"failure to mitigate emissions has pushed the challenge from a moderate change in the economic system to a revolutionary overhaul... This is not an ideological position; it emerges directly from a scientific & mathematical interpretation of the [Paris agreement]" - @KevinClimate
Carbon emissions from the 2023 Canadian wildfires exceeded the annual fossil fuel emissions of seven of the ten largest emitting countries in 2022, according to a study in @Nature. go.nature.com/4dCQPz6
ALT This is figure 2, which shows the Canadian forests climate anomalies for 2023 relative to 2003–2022 mean.
The #LPJGUESS vegetation model is now fully open access!
v4.1.1 and previous versions can be directly downloaded. See here:
web.nateko.lu.se/lpj-guess/d…
A happy midsummer present 🙂
📣 KIT Campus Alpin Summer School on land use and ecosystem change! Students will learn about a wide range of issues related to land use change, socio-ecological systems, ecosystem functioning, and modelling techniques. Apply by April 19th, 2024
landchange.imk-ifu.kit.edu/s…
Are climate neutrality claims from meat producers too good to be true? Yes. New perspective from @BokernDonal@CasparDonnison shows claims using GWP* mislead policymakers, taking advantage of ambiguity in language. I'd argue the problem goes deeper đź§µ 1/
iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
500 pages, 200 researchers: The most comprehensive review to date on #TippingPoints in the Earth System is out, with @UniofExeter. The Global Tipping Points report delivers a comprehensive assessment of tipping point risks & societal opportunities.
pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
1. This paper in Nature should spell an end to the nonsense spread by @AllanRSavory et al: that livestock grazing can cause a net removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. It shows that soil carbon cannot compensate for livestock’s own emissions. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… 🧵
NEW #ClimateCrisis SURVEY: 86% of climate scientists think governments are "not doing enough at all", compared to 32% of the UK public.
What do scientists know that most people don't? Ummm quite a lot, worryingly!
Full results: climatesciencebreakthrough.c…