Nothing to see here -- just an internal report by Shell from 1989 precisely predicting the "violent weather" and "deluges" that just destroyed half of Appalachia, and summing up expected climate chaos with the comment, "Civilisation could prove a fragile thing."

"Annick De Ridder minister van Mobiliteit? Alsof je de sleutels van het Antwerpstadion toevertrouwt aan een Beerschotsupporter" standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024093…

[Very Nordhaus voice] “Because most economic activity occurs indoors, warming of several degrees Celsius will have a minimal impact on our economy.”

De evidentie zelve 👇, maar jammer genoeg blijkt te Hasbara-hersenspoeling steeds beter te pakken in Europa … m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024100…

If only someone had warned America #Milton

Time to get really nervous? Now. 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth. academic.oup.com/bioscience/art…

"Hopium" for the people, Our World in Data ... counterpunch.org/2024/07/26/the…

Here is our commentary on how the 2024 Economics Nobel integrates colonialism into economics, while leaving a colonial worldview intact (with Surbhi Kesar & Devika Dutt). To explain how & why they do this, we go back to the colonial origins of economics. epw.in/journal/2024/4…

UNIFIL statement: Earlier today, an IDF bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in Marwahin.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Prof Jem Bendell 🌍☸️ Yes, indeed. The data is adding up to a global failure in the terrestrial sink. But similar data indicate the oceanic sink is also wobbling, and it is far larger. nature.com/articles/s4301….

“Kromme vergelijkingen en overdreven oordelen zijn vaak niet alleen foutief, maar herbergen ook een gevaar: dat we in een politiek moeras belanden waarin het doel niet meer inhoudelijke vooruitgang is, maar de ander verdacht maken.” standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024110…

Rory Sutherland Douglas McWilliams My economics degree can be summarised as - yr1: here are some really important assumptions - yr2: here is some really complex maths showing how the world works based on those assumptions - yr3: btw, all those assumptions are wrong and we actually have no idea what’s going on

“a commitment to wishful thinking…plans for meeting climate targets will blow right past that threshold, propelling us into a truly unknown future and gambling that we’ll be able to turn the clock… in reverse.” newstatesman.com/environment/20…

“Conservatieve politici hebben de feiten lang genegeerd. Als de opwarming van de aarde al een probleem was, dan zou het iets voor na onze tijd zijn. …Nu halen diezelfde politici cynisch de schouders op: er is toch niets meer aan te doen, … .” standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024110…

No more hurricanes then?

Not like there were no warnings👇🙄