Sam Gardner

YouTube video by ScotLINK Declare your love for nature!

In Scotland, nature is struggling.

But this year we have a huge chance to help it recover with the Natural Environment Bill.

We need our leaders to know how much Scotland's nature matters!

Declare your love for nature:

www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/actnow

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Climate change made severe UK fires in 2022 six times more likely New research shows that the damaging fires during the UK’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave were made at least six times more likely due to human-caused climate change.

The 2022 summer in UK saw temperatures hit 40°C for the first time and left firefighters stretched, with London Fire Brigade having its ‘busiest day since the Second World War’

We know climate change is not a future threat but current reality

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New research: birdlife soars on nature-friendly solar farms Nature-friendly solar farms in East Anglia support more bird species than arable land, boosting biodiversity

Think solar farms are bad for nature? Think again. Those designed for nature in East Anglia are teeming with birdlife - including threatened species. A new study reveals why. ⤵️

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Climate ‘whiplash’ events increasing exponentially around world Global heating means atmosphere can drive both extreme droughts and floods with rapid switches

Climate ‘whiplash’ behind #LAfires increasing exponentially around world

- Global heating means the atmosphere can drive both extreme droughts and floods with rapid switches wrecking the lives of millions

#climatecrisis
Story by me
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In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."

Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social

Taking stock of the decade so far In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at which regions are leading the race to global energy targets, plus political powerplay in the United States ahead of the presidential handover

The world added 600 GW of solar in 2024 -- twice as much as we’d ever installed of all technologies in a single year says Ember's @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social

Tune in to this episode of The Jolt on 2024's energy trends and the race to clean energy @kirataylor.bsky.social

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"The junk food crisis harming Britain’s children" (And it's structural). www.ft.com/content/b503...

Analysis: Only five proposals for coal plants remain across OECD’s 38 countries - Carbon Brief The number of new coal plants under development in the OECD region has reached record lows since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

"In all, the number of proposed coal plants in the OECD region has decreased from 142 in 2015 to five today – a 96% fall." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-onl...

A Morris Minor parked next to a huge new SUV.

Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄

It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it Global solar PV capacity has reached 2 terawatts, and is forecast to quadruple by 2030.

"It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it"

That's how exponential growth works.

And we were worried that solar growth might stall, but I think batteries will help it to continue.
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Repost this if you’re old enough to remember when they tried to convince us that “global warming stopped in 2008” (or whenever).

Spain: Bodies found after torrential rain causes flash floods An unspecified number of bodies are recovered amid flash floods in Spain, the leader of the Valencia region says.

Yet another reminder that climate change increases the rainfall during intense storms, increasing the risks of flooding and casualties.

At least 13 dead in flash floods in Spain: www.bbc.com/news/article...

The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...

Global sea level is now rising twice as fast as 30 years ago

Rising global temperatures are causing glaciers and ice sheets to melt more, adding more water to the oceans, which also expand as they warm

We caused this by burning coal, oil and gas, and deforestation

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Shops like IKEA, B&Q and others sell portable induction hobs from under £30 - so it's really easy to start electrifying a home straight away!
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Global sea level inspired by Hokusai's Great Wave #dataviz

Exclusive: BP drops oil output target in strategy reset The London-listed company is now targeting several new investments in the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico to boost its oil and gas output.

"BP has abandoned a target to cut oil and gas output by 2030 as CEO Murray Auchincloss scales back the firm's energy transition strategy to regain investor confidence, three sources with knowledge of the matter said"
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Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but there's still hope Despite facing a catastrophic combination of challenges, there is optimism in the African country.

"Somalia has emitted roughly as much carbon dioxide from fossil fuels since the 1950s as the US economy does in an average three days"

Yes, that does say three days

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The joys of AI… it might be ‘artificial’ but it’s using a lot of real resources like water and fossil fuels.

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.

A single 100-word email generated by an AI chatbot using GPT-4 requires 519 milliliters of water, a little more than 1 bottle.
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I heard you like climate starter pack so this account put together a great starter pack of starter packs. 💡🔌

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THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT:

The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.

Graph from Nat Bullard and data from Ember.

With all of August now in, 2024 has effectively tied 2023 as the warmest August on record in the @CopernicusECMWF dataset.

August 2024 was 1.49C above preindustrial levels, and 2024 is now virtually certain to be the warmest year on record.

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Canada's wildfire emissions last year were more than all but three countries.

And, as per IPCC rules, Canada does not need to report wildfire emissions in its inventory. But as many will note, wildfires are getting worse because of climate change, so some of those emissions are anthropogenic (1)

Just your friendly reminder that virtually no one buys petrol or diesel cars in Norway. They have become the horse & cart of cars...

Coming to a country near you!

More great figures here: robbieandrew.github.io/EV/

In 2023 the world’s forests stopped acting as a carbon sink “We cannot count on ecosystems to bail us out in the future.”

Usually, forests remove about 1/4 of the world's annual CO₂ emissions.

In 2023, the carbon sink collapsed.

As a result, even though CO₂ emissions only increased < 1.1% in 2023, the growth rate of CO₂ in the atmosphere shot up by 86% compared to 2022.

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Book cover of "A Field Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies" Second Edition with icons for solar, wind, water, bio, storage, and other on a blue background with old patent sketches.

Want to learn more about the renewable energy technologies that are our greatest hope for addressing climate change? Check out this beautiful free "Field Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies" from the Land Art Generator. landartgenerator.org/LAGI-FieldGu...

How to Sustainably Feed 10 Billion People by 2050, in 21 Charts Can we feed the world without destroying it? New research reveals 22 steps to a sustainable food future.

~1/3 of emissions come from food systems, but 8 billion people eat food! So, not an easy fix and no one solution will fix it. Here are a bunch of ideas from farm to fork to forest. 🧪 #FoodSystems