Born this day: 03/27/1962
Kevin Anderson is a prolific American science fiction author with over 175 books in print worldwide. Best known for his Saga of Seven Suns space opera and Dune prequel novels with Brian Herbert, his Assemblers of Infinity earned a Nebula nomination and The Dark Between the Stars was a Hugo finalist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_J._Anderson

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #KevinAnderson @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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https://www.guardian2zotagl6tmjucg3lrhxdk4dw3lhbqnkvvkywawy3oqfoprid.onion/environment/2025/nov/27/limate-related-risks-uk-economy-security

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Kevin Anderson, professor of energy and climate change at the Universities of Manchester, Uppsala and Bergen :
“The choice is between deep, rapid and fair decarbonisation of modern society, and an organised-ish technical and social revolution; or ongoing rhetoric and delay as temperatures [rise]. And then we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent.”

On nature, Nathalie Seddon, professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, said:
“We are facing a national emergency not only because the climate is changing, but because the living systems that protect the climate are breaking down. This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.”

Tim Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, said that a collapse in the Atlantic meridianal overturning current (Amoc) would leave London freezing in winters of -20C, “and yet the summers would still be hotter than today’s”, leading to a situation where the UK would be 100% reliant on food imports. “We have got to do everything in our power to limit the amount of time we spend above 1.5C [above preindustrial temperatures],” Lenton said.

Richard Nugee, a retired general, said politicians focused on the threat from Russia were failing to see the greater threat of the climate crisis. “Climate change is going to be a bigger problem than Russia,” he said. “It’s an insidious threat, one that has crept up. It’s going to do more damage than the threats they’re focused on now. But all they see is a resurgent Russia.”

He said politicians needed to ensure the UK could cope with the greater extremes of weather that were already apparent and going to worsen. The lack of action to ensure that vital infrastructure is resilient was leaving the country vulnerable to extreme weather, and open to attack from enemies who could perceive this weakness.

“Having spent most of my life fighting, I need to believe this country to be strong. The last thing I want to see is this country go to war. But we are not providing a sufficient deterrent, because we are not resilient enough [to the impacts of the climate crisis],” said Nugee.
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#ClimateCrisis #UK #KevinAnderson #UniversityOfManchester #UniversityOfOxford #Russia #TimLenton

Gegen die Relativierung des Klimanotstands — Notizen zu Kevin Anderson

https://wittenbrink.net/gegen-die-relativierung-des-klimanotstands-notizen-zu-kevin-anderson/

Kevin Anderson zur Klimaleugnung durch Aufschub

https://youtu.be/ofwmru1hcYQ?si=fkHOrzIalEch8mFW

Die beste Darstellung der klimapolitischen Situation, die ich kenne – und auch das beste Konzept, um wenigstens eine Chance zu haben, die Erhitzung noch auf 2° zu begrenzen. Kevin Anderson weigert sich anzuerkennen, dass sich physikalische Gesetzte verändern lassen, politische und wirtschaftliche Spielregeln aber unangreifbar sind. Seine Argumentation ist präzis, unideologisch und klar. Für mich ist sie der Ausgangspunkt für ein klimapolitisches Engagement, das nicht auf Illusionen über die Folgen der fossilen Emissionen und über die Interessensgruppen beruht, die vor allem dafür verantwortlich sind.

#FYI #KevinAnderson lecture and literature review #CEMUS

"Open lecture with Kevin Anderson, professor Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester and visiting researcher Uppsala University, recorded in Uppsala February 12, 2025. The lecture was organized in collaboration with the CEMUS."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofwmru1hcYQ

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather

#FYI #ClimateGenn #NickBreeze #COP29 #KevinAnderson

"Interview with Prof. Kevin Anderson via Zoom from Baku in the last days of COP29. He provides some critical insights into how the headlines we often see reported breakdown from a numerical standpoint."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULdkWpjmM0

#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #ExtremeWeather #EcosystemCollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #methane #GreenhouseGases #KeepinInTheGround

A new climate-denier movie by the same people who did the one in 2007 gets debunked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhAX42dT09w
37 minutes of your life....

And because I don't want to derail debate by hogging attention for denial, let me now recommend a 10 minute interview with #KevinAnderson
https://climateuncensored.com/university-of-barcelona-interviews/

He has just now finally joined Bluesky. https://bsky.app/profile/kevinclimate.bsky.social
Let's make him join fediscience.org, shall we?
I strongly believe, conversations around all things climate in our community with Kevin's direct input can get to a level and depth in line with the actual problem. Leave the mainstream superficial talking points. Might even be inspiring for Kevin himself, compared to what he is used to on Twix.
And him posting on Fediscience.org could have the positive impact on academia he is fighting for.

One for #BBC's #MoreOrLess perhaps?

#TimHarford claims in #Skint that "Economic #growth doesn’t have to destroy the planet" and "In the UK we’ve had huge amounts of economic growth in my lifetime, & yet our emissions of carbon dioxide per person have more than halved"

but #KevinAnderson looks more deeply at these claims

https://climateuncensored.com/skint-a-political-doctrine-masquerading-as-data-driven-analysis/

#ClimateChange #economics

Y a #jancovici qui est encore invité sur la chaîne LIMIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDwDqM5cutY

Il y aborde à la fin la question du nucléaire... J'ajoute mon grain de sel: SVP les activistes climatiques, cessez de débattre de cette question! #KevinAnderson se dit "nuclear agnostic" et note que les temps de déploiement sont de toute façon trop long: trop tard pour la bouée de sauvetage nucléaire... “I'm agnostic about nuclear, but built rates mean it can only have a minor role in staying <2°C”