I dag har det dukket opp litt av hvert som jeg har satt pris på. Blant annet denne gamle videoen med Carl Sagan:
Så delte Even Moland en artikkel på FB fra Resilience.org: Climate denial and the defence of modernity. Det er en artikkel skrevet av Richard McNeill Douglas om hans nye bok. Ser den er publisert på Routledge, og da er den jo prismessig utenfor rekkevidde. Kanskje den er mulig å bestille inn via et bibliotek?
Til slutt var den en liste med fakta hos Jens André Herbener som han igjen har hentet herfra: Rapport i Oxford-tidsskriftet BioScience – THE 2025 STATE OF THE CLIMATE REPORT: A PLANET ON THE BRINK. Her har han plukket ut følgende:
“Highlights” omfatter bl.a.:
- – The year 2024 set a new mean global surface temperature record, signaling an escalation of climate upheaval.
- – Currently, 22 of 34 planetary vital signs are at record levels.
- – Population, livestock, meat consumption, and gross domestic product are all at record highs, with an additional approximately 1.3 million humans and 0.5 million ruminants added weekly.
- – In 2024, fossil fuel energy consumption hit a record high, with coal, oil, and gas all at peak levels.
- – Combined solar and wind consumption also set a new record but was 31 times lower than fossil fuel energy consumption.
- – Ocean heat content reached a record high, contributing to the largest coral bleaching event ever recorded, affecting 84% of reef area.
- – So far, in 2025, Greenland and Antarctic ice mass are at record lows. The Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets may be passing tipping points, potentially committing the planet to meters of sea-level rise.
- – With ice loss rates having quadrupled since the 1990s, these changes are likely to commit the planet to several meters of sea-level rise, even without additional emissions
- – Climate change is endangering thousands of wild animal species; more than 3500 species are now at risk and there is new evidence of climate-related animal population collapses.
- – The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation [AMOC] is weakening, threatening major climate disruptions.
- – There is a need for systems change that links individual technical approaches with broader societal transformation, governance, policies, and social movements.
