Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
The Scottish government is to abandon its “world-leading” goal to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030, after repeatedly missing its legally binding targets.
Can private citizens do this too? What if we just abandoned our goal of paying taxes after repeatedly missing legally binding tax bills?
Scotland had a 49.9% reduction in 2021. So why is is stalling?
Perhaps everything after the low hanging fruit feels too politically painful.
In Germany that would be because we would actually need to change something... like "the freedom of cars" 😳
Likely the same?
Well, that sucks.