Jean-MichelAug 24, 2023
kcarruthers

8 things the world must do to avoid the worst of #ClimateCrisis
1. Address methane emissions
2. Stop deforestation
3. Restore degraded land
4. Change what we eat
5. Go #Renewables
6. Use energy more efficiently
7. Stop burning #FossilFuels
8. #ActNow

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/21/methane-to-food-waste-eight-ways-to-attempt-to-stay-within-15c

Ht Prof Peter Strachan

Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change

Latest IPCC report highlights key measures countries must take to avoid climate catastrophe

The Guardian
Aug 23, 2023 at 1:14amIvory for iOS
Show threadPirateJoieAug 23, 2023
@kcarruthers PLEASE, please, we don’t have that much time!
Show threadNoel KellyAug 23, 2023

@kcarruthers

I would make that a list of twenty things.
The first ten being
Stop burning #FossilFuels, then
Go #Renewables,
Electrify Transport,
Upgrade the comms networks to fibre,
Revamp the building stock
then the rest.

Show threadGaladAug 23, 2023
@gnoll110 @kcarruthers Expand high speed rail throughout the US. There’s no good reason why we don’t have bullet trains connecting every single state.
Show threadGaladAug 23, 2023
@kcarruthers I am absolutely terrified that Fossil Fuel Companies and Tech Bros will start pushing geo-engineering as the solution to the Climate Crisis.
Show threadSuperStormDroidAug 23, 2023
@kcarruthers I have a suggestion for a 9th: remove all baby boomers from positions of power by voting them out, and voting for millennial candidates instead.
Show threadErevanDBAug 23, 2023

@kcarruthers

My top 3 would be
1. Restore land
2. Nuclear energy
3. Efficiency upgrades in current systems such as power grids and servers.

Show threadO'Shaq HennessyAug 23, 2023

@kcarruthers You think the worst is still avoidable? What are you calling "the worst" exactly? Even if we magically ceased all greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, warming will still continue, oceans will still rise, still warm, and still acidify. Crops will still die, land will still burn, ice caps and glaciers will still melt. We'll still be fucked.

But we won't stop tomorrow or even soon. Capitalism won't stop until someone/thing forces it to stop.

They. Do. Not. Care.

Show threadJason YipAug 23, 2023
@OShaqHennessey @kcarruthers “…doomist thinking is dangerous because it breeds paralysis and disengagement, which is precisely what the forces of climate inaction seek.” https://www.ft.com/content/60f6e94a-eb3b-4a3e-9ef6-273262967121
The scourge of climate doomism

The truth about global warming is bad enough. We don’t need harmful hyperbole

Financial Times
Show threadO'Shaq HennessyAug 23, 2023
@jchyip @kcarruthers It's not doomism, it's fact. 1.5 C was the point at which scientists warned us all the above would happen. We've sailed clear past that point with no end in sight. Pretending mass extinction events, bio diversity reduction, and food chain disruption isn't inevitable is ignorant at best and foolish at worst. I'm not saying it's pointless to try. Im saying if you really believe our planet's ability to sustain our species will survive without bloodshed, you're mistaken.
Show threadHenry SwobodaAug 23, 2023
@kcarruthers Thanks for fixing number 7 there… this article is full of ridiculous half measures… reduce methane by fixing leaks? reduce coal by switching to methane? This reads like a climate change approach written by an fossil fuel company. We need to end all fossil fuels ASAP.
Show threadJason YipAug 23, 2023
@kcarruthers 5, 6, and 7 could be replaced with “Electrify everything” and I’d put it at the top of the list.
Show threadAjayAug 24, 2023
@kcarruthers Still, we're decades behind with respect to taking action #History #Climate https://traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/EP19-Climate_Change.mp3
Show threadEdelruth In The Wrong TimelineAug 24, 2023

@kcarruthers

Your no. 7 must be no. 1.

There is no point in any of the others if we are continuing to release the sequestered CO2 of millenials, at our current rate of release. At any rate of release.