UK to push plan to ‘halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030’ at Cop26 | Cop26 | The Guardian
UK to push plan to ‘halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030’ at Cop26. #climateemergency (date: 16/10/2021)
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Excellent article from Peter Capaldi: Johnson’s backing for the Cambo oilfield is unscientific and potentially disastrous. #climatecrisis #energy (date: 11/10/2021)
Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate crisis, says John Kerry | Cop26 | The Guardian
Optimism is good. “Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate change, says John Kerry” #climateemergency (date: 11/10/2021)
BBC film tackles Climategate scandal - I’m looking forward to seeing this. I was putting my website together in the lead up to COP in Copenhagen and read some of the emails. Easy to see through the lies being pushed. #climatecrisis #skeptics (date: 11/10/2021)
Sad state of affairs: Nearly half of Britain’s biodiversity has gone since industrial revolution. #environment #nature #readingcan #climate (date: 11/10/2021)
Global climate strike: thousands join coordinated action across world. #climateemergency (date: 25/09/2021)
If the UK’s energy suppliers were publicly owned, would we be having this crisis?
Other countries have public companies, which are better trusted (date: 24/09/2021)
After a horrific summer this is good to see: ‘Climate crisis on our shores’: Mediterranean countries sign deal after summer of #fire #climateemergency (date: 21/09/2021)
Gas prices soaring: “…There’s nothing about this situation that wouldn’t be better if we were less reliant on gas…” so very true. This will hurt but hopefully spur action on #energyefficiency #wind and repaid #zerocarbon transition #climateemergency (date: 18/09/2021)
Most plans for new coal plants scrapped since Paris agreement | Coal | The Guardian
Most plans for new coal plants scrapped since #Paris agreement #emissions #climate (date: 14/09/2021)
Reviewing the summer of extreme weather in 2021 | Carbon Brief
Chloe Brimicombe, a PhD candidate at the University of Reading and analyst on the HiDALGO research project, which is led by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Dr Claudia Di Napoli, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Reading and visiting scientist at ECMWF. Prof Hannah Cloke, a professor of hydrology at the University of Reading and a visiting professor at Uppsala University. Maureen Wanzala, PhD Candidate at University of Reading and visiting scientist at ECMWF. (date: 14/09/2021)
Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from #food production. And agriculture is about one third of our total #emissions. #climatecrisis #eatlessmeat (date: 14/09/2021)
HOME - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021
official website (date: 13/09/2021)
Royal Geographical Society - Geography resources for teachers
TEMPEST is a database of historical weather extremes in the UK. Bring these stories to your classroom with our user guide. (date: 13/09/2021)
The Guardian view on fossil fuels: a very long way to go | Editorial | The Guardian
Perspective on fossil industry progress. Tiny scale of carbon capture and storage example. #energy #climateemergency #zerocarbon (date: 11/09/2021)
Audit office blames UK government for botched £1.5bn green homes scheme. #climateemergency #energy #zerocarbon (date: 08/09/2021)
How many #extremeweather events have we had this year? “State of emergency in New York amid ‘historic’ flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida”. #climateemergency (date: 02/09/2021)
Scientists discover ‘world’s northernmost island’ off Greenland’s coast | Greenland | The Guardian
Thank goodness for #climatechange: Scientists discover ‘world’s northernmost island’ off Greenland’s coast. Oh dear. #cryosphere #sealevelrise (date: 28/08/2021)
National Grid and SSE to use electricity transformers to heat homes | Energy industry | The Guardian
Every little helps: “National Grid and SSE to use electricity transformers to heat homes”. District heating solutions are a great idea. Hopefully we’ll see more of this…and quickly. #climateemergency #zerocarbon (date: 24/08/2021)
Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars
Difference between grey, blue and green hydrogen explained. Proposals are that blue carbon act as a ‘bridge’ through the 2030s…however this will keep the fossil fuel industry business as usual. (date: 24/08/2021)
#Climatecrisis made deadly German #floods ‘up to nine times more likely’ (date: 24/08/2021)
Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record | Greenland | The Guardian
Very disturbing - alarm bells are ringing: “Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record” #extremeweather #climatecrisis #sealevelrise #cryosphere (date: 21/08/2021)
A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef | Climate change | The Guardian
A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef report. #climatecrisis #children (date: 21/08/2021)
