Cities like Phoenix and Palm Springs, California, closed in on triple digits in March; Phoenix usually doesn’t reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit until May. This month, hundreds of millions of people across India and Pakistan experienced temperatures as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit, triggering power outages and protests. The heat has also created conditions for thousands of wildfires in the region

https://www.vox.com/climate/410042/extreme-heat-wave-spring-phoenix-india-asia-climate-change

https://archive.ph/wip/3rPkv

Kenya was losing an estimated Ksh900 billion every year—about 3 to 5 per cent of its gross domestic product—through climate-related disruptions.

If the situation persists, experts estimate Kenya could lose up to Ksh15 trillion by the year 2039

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/111401-experts-reveal-kenya-loses-ksh900-billion-annually-climate-losses

Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean's reefs https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/global-coral-bleaching-has-now-hit-84-of-ocean%27s-reefs-in-biggest-ever-event

In Britain, we burn precious peatland for sport

Every year, heather is set alight to promote driven grouse shooting. Restoring moors instead would be an ecological and economic boon

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/environment-news/climate-change/69791/in-britain-we-burn-precious-peatland-for-grouse-sport

I find this very inspiring. It's part of a manifesto from the Postgrowth Cities Coalition...
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With our eyes set on a postgrowth world, we must promote:

1) Residential buildings that no longer contribute to environmental destruction, but instead catalyze human and ecological flourishing by helping to build communities and reduce the consumption of resources and energy.

2) Transport systems that are no longer produced by environmentally destructive machines, but instead prioritize ecological and social sustainability, granting people access to healthy food, care, and meaningful social engagement.

3) Institutions that cease fetishizing private property as a right, but instead pursue forms of autonomy and democracy that center on essential needs such as social care, health, meaningful social engagement, and human well-being.
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LEARN MORE https://www.postgrowthcities.com/manifesto/

Turning Food Waste Into Climate Action | Harvard Independent

In a country where nearly 60 million tons of food are thrown away each year—close to 40% of the national supply—wasted meals have become more than just a moral or economic dilemma

If the U.S. could redirect just half of its food waste to composting, it could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 64 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent annually

Rampant Tourism, Climate Change Threatens Varkala’s Unique Geodiversity — Global Issues https://www.byteseu.com/951063/ #AsiaPacific #BharathThampi #Climate #ClimateChange #environment #GlobalIssues #GlobalWarming #InterPressService

Rampant Tourism, Climate Change Threatens Varkala’s Unique Geodiversity — Global Issues

The Papanasam beach, viewed from North Cliff, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram. Credit: Bharath Thampi/IPSby Bharath Thampi (varkala, india)Thursday, April 24, 2025Inter…
#Climate #ClimateChange #Climate-Change
https://www.europesays.com/2022143/

New issue of Solidarity out now!

https://bit.ly/sol-741

24.04.2025 - 14:00 Uhr
Chart des deutschen Strommix über die letzten 6 Stunden.
#powermix #energychart #climatechange #strommix #klimawandel

"Tree rings and models paint a picture of past, present and future drought"

#Trees #Climate #ClimateChange

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-tree-picture-future-drought.html

But officials wondered: What if sodden snow and vanishing ice stalled American men and machines and weakened these northern defenses?

In response to those concerns, the military created the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment, a research center dedicated to the science and engineering of all things frozen: glacier runways, the behavior of ice, the physics of snow and the climates of the past

https://theconversation.com/the-us-military-has-cared-about-climate-change-since-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war-for-good-reason-246333

Rethinking our priorities...
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What is important in life?

Is it to have the best car and the newest smartphone, or is it to be happy?

Is it to have a high-paid job, or is it to spend time with loved ones and enjoy the beauties of nature?

For critics, degrowth is not very appealing. According to them, it means impoverishment, restraint, scarcity, austerity, or recession. It is seen as a project to reduce the overall prosperity of individuals and societies.

In contrast, I argue that degrowth aims to achieve abundance, prosperity, and richness.

Degrowth is about building societies in which everyone is rich – without much material.

It is impossible to promise everyone to achieve high levels of consumption. Indeed, that would lead to environmental and societal catastrophes. It would also be extremely unfair, as those most suffering from environmental degradation are already the most marginalised.

Instead, degrowth aims to achieve an abundance that does not entail high levels of consumption: a ‘frugal abundance’.
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LEARN MORE https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-08-26/degrowth-aims-to-achieve-frugal-abundance/

#trump ?

nothing more than a puppet for the fascist elite like that adolf hitler

never again?

better think twice

#climatechange

for the worst again

In contrast to the two major parties, Australia’s Greens have policies to stop new coal and gas projects, end fossil fuel subsidies and instead pay homes and businesses to install solar and batteries

https://www.carbonbrief.org/australia-election-2025-where-parties-stand-on-climate-change-energy-and-nature/