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Climate shocks threaten $2.3 trillion global sports economy, study warns Extreme weather threatens annual revenue growth in the $2.3 trillion sports economy, where expansion is driven mainly by tourism tied to resource-depleting global events such as the just-concluded Mil...

”The fastest-expanding segment of the overall tourism industry, sports tourism is forecast to account for 60% of total sports economy revenue increase until 2030.”

Tourism, running mostly on oil, grows faster than the economy average. Remains to be seen for how long

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Major blind spot in ocean carbon research could undermine global climate predictions A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and stores carbon. This glaring uncertainty about our p...

A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs & stores carbon, & sets out a global roadmap to bolster international cooperation, strengthen ocean carbon monitoring & update climate models accordingly. (1/4)

Pacific countries to use Tuvalu's plight as example to world powers Fiji, Palau and Tuvalu look set to host world leaders and climate change ministers in the lead-up to COP31 in a bid to encourage larger countries to accelerate cuts to emissions.

It’s official: world leaders will gather in the Pacific ahead of #COP31 to witness the realities of #climate devastation on the frontlines of global warming. Spoiler alert: The articles picture of turquoise waters and palm trees isn't quite getting it.

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Here comes the flood Arguing for climate change adaptation doesn't make you a doomer

"climate change beyond 1.5°C doesn’t mean a few percentage points being shaved off GDP but a serious threat to the stability of European food, water, and energy systems... a frightening picture of Europe’s future begins to resolve."
www.technosphere.earth/here-comes-t...

Powerful and deeply moving 20 min documentary of the remarkable people who took the fight to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold states accountable in courts around the world

🙏 @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

An infographic from Our World in Data titled "Global land use for food production" uses a series of stacked horizontal bar charts to visualize the distribution of Earth's surface and the disproportionate land requirements of livestock. The first bar shows Earth's surface is 71% ocean and 29% land (141 million km²); the land surface is then broken down into 76% habitable land, 10% glaciers, and 14% barren land. Of the habitable land, 45% (48 million km²) is used for agriculture, while 38% is forests and 13% is shrubland. The agricultural land bar reveals a major disparity: 80% (38 million km²) is dedicated to livestock (meat, dairy, and textiles) including grazing land and cropland for feed, while only 16% is used for crops for direct human consumption and 4% for non-food crops. Finally, two smaller bars at the bottom contrast this land use with nutritional output, showing that while livestock uses 80% of agricultural land, it only provides 17% of global calories and 38% of global protein, whereas plant-based foods provide 83% of calories and 62% of protein.

80% of agricultural land is used for livestock (and textiles), yet this huge land use provides only 17% of our calories and 38% of our protein.

16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.

Loosely Regulated Commercial Space Travel Poses An Environmental Threat A new study underscores growing unease about pollution from mostly unregulated commercial space activities.

After damaging the atmosphere and climate from below with GHG emissions, a handful of companies and countries are now—in the absence of reasonable regulations—doing the same from above with space pollution that's rapidly becoming a big problem.
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Sounds interesting. Can we please have a link to the source data?

NEW – Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula

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White background. “What's lurking behind big tech's Al climate claims?” Photo of polluting industries with an icon of glasses with the lens inside showing thriving, futuristic infrastructure. “We analysed 154 of Big Tech's claims. This is what we've found: 74% were unproven. 36% cited no evidence at all.” “The new Al climate hoax is here. Brought to you by: [Logos for Google, OpeNAI, Microsoft, Meta] and more…” “Parody. Not a message from the companies shown. Based on independent research.”

Big Tech says AI can solve climate change.

The actual data in our new report says not so fast.

Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax:

➡️ https://bit.ly/AIGreenwash #GreenSky

Can an escape room change how people engage with climate science? This study shows how a climate-themed STEM escape room engaged non-science audiences, fostered immersion & curiosity, and operated across online & in-person formats. Fun, but serious #scicomm →
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Global wind and solar 2025: The G7 gap Global prospective wind and solar reaches almost 5 TW, but the wealthiest nations account for one-tenth of the capacity Key points Prospective wind and utility-scale solar pipeline reached almost 5 TW...

