People's Emergency Briefing

Versatile as Andy no doubt is, I don’t think he can halt global warming or stop wars.
I do think, that where green credentials are concerned the UK is doing quite well, but we’re a tiny island and it’s up to the big guys like the US and China to step up.

China is actually the world's top energy producer from renewables. The US not so much!

China is the top producer of plastic tat.

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All I will say is that, if climate change doesn’t wipe us out, micro plastics will.
But at least the planet will survive without us destroying it 😥

I agree Oreo, but those products would not be made without people wishing to buy them.

Jane239

China is actually the world's top energy producer from renewables. The US not so much!

But China is a very big country with a huge electricity production and only 30% of its power comes from renewable sources. It is also consumes 25% of the world's coal output each year in power generation.

Here is a link to a fascinating map that shows what proportion renewables play in a countries total energy consumption.

www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-renewable-energy-by-country-in-2022/

It shows a swathe of Central African countries, Norway, Iceland produce all their electricity from renewables. Other countries like Canada, Brazil, Sweden and Greenland and more African countries produce 70% plus of their electricity from renewables.

On the other end of the scale most of the 'sinners' are physically large countries. Both Russia and the US produced barely 20% of their power from renewable sources. India, China, Australia and Argentina hover around 30%.

I do understand that we are a tiny country with little impact. But if you add together all the countries with 1 or 2 percent emissions, that adds up to around 35%. According to the scientists in this film, civilisation as we know it will end before this century is out. If we want to avoid that, we can only look at ourselves as individuals, our community and country. And try to put pressure on the rest of the world too ! So not much to ask! 😬

Looking back on life, it has always presented us with existential
problems. The imminent fear of nuclear obliteration in the late 1940s to late 1980s. This too would destroy human life on earth.

I think individuals and countries will ramp up their efforts to reduce emissions as the problems get worse. We have seen that happen in the last 10-15 years.

There is another aspect of that is contributing to climate control, and that is that the world is very close to peak population and in most countries in the world population growth has stopped and in many most developed countries births have fallen below the replacement rate. Several countries have tried incentivising people to have more children, without success.

If the world population were to half, that would make an enormous contrition to reducing emissions, increasing wild habitats and increased forests and wildernesses.

Part of our adjustment to climate change needs to be planning for population decrease and facing the problems it causes, such as atop heavy society with many old people and fewer young people.

The planet will be fine without us

As it was, for the billions of years before we came on the scene.

Basgetti

The planet will be fine without us

But the process of eliminating humans will be highly unpleasant for the humans.

We’ve had times when it was very,very cold in the Ice Age. We have had times of huge floods when the continents became separate. We have had times of earthquakes wiping out and changing areas. We have had times of extreme heat. Are we so arrogant as to suppose everything will stay the same and that we can control the environment ?I don’t think so. King Canute tried and failed and so will we.

Well I will stick my neck out and say I dont want a huge defence budget its all due to Trumps warmongering I want to save our world for my great grandchildren when they come along.

According to the scientists in this film, civilisation as we know it will end before this century is out.

And 50 years ago, islands were going to be underwater, climate getting too hot all over the place, [30 years previous an ice age was coming], oh, oil was going to run out.

Civilisation is not exactly well known for getting its' predictions right! Thankfully.

Think Andy Burnham's abilities have been over rated, he is not going to be the saviour of UK.
Even Clarke Kent would have difficulty dealing with all the current problems.

I watched this film a few days ago. It’s mind blowing.
People living on the coast of Java are practically living in water.
One reason the rising tides.
They are eating, sleeping, cooking, watching tv with water sloshing around their legs and feet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIXzopaQpg

I don’t think that Java is the only island suffering from rising sea levels.

climatecosmos.com/climate-science/25-most-affected-small-islands-by-rising-sea-levels-2

Oreo

China is the top producer of plastic tat.

If USA would acknowledge that it's real, & not call it fake news & go with the "drill, baby, drill" then my gut tells me Chima would match their efforts, blow for blow, plastic tat & all.
With the USA being such a massive consumer, China can't do much unilaterally.

fancythat

^According to the scientists in this film, civilisation as we know it will end before this century is out.^

And 50 years ago, islands were going to be underwater, climate getting too hot all over the place, [30 years previous an ice age was coming], oh, oil was going to run out.

Civilisation is not exactly well known for getting its' predictions right! Thankfully.

Well, some islands are sink

We could have a better world but big pharma, Venturecapitalistsand tge greedy don’t like it. Look for another kind of politician to battle them.

fancythat

^According to the scientists in this film, civilisation as we know it will end before this century is out.^

And 50 years ago, islands were going to be underwater, climate getting too hot all over the place, [30 years previous an ice age was coming], oh, oil was going to run out.

Civilisation is not exactly well known for getting its' predictions right! Thankfully.

Well, I think some islands are going underwater (parts of Java, Tuvalu), temperatures are definitely rising fast; there are more storms and floods. We are rapidly reaching a tipping point when it will be too late to act

petra

I watched this film a few days ago. It’s mind blowing.
People living on the coast of Java are practically living in water.
One reason the rising tides.
They are eating, sleeping, cooking, watching tv with water sloshing around their legs and feet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIXzopaQpg

I really feel it's a film everyone should see.

fancythat

^According to the scientists in this film, civilisation as we know it will end before this century is out.^

And 50 years ago, islands were going to be underwater, climate getting too hot all over the place, [30 years previous an ice age was coming], oh, oil was going to run out.

Civilisation is not exactly well known for getting its' predictions right! Thankfully.

I really wish oil had run out.

I was initially going to say why, but now can see your point.