‘Green steel’: encouraging news - made with hydrogen rather than coal - we’ll need this in a #zerocarbon future. #climateemergency (date: 19/08/2021)
Thames Valley Flood Scheme - Welcome - Environment Agency - Citizen Space
Final week for public consultation on the Thames Valley Flood Scheme. #climateemergency #flood @ReadingCAN (date: 17/08/2021)
Global water crisis will intensify with climate breakdown, says report. #flood #drought #climatecrisis (date: 17/08/2021)
UK net zero delay has left room for sceptics’ attacks, says government climate adviser. #climateemergency #politics #emissions (date: 16/08/2021)
It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. #climateemergency (date: 14/08/2021)
Are you in denial? Because it’s not just anti-vaxxers and climate sceptics
Jonathan Freedland - on covid and climate change denialism (date: 13/08/2021)
Summer of #fire: blazes burn across Mediterranean with more #extremeweather forecast. #climateemergency (date: 13/08/2021)
UK spending far more on polluting policies than green ones, says WWF. #climateemergency #netzero #politics (date: 12/08/2021)
UK plan to replace fossil gas with blue hydrogen ‘may backfire’ | Green politics | The Guardian
(date: 12/08/2021)
Regenerative farming shift could reduce UK climate emissions, say experts | Farming | The Guardian
Regenerative #farming shift could reduce UK #climate #emissions. Agriculture looking at #zerocarbon 2040 (date: 11/08/2021)
Wildfires rage in Greece and Italy as EU mounts firefighting operation | Wildfires | The Guardian
Wildfires rage in Greece and Italy as EU mounts firefighting operation. ‘Weather forecasters said the heatwave was an “extreme event with few precedents”.’ #climatechange #extremeweather (date: 10/08/2021)
Untitled (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58130705)
Great to see this is all over the news today. #Climatechange: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' - BBC News (date: 09/08/2021)
FCERM Adaptation Strategy Action Plan (PDF)
Published in May 2021: "One of our first actions is to update our guidance on climate allowances for flood and coastal projects, strategies and planning advice, using the latest UK Climate Change Projections." (date: 03/08/2021)
National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England - GOV.UK
The strategy sets out a vision of a nation ready for, and resilient to, flooding and coastal change – today, tomorrow and to the year 2100. (date: 03/08/2021)
Managing flood risk in the face of a changing climate - Creating a better place
Blog post from: Julie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy & National Adaptation, Environment Agency (date: 03/08/2021)
2020 saw a lot of #Extremeweather (top 10 for heat, rain and sunshine). Report goes on to say this will be the norm for the future and UK is (still) not prepared. #climateemergency (date: 29/07/2021)
Climate scientists shocked by scale of floods in Germany | Flooding | The Guardian
Climate scientists shocked by scale of floods in Germany. We need to take this seriously here too - extreme summer rainfall is a risk in southern #uk. #climatechange #floods @ReadingCAN (date: 16/07/2021)
Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs | Amazon rainforest | The Guardian
Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs. Very disturbing news! #climateemergency #forest #emissions (date: 15/07/2021)
How the BBC let climate deniers walk all over it | George Monbiot | The Guardian
Great reminder of the sad part the #media has played: includes shockingly “…Only in 2018, a mere 36 years after Exxon came to the same conclusion, did the BBC decide that #climate science is solid, and there is no justification for both-sidesing it…” (date: 08/07/2021)
Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’ | Global development | The Guardian
Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’ - increase can be mitigated if we reduce #emissions. #climatecrisis #health (date: 08/07/2021)
World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’ | Climate change | The Guardian
Great to see #attribution study results so quickly: “…found that human-caused climate change made the [US/Canada #heatwave] extreme weather at least 150 times more likely.” #climatecrisis (date: 08/07/2021)
The study involving dozens of scientists around the world found that 9.4% of global deaths each year are attributable to heat or cold exposure, equivalent to 74 extra deaths per 100,000 people. (date: 08/07/2021)
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It’s the mountains of the Pacific coast that have had an essential and unique role in making this particular heat wave possible. Climate change is not just warming the surface of the planet, it’s warming Earth’s entire troposphere – the lowest layer of the atmosphere where all our weather occurs. That’s particularly true in mountainous areas, where temperatures are rising even faster than elsewhere. When snow and ice recedes or even disappears from mountains, the bare soil beneath can warm unimpeded. A 2015 study found that mountainous areas above 2,000 meters (6,500ft) are warming about 75% faster than places at lower elevations. (date: 01/07/2021)
