was the policy of the man himself when he was London Mayor.

Thus, the science has again become irrelevant, it is all about 'the pound in your pocket', and whether or not it is too expensive to implement schemes such as ULEZ, too demanding to expect a full transition away from fossil fuel driven vehicles by 2030, and yet again the 'why are we doing it when others are not'? So much for the 'Going it alone' justiification for Brexit, and the curious situation that now puts the UK on the same trajectory as the EU when it comes to EV's.

For Sunak though, what he thinks could be a vote winner, has angered some in his own party, but it remains to be seen if enough of them exist to threaten his leadership. As for Climate Change....we're doomed!

Rishi Sunak considers weakening key green policies - BBC News

[Ben]

[Ben]

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality? | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022:


The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022 | Travel and transport | The Guardian

[MrFanti]

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality? | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022:


The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022 | Travel and transport | The Guardian

Report: China emissions exceed all developed nations combined
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57018837

And yet, the western world continues to do business with them....

[filghy2]

What wasn't mentioned is that China still has lower emissions per capita than the USA (10.95t vs 17.9t) and many other developed countries. That seems like the more relevant metric for the burden of responsibility.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ons_per_capita

Not doing business with China would only reduce world emissions if the economic activity switched to countries that use lower emissions energy sources.

[Mirgofino]

One of the main solutions to the climate crisis is for us humans to move away from a meat diet towards a plant-based diet, because it releases so many areas where making crops to feed the animals are destroying rain forests. And one of the deep tragedies of the human race is that relatively few seem to want to do so. Some even fight against it, which is like looking at someone slowly killing themselves while praising the weapon they do it with. This, combined with other factors where humans live as if we are on an infinite planet with infinite "resources" makes it logical, but very sad, that some philosophers simply talk about the human race as a failed species now.

[MrFanti]

How does the growing global population and increasing consumption affect biodiversity?
https://royalsociety.org/topics-poli...-biodiversity/

[MrFanti]

One of the main solutions to the climate crisis is for us humans to move away from a meat diet towards a plant-based diet, because it releases so many areas where making crops to feed the animals are destroying rain forests. And one of the deep tragedies of the human race is that relatively few seem to want to do so. Some even fight against it, which is like looking at someone slowly killing themselves while praising the weapon they do it with. This, combined with other factors where humans live as if we are on an infinite planet with infinite "resources" makes it logical, but very sad, that some philosophers simply talk about the human race as a failed species now.

Here's to hoping that land for a plant-based diet is still around after everything green gets paved over with asphalt and concrete.....