Mike K

Existing buildings recommended to prepare for +2oC

"Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4C above preindustrial levels – a level at which the world will face global devastation."

How civilised is civil society on a +4oC planet?

Please tax the rich. But making more, selling more and doing more to raise revenues to fix resource depletion, over consumption and breaching planetary boundaries is a 20th century solution.

#NoBillionaires

Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...

Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.

YouTube video by Climate Chat Northern/Southern Hemisphere Warming Asymmetry

it works this morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRy0...

Hey Leon, have just checked youtube but still have the same error

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I can't see your latest climate chat episode in videos>latest nor on live>latest, from the UK

Helpt dit?

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Northern/Southern Hemisphere Warming Asymmetry YouTube video by Climate Chat

Sunday 10/12 at 10am PT on Climate Chat: "Northern/Southern Hemisphere Warming Asymmetry" with co-host @leonsimons.bsky.social. On YouTube and LinkedIn.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction
@bikingmzstacey.bsky.social @radsci.bsky.social
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Heathrow
Gatwick
Luton
Bristol
City Airport
Stansted
Manchester
Newcastle
Leeds and Bradford

They're all expanding or have expansion plans.

The sky’s the limit if you don’t #GiveAFlyingFuck

#frequentFlyerLevy

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You’re clearly not keen on a #FrequentFlyerLevy -fair enough.

Can’t tell if you've a smarter fix or if you’re saying we’ve blown it already and might as well watch the world burn from 30,000 feet. Could be you’re right but I’m still trying to land on “do something” over “not giving a flying fuck”

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.

Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

Like a canary in coal mine…

"I'm not into ecofascist responses either".

Which "response" were you referring to?

#FrequentFlyerLevy.

Who are the real “ecofascists”?

A) Those whose lifestyles cause the greatest damage
B) Those challenging this inequity
C) Other

Policies that focus responsibility where it belongs are more democratic because they protect the many from the negative impacts of the few

#FrequentFlyerLevy

character constraints!

miss a city break=miss visiting parents again

The atmosphere doesn't care. GHG's are cumulative, last hundreds to thousands of years, no viable way of drawing them down or reasoning with them
Sustainable aviation❌
Airport expansion✅
Growing emissions✅

#FrequentFlyerLevy

Planetary boundaries The planetary boundaries framework highlights the rising risks from human pressure on nine critical global processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth

"miss out on a few city breaks" when there's no solution to fly tipped aviation emissions.

Maybe it comes down to whether you want to leave the world in a better place or feel that you should be able to do whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want

#FrequentFlyerLevy

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Character constraints are challenging!

The original point I was arguing against was: "A levy hammers them (families), more than business/holidaymakers"
This anecdote has now been put to rest as the data is 3:1 against. More so with a levy from flight No. 2 onwards p/yr

#FrequentFlyerLevy

Sorry-I'm lost

We were in the UK 2024-76% of flights NOT for VFR. Your latest link switched to the EU which does NOT:

-specify how many flights or share of flights are VFR
-break out VFR vs holiday vs business in percentage terms

+ you still haven't proposed a GHG solution

#frequentFlyerLevy

UK residents made 94.6 million visits abroad in 2024.

Of these, roughly 22–23 million were for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) (based on 2023–24 proportions).

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

The data in the link shows that roughly 76% of flights were NOT visits to friends and family

There's a clear need for systemic change where the polluter (Ryanair) accounts for their fly tipped emissions, where overland travel is incentivised and trips can go low and slow.

Or we carry on ignoring decades of peer reviewed science, emit even more GHG's and suffer the predicted consequences

You have an anecdotal perspective but I appreciate what you're saying

If we'd implemented the necessary changes earlier, we might not be in this pickle. But if we leave privileged emissions from aviation, which sector(s) will pick up this slack?

Is there another solution?

Trends in air travel inequality in the UK: From the few to the many? Aviation is responsible for at least 3.5% of global warming, and demand is predicted to rise rapidly over the next few decades. To reverse this trend,…

It'd be interesting to read a paper that supports your frequent flyer assertion

Anecdotally, as an xFrequent flyer for work and hols (80's/90's) I took a minimal number of flights to see family

15% take 70% of all UK flights
≈80% of the world's population has never flown

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How rich is too rich?

Turning💰 in to ⏱️ where £1=1 second

£1,000 = 17 minutes
£100,000 = 28 hours
£1,000,000 = 11.6 days
£1,000,000,000 = 31.7 years
£1,000,000,000,000 = 31,710 years 🤯

#NoBillionaires
#WealthInequality

FactCheck: UK arms received by Israel reach record high value in 2025 Nearly £1 million worth of UK arms were imported in the first nine months of the year.

Starmer’s spokesman has said the detention of activists from the #GlobalSumudFlotilla in international waters is “a matter for the Israeli government”

If we had a leader with a legal background who understood international...oh, hang on a sec

#keirComplicity

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The Israeli government is unhinged, out of touch and out of control

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Israeli pirates have abducted nurses, doctors and journalists in international waters against their will. This latest humanitarian wave bound for Gaza was carrying food and medical supplies.

globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

#GlobalSumudFlotilla
#Gaza
#SailToGaza
#FreePalestine
#BreakTheSiege

They're not perfect, 100% disagree with @greenparty.org.uk policy on GHG free nuclear power, prefer the Finnish GreenParty approach. But won't let this get in the way of good

Tactically @plaidcymru.bsky.social has my vote, but wud love Greens and Plaid to join forces

#makingFriendsNotBillionaires

Our open letter to Keir Starmer , Yvette Cooper and Simon Walters.

We demand you answer our questions.

PDF on our LinkTree, please share with everyone you know.

#globalsumudflotilla #ukpolitics #uklabour #freepalesti̇ne

Flying is the fastest fun way to burn the planet
A #FrequentFlyerLevy is an easy fix

1st flight= normal price
2nd= 2×
3rd= 4×
4th= 8×
5th= 16x
6th= 32x
7th= 64x
..and so on

An incentive not to fly would round this off
A simple fair fix for privileged emissions
Credit: @kevinclimate.bsky.social