Joe Biden blames #climatecrisis for deadly #heatwave in western US and Canada (date: 30/06/2021)
Up to 410 million people at risk from sea level rises – study | Sea level | The Guardian
Up to 410 million people at risk from sea level rises – study using lidar. #climateemergency #sealevelrise (date: 30/06/2021)
The ‘heat dome’ explained: why the Pacific north-west is facing record temperatures. #climateemergency #extremeweather #heatwave (date: 29/06/2021)
The Guardian view on getting to net zero: the crunch is coming | Editorial | The Guardian
The Guardian view on getting to net zero: the crunch is coming. #climatecrisis #zerocarbon (date: 28/06/2021)
#IPCC steps up warning on #climate tipping points in leaked draft report (date: 24/06/2021)
Oil and gas donors gave over £400k to Tories before North Sea decision. #climatecrisis #emissions #politics (date: 24/06/2021)
Ed Hawkins (Reading University) coloured blue to red temperature stripes (date: 23/06/2021)
Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says | Climate change | The Guardian
Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa): new study that Earth’s “energy imbalance approximately doubled” from 2005 to 2019. The increase was described as “alarming”. #climatecrisis #science (date: 19/06/2021)
GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 | UNDRR
The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 explores the systemic nature of drought and its impacts on achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the SDGs and human and ecosystems health and wellbeing. (date: 19/06/2021)
(date: 19/06/2021)
More than half the trees in two new woodlands in lowland England have been planted not by landowners, charities or machines but by jays. (date: 17/06/2021)
UK failing to protect against climate dangers, advisers warn | Climate change | The Guardian
Follows what I said in my last blog () ... UK failing to protect against climate dangers, advisers warn. #climatecrisis #adaptation (date: 16/06/2021)
The Climate Change Committee is working on an independent advice report, due to be published in June 2021, which will inform the UK Government’s third CCRA (known as CCRA3). This website will host all of the outputs for the UK Climate Risk Independent Assessment (CCRA3) (date: 16/06/2021)
Spring 2021 – Dry | Wet – and heavy going – Chris Beales – climate change | music
Spring 2021 – Dry | Wet – and heavy going – blog from 29 May: on #covid #climatechange #adaptation and recent events (date: 14/06/2021)
Scientists have found the origins of a mysterious, deadly flood in India | Science News
This was no ordinary landslide, says Daniel Shugar, a geomorphologist at the University of Calgary in Canada. “This was a multi-hazard scenario where it was much more fluid and mobile than a landslide would be expected to be. It was a worst-case scenario of rock and ice and [the] height of the fall.” (date: 13/06/2021)
G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy | G7 | The Guardian
G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy. #climateemergency #covid #emissions #politics (date: 11/06/2021)
Major River Thames flood alleviation project passes key milestone - GOV.UK
The Environment Agency and Surrey County Council are leading the partnership which will deliver the River Thames Scheme. The scheme will reduce the flood risk for 11,000 homes and 1,600 businesses in communities along the river. (date: 11/06/2021)
G7 leaders face make-or-break moment in climate crisis | G7 | The Guardian
G7 leaders face make-or-break moment in #climatecrisis. #politics (date: 11/06/2021)
(400) https://twitter.com/trscentre/status/1396149492550885379
Looking forward to this event on water saving. It has a business focus but will be useful for anyone. I’ll be helping to set the scene: where we get our water and what’s in the @ReadingCAN #ClimateEmergency strategy. #rdguk (date: 08/06/2021)
Global carbon dioxide levels continued to rise despite pandemic. Carbon dioxide rose to 419 parts per million in May. #climate #emissions (date: 08/06/2021)
Airships for city hops could cut flying’s CO2 emissions by 90%
(date: 26/05/2021)
Drax carbon-capture plan could cost British households £500 – study | Drax | The Guardian
Lots of eggs in the Drax carbon capture basket. #ClimateCrisis #emissions (date: 25/05/2021)
Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy
Like the Green roof on the bus stop. (date: 25/05/2021)
Sea levels are going to rise by at least 20ft. We can do something about it
(date: 25/05/2021)
Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home
(date: 25/05/2021)
Why the tiny copepod is an unsung climate hero
Photo plankton eaters - help sink carbon to ocean floor (date: 25/05/2021)
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