So here the precautionary principle applies: highest priority for implementing the Paris Climate Accord. Anything less would be irresponsible. 6/6
If you want to read the details, here's my review paper in Oceanography magazine. x.com/rahmstorf/stat…

Short thread on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation #AMOC , which brings a huge amount of heat to the northern Atlantic.
If it slows, the region west of Britain cools. And the Gulf Stream moves closer to the US coast, causing warming there.
Both are already happening,…

Truth is, the #Nationals want to undermine #renewables in any way they can, keep burning #FossilFuels , avoid #ClimateAction , and take us back to a past that doesn’t exist anymore.

ACRRM RDAV RDAA Climate and Health Alliance Peter Gardner xrgippsland #gippsnews

I was on BBC News (UK) earlier discussing the fact that we've just had 10 record breaking months in a row.

'What we're seeing is that these record breaking temperatures are causing huge devastation & extremes that are having catastrophic effects for peoples lives & livelihoods' 1/2🧵

Save Gardiner Park 🌳🦉🐝🌹 This field at West Pymble is under construction. Work stopped months ago due to asbestos.

The real issue is building a synthetic field in a flood zone.

Residents took council to court, supplied an expert witness in hydrology who said this will occur.

Excellent launch of David Lindenmayer’s new book The Forest Wars tonight. In conversation with ⁦Dr Monique Ryan MP⁩. It’s time to protect Victoria’s beautiful mountain ash with the creation of the Great Forest National Park. Tell ⁦Steve Dimopoulos MP⁩ you want one. #savetheforests

Members have alerted us to damage to various synthetic fields after last week’s deluge.

1. Starting with Tempe Reserve

Cork field all shifted to one end

#sydneyfloods #extremeweather

The Senate Inquiry into the Middle Arm gas hub is in Darwin today and tomorrow.

So many brave community members speaking out for the first time - doctors, nurses, TOs, tourism operators, teachers, scientists, unions, businesses - it’s awe inspiring!

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

CSIRO survey finds that almost 9 in 10 Australians want a faster or moderate transition to clean energy. Lets get to it! 🙌abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Advertising on oversized gas guzzlers continues to rise.

Transport is our fastest growing source of climate pollution.

Is it time for a ban?

The Driven Daniel Bleakley
thedriven.io/2024/04/10/aus…

Biodiversity becomes more valuable the more of it there is: its abundance principle fundamentally challenges the scarcity principle of capitalist market theory. Anyone talking about nature markets needs to explain how they reconcile this

On the same day, India's Supreme Court and Europe’s top human rights court affirmed that the #climatecrisis is a #humanrights crisis

India’s Supreme Court expanded the scope of “right to life” to include protection against adverse effects of climate change

The European Court of…

This is happening in Texas:👇

🔴There is a new #PlasticsTreaty Coalition #INC4 🇨🇦

“Local and Subnational Governments (LSNG) Coalition to End Plastic Pollution”

On tonight - a full house!
Uncovering the grim truth about the attacks on our tall trees.
However catch legendary forest scientist Prof David Lindenmayer AO in conversation with Dr Monique Ryan MP tonight on Facebook Live at LighterFootprintsMelbourne
Plus Live Tweets here

French grid operator RTE now fully counts on EDF's new nuclear power plant Flamanville 3 - under construction since 2007 - from 2027 onwards.
EDF expects it to be fully operational end-2024, but 18 months later it'll have to shut down for a year to replace the reactor cover (1/2)

Unbleached reefs this year are coloured blue.

This is the most widespread and most severe mass bleaching and mortality event ever recorded on the Great Barrier Reef.

Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived theconversation.com/aboriginal-peo… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand