Climate Change

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Flooding in Spain pretty under reported given the budget stuff dominating the headlines .... casualties sadly rising 😞 ..... 

I went to the Valencia area of Spain last year that this flooding has been disastrous for and think I even recognised some areas that have been devastated by the storms. It's just awful.

[Crazyfool01]

11 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I went to the Valencia area of Spain last year that this flooding has been disastrous for and think I even recognised some areas that have been devastated by the storms. It's just awful.

imagine that being the street you lived in ... we arent so far away from that now 😞 

[charlierc]

I'd actually forgotten the Cop29 thing is starting in Azerbaijan next week. Because private jet users congregating in an oil/gas-exporting nation is totally going to dig us out of the hole.

[steviewevie]

29 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I'd actually forgotten the Cop29 thing is starting in Azerbaijan next week. Because private jet users congregating in an oil/gas-exporting nation is totally going to dig us out of the hole.

it's the best we got at moment, it's a global problem and needs everyone on board.

[charlierc]

38 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

it's the best we got at moment, it's a global problem and needs everyone on board.

Having faith this will produce anything tangible might be easier said than done, and that was before the American decision and a couple of climate-sceptic parties getting into power in Europe. At the very least I'd believe we'd be making progress if we can finally convince the ultra-rich to kick having such a bad private jet addiction - not necessarily an outright ban, more just that they don't have to use it all the f**king time.

 

One thing I read this morning is that we were actually on track for worse. At present we're forecast for 3C above pre-industrial, widely seen as being a disaster, but apparently about 15-20 years ago, the data was suggesting 6C, which is basically an outright apocalypse. But it's also a disappointment that we're currently on track for not even a quarter of the 40%+ emission reductions believed to be required and voting for a lot of climate unfriendly parties just feels like some are already acting like that's job done.

Edited 3 hours ago by charlierc

[steviewevie]

Yeah we're probably f**ked.. but COP is only thing which is driving anything globally. If Trump pulls US out then makes it all a lot more difficult.