Limits to Growth @limits2growth@qoto.org

"chicken ...population is now 21.4 billion – more than any other land vertebrate and an order of magnitude greater than any other bird. Over 60 billion are slaughtered every year – a rate of carcass accumulation that is unprecedented...” - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187838-when-humans-are-wiped-from-earth-the-chicken-bones-will-remain/

”You are not mature enough to tell it like it is. Even that burden you leave to your children.”

Here’s my full speech in front of the UN plenary at #COP24 .
https://t.co/f0gxp0h3i2

#ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #SchoolStrike4Climate #ClimateJustice https://t.co/aDhqNrlSIp https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1073527918616297472

The long dry: global water supplies are shrinking - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-12-global.html

We Don't Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mavb/we-dont-mine-enough-rare-earth-metals-to-replace-fossil-fuels-with-renewable-energy?fbclid=IwAR1t8Z-JMNxM_kYsoIY3NMJkrYNmn7HCnOS2AMLExrJkK6Mo_N3yuMkKPxQ

Permafrost Melt Could Destroy a Third of All Arctic Infrastructure, Affecting as Many as 4 Million People - https://earther.gizmodo.com/permafrost-melt-could-destroy-a-third-of-all-arctic-inf-1831011572

Illegal gold mines destroying Amazon rainforest: study - https://m.dw.com/en/illegal-gold-mines-destroying-amazon-rainforest-study/a-46671784

"Both the emergence of geologically novel climates and the rapid reversion to Eocene-like climates may be outside the range of evolutionary adaptive capacity." https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/05/1809600115

Instead, the best road to an affordable carbon-free system follows a “broad path” that draws from a full portfolio of clean techs—wind, solar, storage but also “firm” low-carbon resources such as nuclear, carbon capture, & reliable but oft-neglected renewables such as geothermal. https://twitter.com/JesseJenkins/status/1072602388849156096

People seem to like my book. https://t.co/EX8yL1qnGp https://twitter.com/ClimateHuman/status/1072669746775105543

Bad #systemsthinking. If exponential growth of material flow continues at present rates we will hit another limit: "Global shipper Maersk says it will eliminate fossil fuels by 2050" https://qz.com/1486377/global-shipper-maersk-says-it-will-eliminate-fossil-fuels-by-2050/

In #SystemDynamics this is what we call a negative feedback loop: "Air pollution in India caused 1.2 million deaths last year" https://qz.com/1489086/air-pollution-in-india-caused-1-2-million-deaths-last-year/

System Dynamics models uncover these blind spots and can lead to better policies: "No such thing as sustainable palm oil – 'certified' can destroy even more wildlife, say scientists" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/palm-oil-sustainable-certified-plantations-orangutans-indonesia-southeast-asia-greenwashing-purdue-a8674681.html

Freshwater Is Getting Saltier, Threatening People and Wildlife - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/freshwater-is-getting-saltier-threatening-people-and-wildlife/

"Fisheries generate severe constraints for seabird populations on a worldwide scale, and those need to be addressed urgently. Indeed, seabirds are the most threatened bird group, with a 70% community-level population decline across 1950–2010"
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(1831418-0

It’s a sad reality: a troubling trend sees a 97% decline in monarch butterflies. “For every little thing that changes there’s not just one consequence – it’s a whole chain reaction.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/07/its-a-sad-reality-a-troubling-trend-sees-a-97-decline-in-monarch-butterflies?

Why “Green Growth” Is an Illusion - https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-green-growth-is-an-illusion

Global warming will happen faster than we think: -Three trends — rising emissions, declining air pollution and natural climate cycles — will combine over the next 20 years to make climate change faster and more furious than anticipated." https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07586-5

Portrait of a planet on the verge of climate catastrophe - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/02/world-verge-climate-catastophe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Environmental study claims 40% of coal plants unprofitable - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-coal/more-than-40-percent-of-world-coal-plants-are-unprofitable-report-idUSKCN1NZ00B?utm_source=reddit.com

Coal is still king in global power production - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-11-coal-king-global-power-production.html