It's almost a month now since I read this EXCELLENT piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, and I still can't get it out of my head.
In fact, I probably never will, it explains so much about the times we're living through. That's a mark of the very best journalism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
World Bank warns of a new shock to global food prices as the threat of strong El Niño weather conditions risks piling pressure on agriculture from high fertiliser costs driven by the Iran war.
“When these two shocks occur simultaneously, they can reinforce one another"
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Nå vil alle mediene oversvømmes av fotball-VM. Det jeg virkelig trenger å vite, er hvordan jeg filtrerer ut det meste, og eventuelt får med det viktigste uten all praten rundt.
“Time is running out.”
In Germany, the far-right AfD’s growing popularity is putting Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a historically weak position.
But in his telling, it’s not just his job that’s on the line — it’s the future of the German republic, too.
#neueenergie: Energiesicherheit. Krise der Fossilen: Warum erneuerbare Energien zur Sicherheitsstrategie werden. Der Konflikt im Iran hat die schwerste Energiekrise der Geschichte ausgelöst.
Heard of "multiple breadbasket failures" - simultaneous crop failures across major agricultural regions?
A recent paper shows that unprecedented global droughts don't require record-breaking droughts everywhere.
Systemic risk can emerge from combinations of moderate shocks.
China’s “volumetric statecraft” extends governance beyond territory into the atmosphere, oceans, polar regions, the subsoil, and outer space. The EU will need a volumetric strategy of its own to meet this challenge, write @godehardt.bsky.social & Zhang Xin. www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing results, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
The AfD’s growing popularity is putting the chancellor in a historically weak position even as he pursues sweeping reforms.
www.politico.eu
The study shows that global record shattering droughts across major maize producing regions become more likely this century and typically arising from concurrent moderately extreme droughts rather tha...
AMOC is upheld by cooling in the north. But where is north? @jakobdoerr.bsky.social and colleagues from the Bjerknes Centre, @unibergen.bsky.social, @nansensenteret.bsky.social, @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and @noc.ac.uk investigate dense water formation in the Arctic. bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/golf...
The warm Gulf Stream is maintained by coldness. The Barents Sea is a cooling machine.
bjerknes.uib.no
POLITICO Europe
Helmi Räisänen
Reemt Heuke
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)
Den korte version: PAS PÅ 😊
Der Konflikt im Iran hat die schwerste Energiekrise der Geschichte ausgelöst. Blockierte Handelsrouten, explodierende Preise und neue geopolitische Abhängigkeiten zeigen, wie verwundbar das fossile Energiesystem ist – und warum erneuerbare Energien plötzlich zur Sicherheitsfrage werden.
”Shifting out of gas cars by opting into public or active transit dramatically reduces emissions. Our research shows that living car-free is 78 times more impactful than composting.”
Active mobility is better for your health compared to driving.
#Sufficiency
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Driving less, flying less, shifting home energy use and eating less meat all have a significant impact on the climate. But personal shifts alone aren't enough.
Historiens største børsnotering: Her er alt det, du skal vide Læs mere👇 #dkbiz
Finans
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Den er blevet kaldt groft overvurderet. Og forholdet mellem omsætning, indtjening og det samlede prisskilt er efter alle normale målestokke – ja – helt på månen. Men når SpaceX bliver børsnoteret fred...
