New research published in Nature today finds that we are on track for climate damages worth $38 trillion per year by 2050. This is a staggering figure. The damages are projected to be worth 6x more than the mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 2C.

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, extreme heat in Sahel that killed hundreds ay the end of Ramadan would not have happened. New World Weather Attribution study worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-sahel-…

Again, be skeptical of “seeding” explanation. The heavy rain was supported by a weather pattern, well forecast and dynamic. Any seeding, if it occurred, would have been a small enhancement.

Are you interested in multi-hazard impact databases that go beyond EM-DAT? Check out Taís Carvalho and Ni Li's talks at #EGU24 tomorrow.

Both contributions have been highlighted by the conveners, given the innovative #NLP and #LLM tools used 🌟📃

On Duarte Agostinho, extraterritoriality, and the question of what counts as success.

CORINA HERI (Corina Heri) joins our joint blog symposium with the Sabin Center with a reflection on the Duarte Agostinho decision.

👉 verfassungsblog.de/on-the-duarte-…

Interested in knowing how we are unlocking a unique database of precipitation and temperature records for the Congo Basin from archives within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium? Follow my PICO presentation at #EGU24 this Thur 18th Apr 24 at 16h38 CET in PICO spot 3

Wat is #snowfarming en waarvoor wordt het gebruikt? En kunnen we zo ook #gletsjers beschermen? Ik gaf wat uitleg voor VRT NWS
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We are pleased to share that #SPARCCLE researchers will participate in the EGU 2024 conference from 14-19 April in Vienna. Curious about who is representing us😉? Find out here 👉 sparccle.eu/2024/04/12/egu…
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Don't miss the presentations of our awesome Water and Climate team at the #EGU2024 , on #water and #climatesciences
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427.20 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air
10-Apr-2024 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Vergaar topkennis voor een duurzamere wereld op onze tweedaagse klimaatbootcamp! Ontdek stappen voor bedrijven, NGO's, steden en individuen in de klimaatcrisis. Experts behandelen energie, voeding, mobiliteit en gebouwen, met een update door Wim Thiery
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A very good morning from the ECHR CEDH in Strasbourg, where I’ll be live-tweeting today’s hearing announcing the ECtHR’s first three climate rulings. Excitement is running high, Greta Thunberg is here and the hearing is going to be packed. Stay tuned! 1/x

nature.com/articles/s4155…

The consequences of climate change can be felt everywhere.

In a study published in NatureClimate, we show how Antarctic meteorites are threatened by global warming.

Every year, over 5000 meteorites are lost from the surface of the ice sheet. How? [1/7]

Landmark ruling of the European Court of Human Rights #ECHR :

The European Convention on Human Rights 'encompasses a right to effective protection by the
State authorities from the serious adverse effects of climate change'.

The Swiss government 'failed to comply with its

Nice 'news & views' piece in nature referring to and coming back on our recent study dedicated to the decline of European bumblebee populations: nature.com/articles/d4158… Wim Thiery François Massonnet Diana Erazo

The Guardian just published the most extensive article by the great Sirin Kale about the belgian floods of 2021. Read it! #ClimateJusticeForRosa

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Looking forward to the ECtHR's climate judgments? Tune into the Rapid Reaction Webinar put together by Evelyne Schmid and featuring Véronique Boillet - @veroniqueboillet.bsky.social, Margaretha Wewerinke, Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne, Yann Robiou du Pont, Joie Chowdhury and me: 12 April at 13:00 CEST
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'1er juillet, 7h, elle ouvre ses rideaux…' : le récit d’une chaude journée d'été (fictive) dans la Belgique de 2050 rtbf.be/article/1er-ju…

Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds dlvr.it/T4Lphg