Kevin Anderson

And, did you catch Matt Rendell's piece on polluter sponsorship?

www.cooldownclimate.org/resources/it...

"As the writing on the wall about the climate emergency has become increasingly stark over the last couple of decades, the celebration of excess consumption, luxury, and the glorification of a privileged elite has become ever more offensive."

#Sufficiency

@andrewsimms.bsky.social

Au revoir, le Tour - it's for the best Big sporting events, like so much we hold dear, are at odds with a liveable climate

After months off social media l’m forced back by the deeply uncomfortable words of my colleague & friend @dancalverley.bsky.social

Through the lens of the Tour de France, Dan explores the destructive implications of our preference for wilful ignorance.

dancalverley.substack.com/p/au-revoir-...

YouTube video by Energy Central Does the energy industry need a climate reality check?

another carbon budget reality check from the excellent @kevinclimate.bsky.social . Kevin consistently delivers a crystal clear gloss free message, fully backed by numbers, stats and data.

Definitely worth watching in full

shorturl.at/fyuyc

Second episode of The Fireside Carbon Chat is now online at: www.cemus.uu.se/fcc-ep-1-202... - both as a podcast & YouTube.

This was a Q&A session, covering diverse issues, from BECCS to marginalised global south researchers; Canadian politics to British Steel & climate curriculums to Net Zero.

As essential as always. Teachers will be interested to hear about climate and the curriculum…
#lowcarbonbirding

If you want too understand how countries are failing to comprehend how their approach will fail.. listen to this Q&A

Kevin Anderson makes observations about Mark Carney.

(One of the best climate communicators)

YouTube video by CEMUS Kevin Anderson: Climate schools, end of net zero 2025, footprint of the 1% and the equality crisis

Captivating #FiresideCarbonChat as @kevinclimate.bsky.social replies to Q's on BECCS, Paris 2015, Net not Zero, inequality, global top 1% emit 2X that of the poorest 50%, UK steel production, discretionary emissions v structural emissions, #privateSufficiencyPublicLuxury, EU temps

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Second episode of The Fireside Carbon Chat is now online at: www.cemus.uu.se/fcc-ep-1-202... - both as a podcast & YouTube.

This was a Q&A session, covering diverse issues, from BECCS to marginalised global south researchers; Canadian politics to British Steel & climate curriculums to Net Zero.

Thanks for the feedback Mike. @danielmossberg.bsky.social & I will arrange another Q&A.

The last one was recorded so should go online at some point in the next week or so.

Thanks - we've had a number of people asking for this so I'll talk with @danielmossberg.bsky.social and we'll organised a future Q&A..

New article by @peresuausanchez.bsky.social & Frédéric Dobruszkes, with a little help from myself. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

We look into whether cutting airport slots at Amsterdam airports reduces climate impact and find that it depends on what the airlines do with the remaining slots...

Green growth beliefs: Investigating factors associated with expert opinions on green growth Green growth attempts to achieve sustainable development under continued economic growth and is currently one of the leading policy responses to mitigate climate change and prevent environmental colla...

"[Tend] to agree that economic growth is essential to increase people’s well-being."

"tend to disagree that green growth can keep global warming below 2 °C"

But the IPCC states that even 2°C is considered dangerous & poses a significant threat to human well-being 🤔

Something doesn't add up!

Thanks to those who joined the zoom Q&A.

Apologies to those unable to join via Youtube; there was a technical glitch on Zoom that wouldn't permit it to link to Youtube.

If there is sufficient interest, I'm happy to run another Q&A; just let me know by replying to this message - thanks.

Link to the Q&A session: uu-se.zoom.us/j/64739274441 [uu-se.zoom.us]

In just under an hour (8pm UK time, 19.00hrs GMT, 21.00CEST)I'll be endeavouring to answer questions posed following my March podcast ... link to the event at: www.cemus.uu.se/april-16-liv...

A well balanced thread of a potentially worrying shift in carbon sinks.

Sadly, I suspect this will be another case of us witnessing climate chaos without any meaningful response. The big mitigation modellers will ramp up pseudo tech & policymakers will reach deeper into their stores of rhetoric.

A record increase in atmospheric CO2 according to data released by NOAA gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/..., much higher than projected in the Global Carbon Budget essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/....

This occurred in the presence of an El Niño (red bars, data also from NOAA!).

What does this mean?

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Do you have any questions about the climate emergency? Live Q+A w Professor Kevin Anderson tomorrow night! 🌍

If this is of interest, feel free to circulate: thanks.
@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @danmiller999.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social @rishpardikar.bsky.social @morganhphillips.bsky.social

Following on from an earlier podcast (www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Jv...), I'll be answering/discussing climate-related questions live tomorrow (Wed 16th 21.00hrs CEST).

Details & zoom link at www.cemus.uu.se/april-16-liv...).

Feel free to submit a question via the above site.

Matthew Jee 1 minute ago Isn't it obvious? Hey Kevin, It seems very clear to me, and perhaps you, that there is an absolute trade-off between social harms, likely to be borne by less developed countries and the less well off in developed countries, and the total CO2 emissions over the near future years. Our politicians appear to have succumbed to corporate capture, or simply confusion about how nonlinear change magnifies these risks. How do we encourage more scientists to be blunt in their language - to recognise that couching climate discussions in uncertainties is an invitation to inaction?

I've just added a (rather loaded!) question on just this .. I hope it gets through the screening, as Kevin is one of the few scientists who I believe truly grasps the magnitude of change we need to inspire.

Looking forward to attempting to answer or at least discuss questions raised; please feel free to add yours as per the linked event.

Looking forward to attempting to answer or at least discuss questions raised; please feel free to add yours as per the linked event.

Join us for the second episode of The Fireside Carbon Chat 🔥 A No-Nonsense Climate Podcast with @kevinclimate.bsky.social live April 16 at 21.00 CEST on YouTube and Zoom!

Sign-up for Zoom access, post your questions in advance and read more: www.cemus.uu.se/april-16-liv...

Things don't look so rosy when you apply a CBDR lens as @kevinclimate.bsky.social & Isak Stoddard do here:

theecologist.org/2020/jun/08/...

How much coal is embedded in UK’s imports?

Include CO2 from aviation/shipping & imports/exports & UK emissions have fallen by ~20% since 1990, an average of ~0.6% per year.

Tho’ coal has been eliminated from our territorial emissions, airport expansion is locking in kerosene for decades to come.

Demonstrates how Europe has no meaningful climate leadership. Eloquent & formally educated ‘leaders’ (across politics & beyond) locked into a simplistic 19 century mindset, totally ill equipped to consider system issues & in thrall to latter-day astrologists & snake-oil sellers (market economists).