The Guardian
BlackRock’s Larry Fink: climate policies are about profits, not being ‘woke’
2 min · · Investment fund manager says firms that do not plan for a carbon-free future risk being left behind · Shared by 47, including Damian Carrington, Tim
The Guardian
WA’s offshore gasfields pay almost no royalties and stoke carbon emissions, report finds
3 min · · Australia Institute report finds state received only $430m of its revenue from industry that generated $27bn in exports last year · Shared by 28, including Svein Tveitdal, Tim
Rolling Stone
'The Fuse Has Been Blown,' and the Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All
8 min · · New data suggests a massive collapse of the ice shelf in as little as five years. “We are dealing with an event that no human has ever witnessed,” says one scientist. “We have no analog… · Shared by 248, including Patricia Smith, Mathew Ingram, TonyParisi.eth, David Wallace-Wells, Alex B., Carl Zimmer, Svein Tveitdal, Prof Michael E. Mann, Eric Holthaus, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Martin Steiger 🦈, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
The Guardian
I’m a climate scientist. Don’t Look Up captures the madness I see every day
4 min · · A film about a comet hurtling towards Earth and no one is doing anything about it? Sounds exactly like the climate crisis · Shared by 315, including Svein Tveitdal, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Dennis Schvejda, Beate Jordaan, Elrond Burrell (he/him), Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org), Wolfgang Blau, Kate Raworth, Markus Merz, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Anna Jane Joyner, Prof Steve Keen, Neil Hart 💙, Tim, Dr. Genevieve Guenther
Visual Capitalist
Visualizing the $94 Trillion World Economy in One Chart
14+ min · · View the expanded version of this infographic. Just four countries—the U.S., China, Japa · Shared by 674, including Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Tim O'Reilly, LARRY ELKAN, Antonio Vieira Santos, Helen Yu, Bob Gourley, David Wessel, Dr. James Canton, Antony Peyton, Elinor Stutz, Liam Bright, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Yves Mulkers, Andreas Staub, Chris Gledhill, BrendanEich, Michael (मुकेश), Terence Mills, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Noah Smith
The Guardian
Why Cop26 coal power pledges don’t go far enough
3 min · · See coal phase out progress to date, and why the current pledges are not enough to limit warming to 1.5C · Shared by 25, including Tim, Svein Tveitdal
cnbctv18.com
Artificial intelligence, machine learning can transform renewable energy industry; here’s how
2 min · · Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be leveraged by power companies to get better forecasts, manage their grids and schedule maintenance. Decentralised energy sources can use AI and ML to… · Shared by 140, including Tim, W. David Stephenson, Iain Brown, PhD, Marcus Borba
The Guardian
Bugs across globe are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
3 min · · Surprising discovery shows scale of plastic pollution and reveals enzymes that could boost recycling · Shared by 223, including Tinamarie, kp, Tim, Christopher Lauer™, Damian Carrington, David Wallace-Wells, Olly Wainwright, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, UN Biodiversity
The Guardian
1bn people will suffer extreme heat at just 2C heating, say scientists
2 min · · Climate crisis is driving up deadly combination of temperature and humidity, says study released at Cop26 · Shared by 90, including Svein Tveitdal, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Damian Carrington, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Tim, Georg Diez
The Guardian
The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
9 min · · Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide · Shared by 469, including Thomas Power, Mary Annaïse Heglar, Dr. Genevieve Guenther, Bill McKibben, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Adrien Salazar, Chris Sacca 🇺🇸, Akshat Rathi, Emily is writing a book, Svein Tveitdal, Matthew Holt, Wolfgang Blau, Dr. Leah C. Stokes, Thomas Pleil, Gavin Schmidt, Rachel Dobbs, Jamie Sarai Margolin, Claudia Sommer, Prof Michael E. Mann, Tactical Tech
The Guardian
Few willing to change lifestyle to save the planet, climate survey finds
3 min · · Exclusive: survey of 10 countries including US, UK, France and Germany finds people prioritising measures that are already habits · Shared by 181, including Christo Meid, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Tim, Brent Toderian, Prof Lisa Bortolotti, Thomas Pleil, David Wallace-Wells, Carly
The Guardian
Half world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in net zero transition
4 min · · $11tn fossil fuel asset crash could cause 2008-style financial crisis, warns new study · Shared by 52, including Damian Carrington, Ray Monk, Tim, Svein Tveitdal, Claudia Sommer, alan rusbridger
The Guardian
Capitalism is killing the planet
13+ min · · Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up · Shared by 498, including Mariana Mazzucato, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Barry C Smith, Elrond Burrell (he/him), Adam R, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Ray Monk, Emily is writing a book, Aniyia ❤️, Prof. Kim Nicholas *WeCanFixIt.substack.com*, Tom Connor, Damian Carrington, Georg Diez, George Monbiot, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Tom Mustill, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Peter Yeung, Fabio Chiusi
The Guardian
Nearly half of Britain’s biodiversity has gone since industrial revolution
3 min · · Study shows UK has lost more biodiversity than any G7 country, and is in worst global 10% · Shared by 61, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Svein Tveitdal, Tim, Damian Carrington
The Guardian
The Amazon rainforest is losing 200,000 acres a day. Soon it will be too late
5 min · · Since 1988, humans have destroyed an area of rainforest roughly the size of Texas and New Mexico combined · Shared by 145, including Svein Tveitdal, Adrien Salazar, Claudia Sommer, Robert Macfarlane, Tim, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Thomas Power
The Guardian
European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens
5 min · · Barclays and HSBC among banks booking money equivalent to 14% of annual profits in offshore entities · Shared by 84, including A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Tim, Loughlin O'Nolan, Cope, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Chris Skinner