Why capitalism is a major cause of the ecological crises we face; & why the system and its ideology is unfit to tackle those crises. It has all to do with capitalism’s mis-representation of Time the theme of my last post: Capitalism, Asset Valuation and Time. annpettifor.substack.com/p/capitalism...
Why governments and big oil cannot face the future
UK and London now pretty much in the middle of the NHC forecast cone of Hurricane Kirk. Expected to hit Europe as a strong non-tropical storm next week.
Heck, but there are a lot of people celebrating the end of coal fired #power#coalaccidentalgods.life/when-is-a-tr..#ClimateEmergency#ClimateCrisis
We’re being sold many lies, but one of the most egregious is the idea that cutting down old growth forest, turning it into pellets and shipping it across the world to burn in former-coal power station...
Tim Winton: Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are
Barclay Palmer: "Global financial institutions (i.e. their economists) forecast “implausible” and “dangerously…benign” economic impact from climate change.” www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/wardrobe-mal...
UK actuaries report that climate change forecasts of economic impact are “implausible” and “dangerously…benign”
"The [study] indicates a notably constant “apparent” Earth system sensitivity (i.e., the temperature response to a doubling of CO2, including fast and slow feedbacks) of ∼8°C [over the last 485M years]" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A long-term record of global mean surface temperature (GMST) provides critical insight into the dynamical limits of Earth’s climate and the complex feedbacks between temperature and the broader Earth ...
"The [study] indicates a notably constant “apparent” Earth system sensitivity (i.e., the temperature response to a doubling of CO2, including fast and slow feedbacks) of ∼8°C [over the last 485M years]" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A long-term record of global mean surface temperature (GMST) provides critical insight into the dynamical limits of Earth’s climate and the complex feedbacks between temperature and the broader Earth ...
Spain's climate is changing from Mediterranean to desert. Av. temperatures have risen over 3°C since the early 70s. www.euronews.com/green/2024/0...
Summer has increased by an average of 36 days across Spain over the last 50 years.