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Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

“You can’t have an economy without a society, and a society needs somewhere to live.”

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I’ve been thinking the same thing! Facebook fills a certain niche (for me: feeling connected with friends and relatives from real life and engaging in local/regional affinity groups, buy nothing groups, etc.) that I haven’t found elsewhere. But how hard could it be to recreate?

Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for climate goal, MPs promised Lifestyle change, such as diet and travel, are not in the scope of the 2035 goal

LA is burning & our implicit political baseline is still that climate policies are acceptable if and only if they require zero sacrifice or even mild lifestyle change on anyone's part.

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📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers is now available!

➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate.

🌏 Options for a just & sustainable future!
www.ipbes.net/node/85582

Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats Corporations must be accountable for attacks that advance their business interests, researchers say.

Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats #Climate

Climate change extinctions Climate change is expected to cause irreversible changes to biodiversity, but predicting those risks remains uncertain. I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quant...

“With increased certainty, this meta-analysis suggests that extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them - Inside Climate News An underwater gardening experiment along the East Coast aims to restore a type of seagrass called eelgrass, at risk of extinction due to rising sea surface temperatures.

Seagrasses sequester up to 18 percent of carbon stored in the ocean, capturing it 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. But the natural meadows of eelgrass—the most common type of seagrass found along the East Coast of the U.S.—are vanishing.

plastics could use up half the remaining carbon budget by 2050, another @carbonbrief.org figure shows.

demand for plastic could make up for declining demand for oil in coming years.

Graph shows that plastic emissions across the lifecycle exceed oil and gas extraction and refining emissions and are 3x greater than aviation fuel emissions globally in 2023

Why does a #plasticstreaty matter? @carbonbrief.org breaks it down for us.

YOU can make a difference. #subnationalclimateaction matters. 🌇🎆2025 could be the year you run!

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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost, the air & noise pollution, the huge space difference, etc… @theconversation.bsky.social
theconversation.com/cycling-is-t...

🥬🫐🍏When we include emissions from the land sector, packaging, transport, food waste, and beyond, food systems drive about 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 of all emissions! (That’s more than any other sector.) Still, solutions abound — and many bring benefits for water, wildlife, and air, too. Read more ⬇️

“Sometimes the bravest thing we can do when facing an existential crisis is to joyously imagine life on the other side: What if we get it right?” - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
#booksyoushouldread #climatewise #hopepunk #climatecrisis @ayanaeliza.bsky.social

Meet the peach that traveled the Trail of Tears and the elders working to save it The "Indian peach" survived genocide. Can it withstand climate change?

Want some hopeful Indigenous climate news? Muscogee elders are preserving a peach in Oklahoma with deep cultural significance.

My latest from Grist.

“Recognizing ‘enoughness’ is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer, in her new book The Serviceberry. #booksyoushouldread #climatewise

Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here’s five things you should know The battle who pays how much to fund the switch from fossil fuels, what to do about nuclear power, and who hosts Cop31 are key questions The UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, scheduled to finish Friday local time, are dragging into the weekend as delegates…

Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here’s five things you should know