🚨 NEW REPORT & DATA RELEASE 🚨

GEM's (@globalenergymon.bsky.social) data shows a major surge in the global clean power pipeline in 2025! ☀️💨🔌💡🧪

#energy #renewables #solar #wind #opendata

Read our latest report here: globalenergymonitor.org/report/globa...

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So, how's the climate doing? Dr. Sarah Kapnick on the "fuzzy crystal ball" of modern climate science and the reality of a hotter world.

Today on Volts: these days I focus more on decarbonization than the details of climate change itself, but periodically I like to check in with a climate scientist and see how things are going. (Maybe one day I'll get good news.)

We see clear fingerprints of greenhouse gas-driven climate change: the upper atmosphere is cooling while the lower atmosphere, surface, and oceans are warming.

If it were external factors like to sun driving warming we'd see the whole atmosphere warm.

AI is just a buzzword now. It doesn't really mean anything anymore.

Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean The ocean is warming as the upper atmosphere is cooling – both as a result of excessive greenhouse gas emissions.

The impact of human emissions is now clear, from the deep ocean to high atmosphere. Warming in the ocean and lower atmosphere, cooling in the stratosphere, and the trend is getting worse.

We have the tools to stop it and even reserve it. Let's use them.

By @edhawkins.org for @theconversation.com

NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝

Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵

2025 was another RECORD-breaking year for the EU energy transition.

🇪🇺 Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in the EU electricity mix
🇪🇺 Wind and solar surpassed fossils in 14 of 27 EU countries’ electricity mix
🇪🇺 Solar grew by a record 20% last year

https://loom.ly/Kw4w3rI

Why Greenland plays an outsized role in climate change science Its ice sheet could theoretically melt and raise the sea by 7 metres.

Why Greenland plays an outsized role in climate change science

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In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladesh Clean volunteers are taking public health into their own hands.

In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source grist.org/health/bangl...

I wasn't ready to read a right-wing politician quoting one of the most left-wing intellectual who ever lived.

2025 global climate highlights are out:
🌡️ 2025 was 3rd warmest year on record, 1.47ºC above the preindustrial level
📈 2023-2025 is the first three year period above 1.5ºC (according to ERA5)
🌍 The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record

See: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

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It works for me too now 😅

The FALSE solution to climate change YouTube video by Dr Gilbz

Carbon offsets give big polluters a get-out-of-jail-free card on climate change. And although there are *some* high-quality offsets out there, there's a helluva lotta junk.

I made a deep-dive video on the wild west of offsetting. Took me bloody ages so check it out pls 😅

The link doesn't work for me.

"Cloudflare is unable to establish an SSL connection to the origin server."

Painful yet necessary reading from @eurcorrespond.bsky.social about the need to go beyond the concept of personal carbon footprint and tackle the real culprit of the #climate crisis: wealth inequality.

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All the climate info that disappeared under Trump. And how it’s being saved. Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports that have been deleted by the administration.

Scientists have spent the past year working to preserve/revive discontinued federal climate resources. Today's story looks at the ways these grassroots efforts are making a difference - and the challenges they're facing in terms of resources, funding and public trust.

www.eenews.net/articles/all...

READ: Protecting the oceans is vital for the health of our planet, our survival, and the well-being of countless species. While the reasons seem endless, here are 5 five reasons to protect our oceans. https://oceana.ly/49o76qF 🌊 💙

Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.

The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.

That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.

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Daily global temperature anomalies from 1940 to present, grouped by year, showing gradual global warming

2025 goes down as the ~3rd-warmest year on record (based on ERA5).

Like in 2024, every single day this past year was warmer than the average of even the most recent reference period (1991-2020).