What could possibly go wrong?
Time for an update? Justin Rowlatt
Maybe explain 9 standard deviations?
Might be good to try to get exponential on TV at some stage too.

Well worth a read

1/ You’ve seen the fires
You seen the floods
You’ve read the news reports
You’re scared
And now you want to do something about it

But what? And how?

A (longish) thread

Just Stop Oil protesters Reverend Sue Parfitt and Judy Bruce, both in their 80s, have broken the glass protecting the Magna Carta.
Document remains intact.

Magna Carta from 1215, was the first document to put into writing that
THE KING AND HIS GOVERNMENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

Most heat is stored in the oceans.
When the oceans die so do we.
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

How did Uruguay come to be almost entirely powered by renewables?

Across just five years, $6 billion was invested in renewable energy — the equivalent of 12% of Uruguay’s GDP.

theprogressplaybook.com/2023/10/19/ene…

Reminder: global warming brings a lot more extreme rain 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️. It’s basic physics, the data prove it, and climate scientists have warned you for 30 years about this.
Peer-reviewed study: nature.com/articles/s4161…
It will get worse until we stop emitting.
Your home could be next.

Brazil is suffering the consequences.

🇧🇷BRAZIL FLOODS: 83 DEAD, 111 MISSING

Catastrophic floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have displaced 850,000, injured hundreds and destroyed countless buildings, roads, bridges.

'But bridges, towns and infrastructure have always been washed away' climate action delayers will say.

Give us strength to stop this Faustian Fossil Fuel pact.

Unprecedented #Floods and Landslides in #Kenya Kill 188, Displace 165,000. ecowatch.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Summer has not even started in Europe yet, and flash floods are already raging. Record high surface ocean temperature will bring record precipitation over many places. Remember, when it comes to impacts of climate crisis, we ain't seen nothing yet. #climatecrisis

Heavy rains caused devastating flash floods in Curaçao. Bándabou hit hard, dams breached, homes flooded. Footage by Jandino Asporaat shows the impact on Hofi Mango National Park. Thinking of those affected. 🇨🇼

Major floods on the streets due to heavy rainfall in Zhuhai of Guangdong, China 🇨🇳

May 4, 2024

Credit...Disaster News Disaster News

Shocking: 3000 dead whales, dolphins and porpoises in just 3 years.
After months of asking the UK Department for the Environment, DEFRA, to share the data for cetacean strandings, at last some information is emerging. jasonendfield.medium.com/newly-released… Jason Endfield

Happening more often and more intensely all round the world.
Climate change has its fingerprints all over it.
Yet fossil fuel giants want to expand production.
Who will stop them?
youtube.com/watch?v=BpDQT_…

Earth climate is collapsing
Vietnam millions of Fish cooked in the sea
Hundreds dead in Kenya floods
Over 60 dead and many missing in Brazil flood
Possibly thousands dead in extreme heat across #Asia #Philippines with temps reaching high as 53C (127.4 F)
youtube.com/watch?v=VHB2F2…

Jason Hickel This is a key reason why we have to decarbonise at emergency pace, before fire fighting (literal & metaphorical) overwhelms our political & productive capacity.

Investing in a habitable planet seems altogether sensible.

Local action is crucial to raise awareness.