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Remember what Greta Thunberg has said?

"I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act."

The opinion piece below from Bloomberg/WaPo seems to agree with her...
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"Global Heat Records Are Falling. A Little Panic Might Be in Order."

The planet could easily set a record-high average temperature in 2023, especially with an El Niño weather pattern kicking in later this year. We have already suffered through the hottest early June on record, with global land temperatures briefly touching 1.5C above the pre-industrial average. Ocean temperatures this spring have been the hottest ever at this time of year, in records going back 174 years.

Many people, including myself, have warned against panicking about such stunning new highs, given the temporary nature of El Niño’s boost. Even if we temporarily hit 1.5C of warming this year, it will still be theoretically possible to avoid long-term warming beyond that level and all the catastrophic consequences that would come with it.

But first we must kick our fossil-fuel addiction and stop spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And judging by how little the world’s policymakers seem to be interested in taking such steps, perhaps just a smidgen of panic might be helpful.

Scientists agree the world must zero out its emissions by 2050 in order to keep warming to 1.5C, a target set at the Paris climate accords in 2015. And so far 95 countries have made "net-zero" pledges.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that the vast majority of those pledges aren’t credible. Current policies and practices have the world on pace to hit nearly 3C of warming by the end of the century. Even the most dependable net-zero pledges would still lead to close to 2.5C of warming, a recent study found.

One big problem is that significant numbers of "net-zero" countries have zero plans to stop burning oil, gas, and coal, according to a new study from the Stockholm Environment Institute. Of the 95 pledging countries, 45 talk about "continuing or expanding fossil-fuel production" right there in their net-zero pledges, according to the study. Only 5 of the 95 countries, in contrast, discuss transitioning out of fossil-fuel production as part of their net-zero pledges.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://archive.is/uz5Nr#selection-341.0-341.66

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #CO2 #Emissions #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Long, exhausting, inspiring and immensely productive week at #IMS2023

There is so much going on at #microwave, from #satellite to #ai to #regulatory.

The #hamradio social I organized on Tuesday evening was a huge success. The demonstration stations, live contacts up the coast on 10 GHz, giveaways, poster session, and #ARRL handouts & swag were all very well received.

The conference co-chairs dropped by, ended up staying the whole time, and had a blast.

What a great day in the lab.

#ADRV9009 working. Transmit/receive and PS side Hello World up and running.

Very successful Dynamic Spectrum Allocation TAC meeting at #FCC (we meet over Zoom).

SMD version of the QRP HF #rfbitbanger kit is working very well.

And, we got a shipment of Raspberry Pis for #Versatune. Plenty going right over on that project too.

Thank you to everyone at @OpenResearchIns for working hard to make so many fun and innovative things happen for #hamradio