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What is climate crisis?

Rising temperatures are fueling environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, food and water insecurity, economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism. Sea levels are rising, the Arctic is melting, coral reefs are dying, oceans are acidifying, and forests are burning.

Why do we call it a climate crisis?

The term is applied by those who “believe it evokes the gravity of the threats the planet faces from continued greenhouse gas emissions and can help spur the kind of political willpower that has long been missing from climate advocacy”.

What are examples of climate crisis?

These phenomena include the increased temperature trends described by global warming, but also encompass changes such as sea-level rise; ice mass loss in Greenland, Antarctica, the Arctic and mountain glaciers worldwide; shifts in flower/plant blooming; and extreme weather events.”

What happened in 2024? In Review

What happened in 2024?

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What happened in 2024? June – December: A look back at the latter half of the year, Euros heartbreak, flooding in Spain and more elections!

Oil and gas are gift of God, says Azerbaijan president at COP29 Azerbaijan

Oil and gas are gift of God, says Azerbaijan president at COP29

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Azerbaijan’s President defended the country’s oil and gas resources, calling them a “gift of god” and arguing that nations should not be blamed for having fossil fuel reserves. He criticised “Western fake news” about Azerbaijan’s emissions, saying the country’s share of global gas emissions was just 0.1%.

Renewables Guru Predicted In 1863 That U.K. Would Ditch Coal Within 200 Years. Today Is That Day. Climate Change

Renewables Guru Predicted In 1863 That U.K. Would Ditch Coal Within 200 Years. Today Is That Day.

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Armstrong understood that renewables would be cheaper energy sources in the long run compared to burning dirty coal, but his was essentially a lone voice. The presumed abundance of coal led to the commissioning of the world’s first coal power plant in 1882. The U.K.’s coal plants have since burned through 4.6 billion tonnes of coal, emitting 10.4Gt of CO2, stresses Dr Sim Evans, deputy editor of Carbon Brief.

No. It won’t inspire the rest of the world Climate Change

No. It won’t inspire the rest of the world

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Firstly, if the rest of the world is going to be inspired by the decommissioning of Britain’s coal-fired plants there is little sign of it yet… Britain may have managed to displace coal with a combination of gas and wind power, with a small contribution from solar (4.9 per cent last year), but it is not a practical course for many countries which do not have easy access to gas supplies, and who would have no other practical means of coping with the intermittency of wind and solar. The advantage of coal is that it is very easy to transport, store and stockpile.

Nuclear power is no alternative Climate Change

Nuclear power is no alternative

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“The Hinkley Point project, which is already under construction, will supply electricity that is far more expensive than green energy. If it is done well, the German model combining the phasing out of nuclear energy and coal could be more favourable. But the top priority is that the newly industrialising and developing countries also switch to phasing out coal as quickly as possible. First and foremost China, which is still building new power plants. If they don’t change course, the joy over the end of the coal era in the UK will be of little use.”

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