“But ChatGPT’s remarkable debut meant that by early this year, there was no turning back.” ➡️False. We turned back from lead in gasoline. We turned back from ozone-destroying CFCs. We can turn back from text synthesis machines. >>

When I started reporting on climate change, the prediction was the Arctic could be sea-ice-free in summer by the 2070s. Now? By the 2030s. nytimes.com/2023/06/06/cli…

This is absolutely bananas. There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable. But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages? Nope.

It continues to amaze me that serious publishers platform this garbage. Maybe the lesson here is that nature isn't a serious publisher.

Kevin Anderson »Pseudo technologies are a facade to avoid asking the difficult political and equity based questions. 'Net Zero' is a real dangerous term in my view and really means NOT zero. I always say 'net zero' is latin for 'kick the can down the road'.« – Professor Kevin Anderson 🧵4/8

#capitalocene. Aandeelhouders de winst in geld, gewone mensen en toekomstige generaties de gifbelt, bosbranden, hittegolven, misoogsten, overstromingen en een smeltende airco (de ijskappen). En een maatschappij waarin sommige groepen door de chaos fascistoïde neigingen krijgen.

People really need to stop flying. Not worth it.

Alarm bells should be ringing everywhere. We seem to have underestimated the chance of climate breakdown causing simultaneous harvest failure in the world's major breadbaskets. It's an issue I discuss in Regenesis, but it appears much worse than we thought nature.com/articles/s4146…

The deep sea, an enigmatic realm teeming with undiscovered marvels, is full of wonder and life!🐙Yet, this amazing underwater world is under threat from #DeepSeaMining😟 RT if you agree we must act for our ocean!🙌🏽 #ThinkDeeply

De Europese Commissie zet in op verlengen van de toelating van #glyfosaat. Slecht nieuws voor biodiversiteit en gezondheid, een grote rem op ontwikkelingen richting duurzame landbouw. Tijd om hard aan de bel te trekken.

Klimaatzaken kansrijker door veranderingen in internationaal recht eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/klimaatza… Ontwrichting is onomkeerbaar. "Er is geen grotere bedreiging. Dit schendt de rechten van mensen op zo'n fundamentele manier en bedreigt de Staat, dat de Staat niet vrij is om niets te doen"

45% of cultivated crops (purple) are used to either make CO2-emitting fuel or feed methane-producing, water-consuming farmed animals for meat production. As crops fail and food demand grows, this percentage will need to drop dramatically. Humans can eat lentils. #climatecrisis

De kern van de milieuproblemen waar we voor staan zit niet in overbevolking maar in overconsumptie. we zijn niet met teveel, we consumeren teveel. Het wordt tijd dat de 'mythe van de overbevolking' wordt doorgeprikt. standaard.be/cnt/dmf2022011…

This might be my favourite 2 minutes of tv ever. George Monbiot getting straight to the heart of what we need to do: system change. #degrowth

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed. For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others. Read more: buff.ly/45Ps1QG

#AI significantly impacts climate and environment.That’s why it’s important for global governance of AI ⁦United Nations⁩ ⁦Follow @ODET_UN for the latest updates⁩ to be in line with the Sustainable Development Goals # ⁦UN DESA Sustainable Development⁩ ⁦UN Environment Programme⁩ ⁦UN University Centre for Policy Research⁩ futurism.com/critics-micros…

Nieuws | Biologische boeren uit Nederland krijgen als enige uit Europa geen speciale subsidie voor bio-landbouw. De afgelopen jaren ontvingen ze daardoor minder geld dan boeren uit de rest van Europa ism Trouw De Groene Amsterdammer platform-investico.nl/artikel/nederl…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM #COP28! 🚨 #Colombia just became the tenth country to join the call for a #FossilFuelTreaty! 🇨🇴 "I have no doubt which position to take: between fossil capital and life, we choose the side of life." 🔥 - Gustavo Petro fossilfueltreaty.org/colombia🧵

The decision at #COP28 to finally recognize that the climate crisis is, at its heart, a fossil fuel crisis is an important milestone. But it is also the bare minimum we need and is long overdue. The influence of petrostates is still evident in the half measures and loopholes

Wout Weghorst wil een holistische school starten met coaches in plaats van docenten en ik wil mijn hoofd in een blender stoppen