Kevin Anderson

Isn’t how much this hi-income decile group use the transport system (ie. they choose to travel a lot & choose to do so via faster means) as important as the system itself? In so many areas, differences in demand between groups is as important as the supply system itself.

Thanks. I read OP. I agree entirely. I stopped in April 2007. I was teaching climate in schools & realised acting in accordance with my words was paramount.

However, a few prominent climate scientists are hostile to the view & block on sight.

@kevinclimate.bsky.social was (& is) an inspiration.

Thanks for reminding me of this. Sadly, 6years on we are in a much worse starting position than we were even then. The allure of fluff, nonsese & downright lies has not changed the physics - & it never will. Today the emissions are higher & the budgets much smaller! nitter.poast.org/anlomedad/st...

Thanks for reminding me of this. Sadly, 6years on we are in a much worse starting position than we were even then. The allure of fluff, nonsese & downright lies has not changed the physics - & it never will. Today the emissions are higher & the budgets much smaller! nitter.poast.org/anlomedad/st...

IPCC Chef Jim Kea saß 2019 mal mit @kevinclimate.bsky.social vor der Klimakommission vom UK Parliament. Kannte Kea vorher nich. Aber die Grimassen, die er schnitt bzw. ostentativ versuchte zu vermeiden, wenn Kevin redete, sagen schon alles. 2 Twitter posts mit Clips: nitter.poast.org/anlomedad/st...

I hope you’re right, but all too often& over many years I’ve witnessed how the ‘influential’/the great&good/senior people in organisations do often see themselves as unquestionably superior & are often uncomfortable in the company of the ‘little people’; certainly not all demonstrate this, but many.

I get your point. My concern from a UK perspective is that the v.wealthy minority are both disproportionately responsible for the UK’s discretionary emissions - and control the resources, land & even the labour of much of our obscenely unequal society, resources urgently needed for decarbonisation.

1) deep & rapid cuts in the discretionary hi-energy-consuming ‘norms’ of hi-income/wealth groups. 2) hi-levels of demand management 3) zero carbon energy supply alternatives including wind & solar.

I get your point. My concern from a UK perspective is that the v.wealthy minority are both disproportionately responsible for the UK’s discretionary emissions - and control the resources, land & even the labour of much of our obscenely unequal society, resources urgently needed for decarbonisation.

Hi Aarne. I’m not sure I fully get what you’re saying. Is it that in Finland many in the top 1% or so also live frugal lives (from an emissions and resource use perspective), or that there are some exceptions who manage it … or?

I’d need a bit more to go on than just that if I’m to make any sense of your comment.

"Investing in Gatwick expansion is a choice. It is a choice to prioritise frequent flyers over repairing the UK’s broken transport system, strengthening the NHS, or investing in climate resilience. More flights mean more emissions, worsening climate change for everyone."

Yes, a contemporary of Adam Smith. But as with Smith many of his comments are pertinent/insightful beyond the libertarian views that are often over-emphasised for these historical figures. Eg. Smith's Wealth of Nations only really makes sense when read in conjunction with Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plays the same role in aviation as CCS/BECCS/DACCS play for other fossil-fuelled sectors: more a stalling tactic than solution. Good engineers work on SAF, but CEOs/politicians/etc deliberately mis-sell their role in mitigation.
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...

But it’s essential the little people get to hear the pearls of wisdom from these intellectual & moral titans. Sadly (from experience), this elitist thinking is widespread amongst the great & good. Furthermore, they choose to travel business/first class to avoid contamination from the hoi polloi.

But it’s essential the little people get to hear the pearls of wisdom from these intellectual & moral titans. Sadly (from experience), this elitist thinking is widespread amongst the great & good. Furthermore, they choose to travel business/first class to avoid contamination from the hoi polloi.

Was there any serious discussion of the one, or even two, order-of-magnitude gap in individuals emissions? Climate discourse often overlooks a key point from Piketty’s analysis: most emissions are discretionary & concentrated among a relatively small, & relatively affluent share of the population.

Was there any serious discussion of the one, or even two, order-of-magnitude gap in individuals emissions? Climate discourse often overlooks a key point from Piketty’s analysis: most emissions are discretionary & concentrated among a relatively small, & relatively affluent share of the population.

Absolutely spot on. Highlights the absolutely limitations of centrism and techno-optimism. I've said it before....their interview was the head of the CCC was one of the most depressing hours nonespeak I've ever heard.

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Yes … happy to pointed to alternatives?

The established ‘system’ maintaining homeostasis.

Just look at Transport Sec speech to aviation sector earlier this year. Message is expand as much as you like. Target is capacity to have just under 500m passengers using UK airports by 2050 and achieve so-called "net zero" leaving 20m tonnes of emissions to be cleaned up somehow or other.

I genuinely hope to be wrong, but I suspect @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social are in the top fraction of 1% of hi-emitters & so cling to future tech salvations & the allure of weak but well crafted legislation. The challenges we face raise profound questions of "moral code".

I genuinely hope to be wrong, but I suspect @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social are in the top fraction of 1% of hi-emitters & so cling to future tech salvations & the allure of weak but well crafted legislation. The challenges we face raise profound questions of "moral code".

As Labour open their annual conference, I’d be interested if anyone can share Ministers/MPs’ views on further expanding UK airport capacity; expansion that's incompatible with UK climate commitments, not to mention increased volume & frequency of aviation noise! climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...

On the one hand at the minute you've got utter burying head in the sand of Simon Stiell (UN Climate chief) saying that the green transition is going in the right direction.

As ever, @kevinclimate.bsky.social and @loispennington.bsky.social has a much more realistic appraisal

@rory-stewart.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Are you going to this event? TRIP coverage of climate change is poor (AC: "the most severe issue facing the world") especially Leading interview with UK CCC chair. Educate yourselves especially what @kevinclimate.bsky.social has to say.

Has 'net zero' created space for 'anything goes'? Scrutiny of the physical realities of airport expansion is needed. This decision undermines efforts to transition the energy system in line with UNFCCC; makes it harder, more costly, more inequitable. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...