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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Storms Expected to Break Record-Setting Heatwave in Ital

Temperatures across Italy will be impacted by a "thermal collapse" created by weather systems from northern #Europe.

The scorching heatwave and drought that have gripped much of Italy this summer are set to give way to rain, hail and flood warnings over the weekend.

Italy has seen record temperatures in multiple cities this summer, resulting in widespread "red alerts" that signify health risks even for young and healthy individuals.

The heat and dry weather have resulted in many #wildfires, and the erosion of the country's #glaciers. According to #Italy's main agriculture union Coldiretti, these conditions have cost Italian farmers at least 6 billion euros in damage to crops.

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Storms-Expected-to-Break-Record-Setting-Heatwave-in-Italy-20230825-0004.html

#WeDontHaveTime #Politics #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateEmergency #TomorrowIsTooLate #GlobalWarming #Environment #GlobalBoiling #PointOfNoReturn

Storms Expected to Break Record-Setting Heatwave in Italy

<p>Temperatures across Italy will be impacted by a "thermal collapse" created by weather systems from northern Europe.</p>

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magdoz@diaspora.psyco.fr
magdoz

#Pérou - #Allemagne : le #paysan contre le géant de l’ #énergie - ARTE Reportage
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/113835-000-A/perou-allemagne-le-paysan-contre-le-geant-de-l-energie/

C’est l’éternel combat de David contre Goliath. L’histoire de Saúl Luciano LLuya, ce paysan des #Andes qui a osé s’attaquer au géant allemand de l’énergie #RWE, un des plus grands pollueurs mondiaux. Cette seule #entreprise a émis plus de #CO2 dans son histoire que le Pérou à lui tout seul. Or, aujourd’hui, c’est l’un des pays les plus affectés par le #RéchauffementClimatique.

Le sujet a été abordé dans le flash info d'Arte ce soir 25 août 2023. Les sommes en jeu ? Très faible : 20.000 euros.

Là-bas, la maison de Saúl et la survie de sa communauté sont menacées par la fonte des #glaciers. Alors, il demande des comptes à RWE devant la justice allemande. Les grandes #multinationales devront-elles payer pour les conséquences du réchauffement climatique ?
L’affaire « Saúl contre RWE » pourrait constituer un dangereux précédent pour le secteur des énergies #fossiles. Car Saùl est un homme seul, issu d’un village perdu aux confins des Andes, mais il y a des milliers d’histoires comme la sienne. S’il gagne, il pourrait ouvrir la voie à une déferlante d’actions en #justice de pays #pauvres qui ont peu contribué à la crise climatique mais en subissent les effets de plein fouet.

L'histoire a débuté il y a déjà un moment :

Un paysan péruvien porte plainte en Allemagne contre un géant de l’énergie
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/ameriques/20171130-paysan-peruvien-porte-plainte-allemagne-contre-geant-energie

C'est le pot de terre contre le pot de fer. #SaulLucianoLliuya, agriculteur péruvien, attaque en justice le géant énergétique allemand RWE. Il accuse l'entreprise, dont les centrales sont situées à 10 000 km de chez lui, de contribuer au réchauffement climatique mondial et donc d'être en partie responsable de la fonte des glaciers dans les Andes.

#SaúlLucianoLLuya #SaulLucianoLLuya #Quechua #Politique

Pérou-Allemagne : le paysan contre le géant de l’énergie - ARTE Reportage - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

C’est l’éternel combat de David contre Goliath. L’histoire de Saúl Luciano LLuya, ce paysan des Andes qui a osé s’attaquer au géant allemand de l’énergie RWE, un des plus grands pollueurs mondiaux. Cette seule entreprise a émis plus de CO2 dans...

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Bert Ernste

World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds

The Guardian

Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change.

The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study.

It shows five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the 1.1C of global heating caused by humanity to date.

These include the collapse of Greenland’s ice cap, eventually producing a huge sea level rise, the collapse of a key current in the north Atlantic, disrupting rain upon which billions of people depend for food, and an abrupt melting of carbon-rich permafrost.

At 1.5C of heating, the minimum rise now expected, four of the five tipping points move from being possible to likely, the analysis said. Also at 1.5C, an additional five tipping points become possible, including changes to vast northern forests and the loss of almost all mountain glaciers.

In total, the researchers found evidence for 16 tipping points, with the final six requiring global heating of at least 2C to be triggered, according to the scientists’ estimations. The tipping points would take effect on timescales varying from a few years to centuries. (...)

“The study really underpins why the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C is so important and must be fought for.

“We’re not saying that, because we’re probably going to hit some tipping points, everything is lost and it’s game over. Every fraction of a degree that we stop beyond 1.5C reduces the likelihood of hitting more tipping points.” (...)

“Our new work provides compelling evidence that the world must radically accelerate decarbonising the economy. To achieve that, we need to trigger positive social tipping points.”

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The collapse of the Greenland ice cap is one of the tipping points that may already have been passed. Photograph: Ulrik Pedersen/Getty Images.

Tags: #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming #co2 #methane #greenhouse_gases #ice_cap #tipping_point #climate_agreement #paris_agreement #permafrost #greenland #glaciers #deforestation #forests #ocean_current #ipcc #amazon #positive_social_tipping_points #social_tipping_points

faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Greenland ice sheet has passed the point of no return and "irreversibly committed to retreat by at least 59,000 square kilometers (22,780 square miles), an area considerably larger than Denmark" and at least 10 inches of sea level rise

A study published Aug. 29, 2022, demonstrates – for the first time – that Greenland’s ice sheet is now so out of balance with prevailing Arctic climate that it no longer can sustain its current size. It is irreversibly committed to retreat by at least 59,000 square kilometers (22,780 square miles), an area considerably larger than Denmark, Greenland’s protectorate state.

Even if all the greenhouse gas emissions driving global warming ceased today, we find that Greenland’s ice loss under current temperatures will raise global sea level by at least 10.8 inches (27.4 centimeters). That’s more than current models forecast, and it’s a highly conservative estimate. If every year were like 2012, when Greenland experienced a heat wave, that irreversible commitment to sea level rise would triple. That’s an ominous portent given that these are climate conditions we have already seen, not a hypothetical future scenario.
#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #SeaRise #Greenland #Glaciers #ClimateEmergency #TomorrowIsTooLate

https://theconversation.com/whats-going-on-with-the-greenland-ice-sheet-its-losing-ice-faster-than-forecast-and-now-irreversibly-committed-to-at-least-10-inches-of-sea-level-rise-185590

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It's losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.

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sylviaj@joindiaspora.com
Sylvia J

'Crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years,' scientists say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/13/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica/

'Will the owners of the #blue #planet between #Venus and #Mars please attend to your #vehicle.

It is #overheating.'

#Scientists have discovered a series of worrying #weaknesses in the #ice #shelf holding back one of #Antarctica’s most #dangerous #glaciers, suggesting that this important #buttress against #sea-level-rise could #shatter within the next three to five years"

#antarctic #thwaites #glacier #ice-shelf #itgc #collapse #climate #environment #warming #ocean #audio

Crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years, scientists say

Scientists fear the collapse of this important buttress against sea level rise would unleash the fast-moving glacier behind it

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