Clif @Clif@qoto.org
Retired Coast Guard Officer BA Geography living on the beautiful west coast of Canada on unceded Lekwungen/Songhees territory.
My interests include #ClimateDenial #renewables #RenewableEnergy #EV #bcpoli #canada #SeaLevels #SeaLevelRise #Oceans #Nature #transition #energy #environment #fedi22 #ClimateChangeIsReal #Misinformation #Disinformation #space #astronomy #genealogy
“The new Wild Species Report shows Canada is facing a biodiversity crisis and our species and wildlife are going extinct. This will have devastating impacts on people’s well-being, food supplies and livelihoods,”
"Singly, each of those three events exacted a heavy toll on the province. Collectively, they made for the single-worst climate catastrophe in Canadian history."
"Our research, published today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, shows that when the broad sweep of non-insured losses is considered — along with a number of other factors — the estimated economic hit in B.C. associated with 2021’s extreme weather events is in the range of $10.6 billion to $17.1 billion."
#climatechange #climate #mitigation #climatecrisis #cliimateemergency
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/30/Staggering-Price-Climate-Inaction/
COP27 A Fossil Fuel Fizzle.
"Emissions peaking before 2025 as the science tells us is necessary? Not in this text. Clear follow-through on the phase down of coal? Not in this text. A clear commitment to phase out all fossil fuels? Not in this text."
"the Queen Charlotte Fault has produced five magnitude-7-and-higher earthquakes in the last 100 years and presents the greatest earthquake hazard to residents of southeast Alaska and western British Columbia."
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cmhrp/news/mapping-entire-queen-charlotte-fairweather-fault-system
NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals
"Two papers were published on the find this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, and according to the literature, there are two especially astounding galaxies sitting in the region. Just a small percentage of the Milky Way's size, these tiny realms are hypothesized to have existed approximately 350 million and 450 million years after the Big Bang (that's immensely close to the beginning of time)."
Loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050
"The loss, expected to happen at least once by 2050, spells the end of an entire ecosystem that has evolved for year-round ice cover. Its other effects, from disrupted weather around the globe to rising sea levels and ocean acidification, are barely beginning to be understood."
A Consumer Guide to the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act directs an unprecedented $369 billion toward fighting climate change. Here’s how to save on electric vehicles, solar panels, heat pumps, and more via tax credits and rebates.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/consumer-guide-inflation-reduction-act
Developing countries ‘will need $2tn a year in climate funding by 2030’
“Around half of the required financing can be reasonably expected to come from local sources, from strengthening domestic public finance and domestic capital markets, including tapping into large pools of local finance that national development banks are able to mobilise”
Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says
1. Every part of the U.S. is grappling with climate change — but not equally
2. A warming world threatens reliable water supplies
3. Extreme events are wreaking havoc on homes and property
4. The U.S. can expect more forced migration and displacement
5. Climate change is a growing public health threat
6. It’s not just humans who are feeling the effects
7. There is good news and opportunity to still shape the future
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/cop27-climate-change-report-us/
Early Warnings for All Action Plan unveiled at COP27
"The estimated new targeted investments of US$ 3.1 Billion over the five years would be used to advance the four key Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) pillars:
Disaster risk knowledge (US$374 million) - systematically collect data and undertake risk assessments on hazards and vulnerabilities
Observations and Forecasting (US$1.18 billion) - develop hazard monitoring and early warning services
Preparedness and response ($1 billion) - build national and community response capabilities
Dissemination and communication (US$ 550 million) - communicate risk information so it reaches all those who need it, and is understandable and usable
The plan identifies key areas for advancing universal disaster risk knowledge, and outlines the priority actions required to achieve this, building on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction."
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/early-warnings-all-action-plan-unveiled-cop27
Retired Coast Guard Officer BA Geography living on the beautiful west coast of Canada on unceded Lekwungen/Songhees territory.
My interests include #ClimateDenial #renewables #RenewableEnergy #EV #bcpoli #canada #SeaLevels #SeaLevelRise #Oceans #Nature #transition #energy #environment #fedi22 #ClimateChangeIsReal #Misinformation #Disinformation #space #astronomy #genealogy
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